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Havanese

Temperament: Intelligent, playful, social dogs.

Height: 8.5-11.5 inches

Weight: 7-13 pounds

Life Span: 14-16 years

Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.37

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.01

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.03

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No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Amistosa's Jasper of Lancaster	M	0.40	-0.00	0.08
2	OldHavana's Phoenix at Sandant	M	0.29	0.02	-0.01
3	Quickstep's Sound of Music	M	0.32	-0.01	0.03
4	Quickstep's Waltzing Matilda	F	0.33	-0.03	-0.01
5	Selah A Tale of Three Chile	F	0.40	-0.02	0.07
6	Selah El Rey Little Farmer Boy	M	0.25	0.03	0.08
7	Selah Lay Your Troubles Down	F	0.32	0.00	0.01
8	Solar	F	0.45	-0.03	-0.00
9	Nova	F	0.32	0.03	-0.02
10	Sonrisas Otis Campbell	M	0.34	0.02	0.01

The Havanese breed is based on the now extinct Blanquito de la Habana (little white dog of Havana), which descended in turn from the also extinct Spanish Bichon Tenerife. The Blanquito was bred with breeds of similar Bichon type and to Poodles to create the modern Havanese. It was officially accepted as a breed by AKC in 1996 and comes in a variety of colors.

Breed Standard coming soon!

Havanese are a genetically diverse and healthy breed. They have some issues that are typical of small dogs, like patellar luxation, Legg-Calve-Perthes and liver shunts, but they are not highly frequent. Maintaining overal diversity will help keep these infrequent.

The research for the Havanese breed regarding gene flow and inbreeding indicates that breeders are currently doing a pretty good job creating heterozygous dogs and maintaining the genetics they have retained from their ancestors. Breed average IR of .03 indicates some level of inbreeding within the population.

The breed has an average effective allele frequency of 4.48, with overall allele frequencies being an average of 8.576. Though this is very good for a purebred dog, this indicates opportunity to have higher effective alleles in the population.

Havanese possess considerable genetic diversity in both DLA class I and II regions, similar to that of the Miniature Poodle and much greater than breeds such as the Akita, Black Russian Terrier, Italian Greyhound, Flat-coated retrievers, and Alaska Klee Kai. This diversity involves 35 different STR-associated DLA Class I and 27 DLA Class II. Several DLA types are unique to the Havanese breed.

The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.

Havanese breeders have thus far done an amazing job maintaining their genetic diversity and have bred relatively heterozygous dogs (low inbreeding). However, it is easy with selective breeding to lose diversity through popular sires and selecting for specific type. To maintain current breed trend, breed for lower than breed average IR (.03). Also select for above breed average OI and below breed average AGR to retain the breedwide genetic diversity that is present within the breed.

