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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: 0.36

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.01

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.03

Last 10 Recently Added Public Dogs!

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Little Wonder's Abracadabra	F	0.31	0.04	-0.18
2	Puppy10 - India	F	0.27	0.05	-0.03
3	Puppy9-China	F	0.37	0.05	-0.10
4	Brazil	M	0.32	0.04	-0.03
5	Africa	M	0.33	0.03	0.01
6	Mexico	M	0.29	0.05	-0.08
7	Fivefields Here Be Dragons	F	0.18	0.04	0.12
8	Fivefields Coffee Bean	M	0.17	0.05	0.04
9	WyHaven Gogo One In A Zillion	M	0.34	0.01	-0.06
10	Bailemos Fashionista	F	0.40	-0.04	-0.06

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	2Cute’s Sky Walker Vom Salzetal	M	0.52	-0.12	0.27
2	Accent-Sonrisas I Got A Secret	F	0.36	-0.01	0.05
3	Adagio Under The Seda Sun	F	0.54	-0.08	0.06
4	Adorele Fantastic Mr. Fox	M	0.42	-0.01	-0.06
5	Africa	M	0.33	0.03	0.01
6	Almendares Pablo	M	0.26	0.01	0.01
7	ALMENDARES Show Must Go On	M	0.31	-0.03	-0.00
8	Amara Soliloquy of Narwyn	M	0.22	0.05	-0.04
9	Amazing Dance Shisuka	F	0.58	-0.11	0.02
10	Ambler Sherrex's You're Gonna Hear Me Roar	M	0.23	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	0.08	-0.06
16	Amor Tamaran Thunder Road	M	0.34	-0.00	-0.09
17	Amor's Amita At Nightn'gael	F	0.25	-0.01	0.18
18	Amor's Who Could Resist	M	0.16	0.10	0.05
19	Angelheart's Stairway to Heaven	M	0.30	0.02	0.01
20	Angelheart's Under Pressure	M	0.32	0.02	-0.14
21	Annahavanas Mischief Puck	M	0.55	-0.09	0.16
22	Annahavanas Orly Chocklet	F	0.46	-0.04	0.03
23	Artwryks in Carneys Paradise Garden	F	0.34	-0.03	0.11
24	Askin Almost Sorry	F	0.16	-0.02	0.49
25	Asunray's Island Spice	F	0.32	-0.01	0.00
26	Bailemos Caliente	M	0.73	-0.14	0.09
27	Bailemos Changuita	F	0.68	-0.12	-0.03
28	Bailemos Dealer's Choice Skyler	F	0.56	-0.06	0.03
29	Bailemos Fashionista	F	0.40	-0.04	-0.06
30	Bailemos Pachanga	F	0.66	-0.13	0.04
31	Bailemos Poker Face	M	0.50	-0.06	0.05
32	Bailemos Pretty Fly For A White Guy	M	0.65	-0.06	-0.11
33	Baribal's Ironman	M	0.24	-0.01	0.09
34	Baribal's Undercover Agent	M	0.48	-0.06	0.05
35	Berill Canis Minor Hadesz	M	0.36	-0.01	0.07
36	Berill Canis Minor Lolly	F	0.50	-0.07	0.13
37	Beseme's Legacy Lives On @Sunsation	M	0.40	-0.04	0.04
38	Brazil	M	0.32	0.04	-0.03
39	Carita's Man About Town, a Socialite	M	0.19	0.04	0.15
40	Carneys What Grows Wild Along the River	F	0.29	-0.00	0.19
41	Chazard Shady Lady at Labayamesa	F	0.64	-0.10	0.09
42	Christa's Jumpy Clown Inazza	F	0.44	-0.05	0.01
43	Classical Fivefields Anarchy	M	0.40	-0.02	-0.07
44	Classical Fivefields Entropy	F	0.25	0.05	-0.00
45	Classical Master Rhett	M	0.14	0.09	0.09
46	Classical Set Fire To The Rain	F	0.24	0.03	0.12
47	Classical's Brad Paisley	M	0.20	0.08	0.02
48	Classical's Mon Petit Amie	F	0.40	-0.03	0.13
49	Claytonia Beguine	F	0.52	-0.03	-0.13
50	Cloudy Crystal Mano Gentis	M	0.31	0.01	0.05
51	Cubana's Buick Skylark	F	0.40	-0.11	0.30
52	D'els Peluts Ragnarok	M	0.45	-0.05	0.12
53	Dark Night Davino Star of Havanna	M	0.35	0.00	0.06
54	DelSol's Chocolate Surprise	F	0.49	-0.08	0.02
55	DelSols Sasha O Weatherford	F	0.32	0.01	-0.06
56	Dianaia Faberge Splendour For Janabear	F	0.44	-0.06	0.02
57	Dianaia Over The Rainbow For Janabear	M	0.33	-0.01	0.03