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List of Public Dogs

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Angelheart's Stairway to Heaven	M	0.30	0.02	0.01
2	2Cute’s Sky Walker Vom Salzetal	M	0.56	-0.12	0.27
3	Accent-Sonrisas I Got A Secret	F	0.36	-0.01	0.05
4	Adagio Under The Seda Sun	F	0.54	-0.08	0.06
5	Adorele Fantastic Mr. Fox	M	0.41	-0.01	-0.06
6	Almendares Pablo	M	0.28	0.00	0.01
7	ALMENDARES Show Must Go On	M	0.32	-0.03	-0.00
8	Amara Soliloquy of Narwyn	M	0.22	0.05	-0.04
9	Amazing Dance Shisuka	F	0.58	-0.12	0.02
10	Ambler Sherrex's You're Gonna Hear Me Roar	M	0.24	0.08	-0.13
11	Amblers Cleveland Rocks	M	0.37	-0.00	-0.01
12	Amistosa's Eleven Pipers Pipin	F	0.29	0.03	0.13
13	Amistosa's Gone With The Wind	F	0.30	0.01	0.12
14	Amistosa's Jasper of Lancaster	M	0.40	-0.00	0.08
15	Amistosa's Quintessential Gem	F	0.24	0.07	-0.06
16	Amor Tamaran Thunder Road	M	0.34	-0.00	-0.09
17	Amor's Amita At Nightn'gael	F	0.26	-0.02	0.18
18	Amor's Who Could Resist	M	0.16	0.10	0.05
19	Angelheart's Under Pressure	M	0.32	0.01	-0.14
20	Annahavanas Mischief Puck	M	0.54	-0.09	0.16
21	Annahavanas Orly Chocklet	F	0.46	-0.04	0.02
22	Artwryks in Carneys Paradise Garden	F	0.34	-0.03	0.11
23	Askin Almost Sorry	F	0.17	-0.02	0.49
24	Asunray's Island Spice	F	0.32	-0.00	0.00
25	Bailemos Caliente	M	0.71	-0.14	0.09
26	Bailemos Changuita	F	0.67	-0.12	-0.03
27	Bailemos Dealer's Choice Skyler	F	0.56	-0.06	0.03
28	Bailemos Pachanga	F	0.65	-0.13	0.04
29	Bailemos Poker Face	M	0.47	-0.06	0.05
30	Bailemos Pretty Fly For A White Guy	M	0.64	-0.06	-0.11
31	Baribal's Ironman	M	0.24	-0.02	0.10
32	Baribal's Undercover Agent	M	0.49	-0.07	0.05
33	Berill Canis Minor Hadesz	M	0.35	-0.01	0.07
34	Berill Canis Minor Lolly	F	0.49	-0.08	0.13
35	Beseme's Legacy Lives On @Sunsation	M	0.39	-0.03	0.04
36	Carita's Man About Town, a Socialite	M	0.19	0.04	0.15
37	Carneys What Grows Wild Along the River	F	0.29	0.00	0.19
38	Chazard Shady Lady at Labayamesa	F	0.63	-0.11	0.09
39	Christa's Jumpy Clown Inazza	F	0.44	-0.05	0.01
40	Classical Fivefields Anarchy	M	0.40	-0.02	-0.07
41	Classical Fivefields Entropy	F	0.25	0.04	0.00
42	Classical Master Rhett	M	0.14	0.09	0.09
43	Classical Set Fire To The Rain	F	0.24	0.02	0.12
44	Classical's Brad Paisley	M	0.22	0.08	0.02
45	Classical's Mon Petit Amie	F	0.42	-0.03	0.13
46	Claytonia Beguine	F	0.50	-0.04	-0.13
47	Cloudy Crystal Mano Gentis	M	0.32	0.01	0.04
48	Cubana's Buick Skylark	F	0.40	-0.12	0.30
49	D'els Peluts Ragnarok	M	0.43	-0.05	0.12
50	Dark Night Davino Star of Havanna	M	0.35	0.00	0.06
51	DelSol's Chocolate Surprise	F	0.49	-0.08	0.02
52	DelSols Sasha O Weatherford	F	0.32	0.01	-0.07
53	Dianaia Faberge Splendour For Janabear	F	0.44	-0.06	0.02
54	Dianaia Over The Rainbow For Janabear	M	0.35	-0.01	0.03
55	Elvis De Islagorca Teddy Bear For Seda	M	0.61	-0.16	0.21
56	Fivefields Always and Again	M	0.25	0.02	0.09
57	FiveFields Someone Like You	F	0.20	0.02	0.17