58	Elvis De Islagorca Teddy Bear For Seda	M	0.63	-0.16	0.21
59	Fivefields Always and Again	M	0.25	0.03	0.09
60	Fivefields Coffee Bean	M	0.17	0.05	0.04
61	Fivefields Here Be Dragons	F	0.18	0.04	0.12
62	FiveFields Someone Like You	F	0.20	0.02	0.17
63	Flordecuba Amarillo Star	F	0.49	0.00	-0.19
64	Flordecuba Armaros	M	0.50	-0.07	-0.04
65	Flordecuba Jacinto	M	0.42	-0.03	0.01
66	Flordecuba Jezebel	F	0.39	-0.04	0.12
67	Flordecuba Malachai	M	0.44	-0.03	-0.10
68	Flordecuba Orias	M	0.54	-0.08	0.03
69	Foxy Lady By Labayamesa	F	0.49	-0.02	-0.09
70	Gadby Des Echos Du Hoyoux	M	0.41	-0.06	0.02
71	Georgie Girl By Labayamesa	F	0.45	0.02	-0.13
72	Gilwood Hidden Mickey	M	0.30	-0.01	0.18
73	Giocoso Piu Mosso d'Narwyn	F	0.37	0.00	-0.00
74	Giocoso's Joy for Sonrisas	F	0.31	0.05	0.01
75	Giocoso's Shooting Star	M	0.30	0.01	0.10
76	Heartland’s Scandal at Flordecuba	F	0.41	-0.06	0.20
77	Heartsong's Welcome to Storybrooke	F	0.41	-0.02	-0.15
78	Hekarwe's Little Wonder of Oz	F	0.31	-0.00	-0.02
79	Inigualable Bebo Valdez de Los Gabatos	M	0.32	-0.00	0.07
80	Inika-Mia Coeur De Masai	F	0.36	-0.02	-0.12
81	Janabear Amazing Grace	F	0.36	-0.05	0.21
82	Janabear The Flower Song	F	0.34	-0.02	0.05
83	Jessamine's Asters Bloom in the Summerwind	M	0.27	0.00	0.14
84	Joyaseda's Hunter with Twinkle	M	0.29	-0.04	0.11
85	Keep Your Temper Caballero Pedoro	M	0.42	-0.05	-0.08
86	Lancaster's Checkered Past	M	0.37	-0.01	-0.03
87	Lancaster's Life of the Parti	M	0.32	-0.01	0.10
88	Lancaster's Sweet Snickerdoodle	F	0.44	-0.05	0.04
89	Little Phantom of Velvet Dreams	M	0.34	0.02	-0.07
90	Little Wonder's Abracadabra	F	0.31	0.04	-0.18
91	LittleWonder Sound of Laughter	F	0.26	0.07	-0.18
92	LosCompanero Aces R High	M	0.52	-0.03	-0.15
93	Lossombra's Little Cover Girl	F	0.22	0.04	-0.03
94	LosSombra's Little Runway Star	F	0.21	0.07	0.07
95	Lossombra's Winnie The Pooh	F	0.44	-0.01	-0.22
96	Love Her Madly Coeur De Masai	F	0.58	-0.06	0.17
97	Mexico	M	0.29	0.05	-0.08
98	Narwyn Darkwing 'Til This Night	F	0.30	-0.00	0.18
99	Narwyn Darkwing Where Echo Lies at Amara	M	0.34	0.00	0.11
100	Narwyn Hello Buenos Aires	F	0.35	0.05	-0.18
101	Narwyn MeadowView Mischief Managed	M	0.55	-0.07	0.10
102	Narwyn When in Rome	M	0.31	0.03	0.01
103	Nauti Numbered Account	M	0.28	0.01	-0.12
104	Nauti Pardon The Interruption	F	0.23	0.05	0.05
105	Newtonwood The Edge of Glory	F	0.23	-0.02	0.13
106	Newtonwood Yours Truly	M	0.23	0.03	0.05
107	Nova	F	0.32	0.03	-0.02
108	Old Havana Pixie Starrdust	F	0.32	0.04	-0.15
109	Old Havana's Totally Honest	M	0.34	-0.01	0.08
110	OldHavana's Phoenix at Sandant	M	0.29	0.02	-0.01
111	OldHavanas She Got The Spirit	F	0.24	0.04	0.01
112	Pandaprints Alexander	M	0.32	0.02	0.05
113	Perfection Revealed Star of Havanna	M	0.42	-0.06	0.06
114	Perla Star of Havanna	F	0.29	0.02	-0.09
115	Petra Chica Mango	F	0.16	0.03	0.16
116	Princess Anastasia at Adorele	F	0.41	-0.05	0.10
117	Puppy10 - India	F	0.27	0.05	-0.03
118	Puppy9-China	F	0.37	0.05	-0.10
119	Quickstep's Sound of Music	M	0.32	-0.01	0.03
120	Quickstep's Waltzing Matilda	F	0.33	-0.03	-0.01
121	Reine O'Castamere	F	0.48	-0.12	0.18
122	Revistio's Every Picture Tells A Story	F	0.45	-0.02	0.02
123	Revistio's Pull N Out the Stops	M	0.50	-0.05	-0.06
124	Rosalba Just A Matter Of Time	M	0.16	0.07	0.02
125	Rosalba Moon River	F	0.17	0.08	0.11
126	Rosalba Til The River Runs Dry	M	0.23	0.03	0.14
127	Sassy	F	0.48	-0.04	-0.02
128	Seda N Pixc Island Phoenix	M	0.56	-0.06	-0.09
129	Seda PIXC VFP Montana Y Mar	F	0.74	-0.16	0.27
130	Seda's All In	F	0.84	-0.15	0.14
131	Seda's Blue Chip Baby	F	0.95	-0.15	0.14
132	Seda's Cancion Caribena	F	0.59	-0.06	-0.06
133	Seda's Dancin In The Moonlight	F	0.57	-0.09	-0.01
134	Sedosos One Way or Another	F	0.35	0.01	0.01
135	Sedosos Secret Patent O DelSol	F	0.27	-0.01	0.01
136	Sedosos Some Like it Hot	M	0.37	-0.03	0.03
137	Selah A Tale of Three Chile	F	0.40	-0.02	0.07
138	Selah Aloha Dreams	F	0.43	0.02	-0.17
139	Selah Beautiful Dancer of El Rey	F	0.29	0.01	-0.05
140	Selah Divine Intervention	F	0.38	-0.03	-0.01
141	Selah El Rey Little Farmer Boy	M	0.26	0.03	0.08
142	Selah El Rey Thankfully Blessed	M	0.42	-0.02	0.02
143	Selah Lay Your Troubles Down	F	0.32	0.00	0.01
144	Selah Makin N Impression	M	0.28	0.04	-0.06
145	Selah Meekness and Majesty	F	0.31	-0.01	0.12
146	Selah Pearls of Grace	F	0.27	0.04	0.03
147	Selah Performance Driven	M	0.32	-0.00	-0.08
148	Selah Royale Finale En Rouge	F	0.33	-0.01	0.07
149	Selah Scaling New Heights	F	0.27	0.04	0.00
150	Selah Snow Doubt About It	F	0.37	-0.00	-0.07
151	Selah Whispering In The Wind	F	0.33	-0.02	0.08
152	Selah You Are Not Alone	F	0.26	0.03	0.01
153	SherRex Honkytonk Attitude At Amblers	M	0.27	0.01	0.07
154	Sherrex's Amistosa With Finesse	M	0.40	0.00	-0.11
155	Sherrex's The Sun Comes to Carneys Garden	M	0.39	0.01	-0.08
156	Solar	F	0.45	-0.03	-0.00
157	Sonrisas Allegro Giocoso	F	0.42	0.02	-0.08
158	Sonrisas Amazing Gracie	F	0.32	0.03	-0.12
159	Sonrisas Charlie Brown	M	0.30	0.02	-0.08
160	Sonrisas Charlie Quilico	M	0.35	0.03	-0.02
161	Sonrisas Classical Enchantment	F	0.31	0.05	-0.07
162	Sonrisas Curious George	M	0.32	-0.02	0.19
163	Sonrisas Ebony	F	0.22	0.06	0.03
164	Sonrisas I'd Be Jealous Too	F	0.29	0.06	-0.14
165	Sonrisas Laughing Jay	M	0.25	0.06	0.03
166	Sonrisas Nena at Old Havana	F	0.28	-0.01	0.19
167	Sonrisas Old Sweet Song	F	0.21	0.07	0.15
168	Sonrisas Otis Campbell	M	0.31	0.03	0.00
169	Sonrisas Picture Perfect Jpeg	M	0.37	0.00	-0.00
170	Sonrisas Rory Little Kevin	M	0.23	0.06	-0.08
171	Sonrisas Theodoro De Islagorca	M	0.77	-0.17	0.28
172	Sonrisas What a Kelev er Boy	M	0.32	0.05	-0.11
173	Starrdust Get Your Sparkle On	F	0.46	-0.05	0.12
174	Starrdust Give Peace A Chance	M	0.26	0.05	-0.00
175	Starrdust Live A Little	F	0.21	0.05	0.15
176	Starrdust Mi Amore	F	0.31	0.00	0.25
177	Starrdust Simply Amazing	F	0.24	0.04	0.20
178	Thats The Way Manolo Pedoro	M	0.39	0.00	-0.13
179	Tigerlily Tamaran Smoke on the Water	M	0.23	0.05	-0.03
180	Twinkle's Eye of the Storm	M	0.45	-0.04	-0.05
181	Twinkle's Indy With Sonrisas	M	0.28	0.03	-0.04
182	Twinkle's Little Star	M	0.59	-0.08	-0.06
183	Ubba Bubba Mokry Bandita	F	0.63	-0.12	0.06
184	Very Wonder Full Mano Gentis	M	0.27	0.01	0.13
185	Windfall's Dude With Attitude	M	0.27	0.04	-0.10
186	WyHaven Gogo One In A Zillion	M	0.34	0.01	-0.06
187	Xtreme Funny Xamaro Pedoro	M	0.39	-0.03	-0.00
188	Yup's If the Shoe Fits	F	0.26	0.03	0.21

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Active BetterBred Breeders:

Kennel	Website	State or Province	Country
Amistosa Havanese	Website	Ontario	CA
Sonrisas Havanese	Website	Ontario	CA
Selah Havanese	Website	Michigan	US