58	Flordecuba Amarillo Star	F	0.48	0.00	-0.19
59	Flordecuba Jacinto	M	0.42	-0.03	0.01
60	Foxy Lady By Labayamesa	F	0.50	-0.03	-0.09
61	Gadby Des Echos Du Hoyoux	M	0.44	-0.06	0.02
62	Georgie Girl By Labayamesa	F	0.45	0.02	-0.13
63	Gilwood Hidden Mickey	M	0.30	-0.01	0.18
64	Giocoso Piu Mosso d'Narwyn	F	0.37	-0.00	-0.00
65	Giocoso's Joy for Sonrisas	F	0.31	0.04	0.01
66	Giocoso's Shooting Star	M	0.29	0.01	0.10
67	Heartland’s Scandal at Flordecuba	F	0.42	-0.06	0.20
68	Heartsong's Welcome to Storybrooke	F	0.40	-0.02	-0.15
69	Hekarwe's Little Wonder of Oz	F	0.31	-0.00	-0.02
70	Inigualable Bebo Valdez de Los Gabatos	M	0.31	-0.00	0.07
71	Inika-Mia Coeur De Masai	F	0.35	-0.02	-0.12
72	Janabear Amazing Grace	F	0.36	-0.05	0.21
73	Janabear The Flower Song	F	0.34	-0.02	0.05
74	Jessamine's Asters Bloom in the Summerwind	M	0.27	0.00	0.14
75	Joyaseda's Hunter with Twinkle	M	0.31	-0.04	0.11
76	Keep Your Temper Caballero Pedoro	M	0.42	-0.05	-0.08
77	Lancaster's Checkered Past	M	0.38	-0.01	-0.03
78	Lancaster's Life of the Parti	M	0.32	-0.02	0.10
79	Lancaster's Sweet Snickerdoodle	F	0.44	-0.06	0.04
80	Little Phantom of Velvet Dreams	M	0.35	0.02	-0.07
81	LittleWonder Sound of Laughter	F	0.26	0.07	-0.18
82	LosCompanero Aces R High	M	0.52	-0.03	-0.15
83	Lossombra's Little Cover Girl	F	0.22	0.04	-0.03
84	LosSombra's Little Runway Star	F	0.22	0.07	0.07
85	Lossombra's Winnie The Pooh	F	0.44	-0.01	-0.22
86	Love Her Madly Coeur De Masai	F	0.55	-0.07	0.17
87	Narwyn Darkwing 'Til This Night	F	0.30	-0.00	0.18
88	Narwyn Darkwing Where Echo Lies at Amara	M	0.34	0.01	0.11
89	Narwyn Hello Buenos Aires	F	0.35	0.05	-0.18
90	Narwyn MeadowView Mischief Managed	M	0.55	-0.06	0.10
91	Narwyn When in Rome	M	0.31	0.03	0.01
92	Nauti Numbered Account	M	0.30	0.01	-0.12
93	Nauti Pardon The Interruption	F	0.25	0.05	0.05
94	Newtonwood The Edge of Glory	F	0.23	-0.02	0.13
95	Newtonwood Yours Truly	M	0.25	0.02	0.05
96	Nova	F	0.32	0.03	-0.02
97	Old Havana Pixie Starrdust	F	0.32	0.04	-0.15
98	Old Havana's Totally Honest	M	0.34	-0.02	0.08
99	OldHavana's Phoenix at Sandant	M	0.29	0.02	-0.01
100	OldHavanas She Got The Spirit	F	0.24	0.03	0.02
101	Pandaprints Alexander	M	0.32	0.01	0.05
102	Perfection Revealed Star of Havanna	M	0.41	-0.07	0.07
103	Perla Star of Havanna	F	0.29	0.02	-0.09
104	Petra Chica Mango	F	0.16	0.03	0.16
105	Princess Anastasia at Adorele	F	0.40	-0.04	0.10
106	Quickstep's Sound of Music	M	0.32	-0.01	0.03
107	Quickstep's Waltzing Matilda	F	0.33	-0.03	-0.01
108	Reine O'Castamere	F	0.47	-0.12	0.19
109	Revistio's Every Picture Tells A Story	F	0.45	-0.02	0.02
110	Revistio's Pull N Out the Stops	M	0.52	-0.05	-0.06
111	Rosalba Moon River	F	0.17	0.07	0.11
112	Rosalba Til The River Runs Dry	M	0.25	0.03	0.14
113	Sassy	F	0.48	-0.04	-0.02
114	Seda N Pixc Island Phoenix	M	0.57	-0.06	-0.10
115	Seda PIXC VFP Montana Y Mar	F	0.70	-0.16	0.27
116	Seda's All In	F	0.82	-0.14	0.14
117	Seda's Blue Chip Baby	F	0.95	-0.15	0.14
118	Seda's Cancion Caribena	F	0.58	-0.06	-0.07
119	Seda's Dancin In The Moonlight	F	0.57	-0.08	-0.02
120	Sedosos One Way or Another	F	0.35	0.01	0.01
121	Sedosos Secret Patent O DelSol	F	0.28	-0.01	0.01
122	Sedosos Some Like it Hot	M	0.36	-0.03	0.03
123	Selah A Tale of Three Chile	F	0.40	-0.02	0.07
124	Selah Aloha Dreams	F	0.43	0.02	-0.17
125	Selah Beautiful Dancer of El Rey	F	0.31	0.01	-0.05
126	Selah Divine Intervention	F	0.37	-0.02	-0.01
127	Selah El Rey Little Farmer Boy	M	0.25	0.03	0.08
128	Selah El Rey Thankfully Blessed	M	0.42	-0.01	0.02
129	Selah Lay Your Troubles Down	F	0.32	0.00	0.01
130	Selah Makin N Impression	M	0.28	0.04	-0.06
131	Selah Meekness and Majesty	F	0.31	-0.01	0.12
132	Selah Pearls of Grace	F	0.27	0.04	0.03
133	Selah Performance Driven	M	0.34	-0.00	-0.08
134	Selah Royale Finale En Rouge	F	0.33	-0.01	0.07
135	Selah Scaling New Heights	F	0.29	0.04	0.00
136	Selah Snow Doubt About It	F	0.37	0.00	-0.07
137	Selah Whispering In The Wind	F	0.36	-0.02	0.08
138	Selah You Are Not Alone	F	0.26	0.03	0.01
139	SherRex Honkytonk Attitude At Amblers	M	0.28	0.01	0.06
140	Sherrex's Amistosa With Finesse	M	0.38	0.00	-0.11
141	Sherrex's The Sun Comes to Carneys Garden	M	0.39	0.01	-0.08
142	Solar	F	0.45	-0.03	-0.00
143	Sonrisas Allegro Giocoso	F	0.41	0.02	-0.08
144	Sonrisas Amazing Gracie	F	0.32	0.03	-0.12
145	Sonrisas Charlie Brown	M	0.32	0.02	-0.08
146	Sonrisas Charlie Quilico	M	0.35	0.03	-0.02
147	Sonrisas Classical Enchantment	F	0.31	0.05	-0.07
148	Sonrisas Curious George	M	0.32	-0.03	0.19
149	Sonrisas Ebony	F	0.24	0.06	0.04
150	Sonrisas George R Us	M	0.34	-0.01	0.00
151	Sonrisas I'd Be Jealous Too	F	0.29	0.06	-0.13
152	Sonrisas Laughing Jay	M	0.25	0.05	0.03
153	Sonrisas Nena at Old Havana	F	0.28	-0.01	0.19
154	Sonrisas Old Sweet Song	F	0.21	0.07	0.15
155	Sonrisas Otis Campbell	M	0.34	0.02	0.01
156	Sonrisas Picture Perfect Jpeg	M	0.36	-0.00	-0.00
157	Sonrisas Rory Little Kevin	M	0.25	0.06	-0.08
158	Sonrisas Theodoro De Islagorca	M	0.73	-0.17	0.28
159	Sonrisas What a Kelev er Boy	M	0.32	0.04	-0.11
160	Starrdust Get Your Sparkle On	F	0.47	-0.05	0.12
161	Starrdust Give Peace A Chance	M	0.25	0.05	-0.00
162	Starrdust Live A Little	F	0.21	0.05	0.15
163	Starrdust Mi Amore	F	0.30	0.00	0.25
164	Starrdust Simply Amazing	F	0.24	0.04	0.20
165	Thats The Way Manolo Pedoro	M	0.38	0.01	-0.13
166	Tigerlily Tamaran Smoke on the Water	M	0.22	0.05	-0.03
167	Twinkle's Eye of the Storm	M	0.45	-0.05	-0.05
168	Twinkle's Indy With Sonrisas	M	0.28	0.02	-0.04
169	Twinkle's Little Star	M	0.59	-0.09	-0.06
170	Ubba Bubba Mokry Bandita	F	0.62	-0.12	0.06
171	Very Wonder Full Mano Gentis	M	0.27	0.00	0.13
172	Windfall's Dude With Attitude	M	0.28	0.04	-0.10
173	Xtreme Funny Xamaro Pedoro	M	0.41	-0.04	-0.00
174	Yup's If the Shoe Fits	F	0.26	0.02	0.21

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