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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

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No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Rosalba Can't Stop The Moonlight	F	0.18	0.09	0.07
2	Lancaster's Connect the Dots	F	0.32	0.03	-0.11
3	CH Lancaster's Run for the Roses	F	0.30	-0.01	0.05
4	Ashtone's Hearts Delite Fargo	M	0.25	0.04	-0.10
5	Janabear One Alone	F	0.31	0.03	-0.08
6	Ch Socialite’s Sweet Seduction	F	0.26	0.02	0.06
7	Selah Reckless Love	F	0.31	0.02	0.02
8	Selah A Touch of Elegance	F	0.25	-0.02	0.05
9	Selah Fear is a Liar	F	0.29	0.03	-0.04
10	Starrdust Frankly My Dear	F	0.30	0.05	-0.11

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.

DLA Haplotypes in the Breed

The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.

"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.

Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.

DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :

Class I Haplotype	Class II Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
1016	2066	18.18%
1054	2022	12.40%
1115	2003	11.57%
1116	2070	8.26%
1092	2003	6.61%
1006	2007	5.17%
1014	2037	4.96%
1003	2001	2.89%
1093	2032	2.89%
1133	2077	2.89%
1117	2074	2.48%
1068	2053	1.86%
1029	2075	1.65%
1012	2003	1.45%
1040	2053	1.45%
1054	2073	1.45%
1016	2014	1.24%
1114	2072	1.24%
1125	2016	1.24%
1016	2018	1.03%
1052	2017	1.03%
1035	2082	0.83%
1121	2071	0.83%
1148	2012	0.62%
1124	2076	0.41%
1084	2022	0.41%
1092	2001	0.41%
1128	2079	0.41%
1120	2024	0.41%
1154	2003	0.41%
1016	2083	0.21%
1118	2074	0.21%
1125	2032	0.21%
1035	2022	0.21%
1115	2070	0.21%
1129	2035	0.21%
1132	2016	0.21%
1132	2033	0.21%
1127	2077	0.21%
1140	2016	0.21%
1142	2032	0.21%
1122	2077	0.21%
1123	2006	0.21%
1173	2040	0.21%

DLA Frequencies :

Class	Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
Class I	1003	2.90%
Class I	1006	5.19%
Class I	1012	1.45%
Class I	1014	4.98%
Class I	1016	20.75%
Class I	1029	1.66%
Class I	1035	1.04%
Class I	1040	1.45%
Class I	1052	1.04%
Class I	1054	13.90%
Class I	1068	1.87%
Class I	1084	0.41%
Class I	1092	7.05%
Class I	1093	2.90%
Class I	1114	1.24%
Class I	1115	11.83%
Class I	1116	8.30%
Class I	1117	2.49%
Class I	1118	0.21%
Class I	1120	0.41%
Class I	1121	0.83%
Class I	1122	0.21%
Class I	1123	0.21%
Class I	1124	0.41%
Class I	1125	1.45%
Class I	1127	0.21%
Class I	1128	0.41%
Class I	1129	0.21%
Class I	1132	0.41%
Class I	1133	2.90%
Class I	1140	0.21%
Class I	1142	0.21%
Class I	1148	0.62%
Class I	1154	0.41%
Class I	1173	0.21%
Class II	2001	3.32%
Class II	2003	20.12%
Class II	2006	0.21%
Class II	2007	5.19%
Class II	2012	0.62%
Class II	2014	1.24%
Class II	2016	1.66%
Class II	2017	1.04%
Class II	2018	1.04%
Class II	2022	13.07%
Class II	2024	0.41%
Class II	2032	3.32%
Class II	2033	0.21%
Class II	2035	0.21%
Class II	2037	4.98%
Class II	2040	0.21%
Class II	2053	3.32%
Class II	2066	18.26%
Class II	2070	8.51%
Class II	2071	0.83%
Class II	2072	1.24%
Class II	2073	1.45%
Class II	2074	2.70%
Class II	2075	1.66%
Class II	2076	0.41%
Class II	2077	3.32%
Class II	2079	0.41%
Class II	2082	0.83%
Class II	2083	0.21%

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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	0.51	-0.12	0.27
2	Accent-Sonrisas I Got A Secret	F	0.40	-0.01	0.05
3	Adagio Under The Seda Sun	F	0.54	-0.08	0.06
4	Adorele Fantastic Mr. Fox	M	0.40	-0.01	-0.06
5	Almendares Dakar	M	0.41	-0.04	0.00
6	Almendares Pablo	M	0.26	0.01	0.01
7	Almendares Show Must Go On	M	0.29	-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	0.35	-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	0.32	0.01	0.11
14	Amistosa's Lancaster of Jasper	M	0.39	0.00	0.07
15	Amistosa's Quintessential Gem	F	0.22	0.07	-0.06
16	Amor Tamaran Thunder Road	M	0.34	-0.00	-0.09
17	Amor's Amita At Nightn'gael	F	0.29	-0.01	0.18
18	Amor's Who Could Resist	M	0.17	0.11	0.05
19	Angelheart's Stairway to Heaven	M	0.30	0.02	0.01
20	Angelheart's Under Pressure	M	0.29	0.02	-0.14
21	Annahavanas Mischief Puck	M	0.55	-0.09	0.16
22	Annahavanas Orly Chocklet	F	0.48	-0.04	0.03
23	Artwryks in Carneys Paradise Garden	F	0.30	-0.03	0.11
24	Ashtone's Hearts Delite Fargo	M	0.25	0.04	-0.10
25	Askin Almost Sorry	F	0.19	-0.02	0.49
26	Asunray's Island Spice	F	0.32	-0.01	0.01
27	Bailemos Caliente	M	0.72	-0.14	0.09
28	Bailemos Changuita	F	0.67	-0.12	-0.03
29	Bailemos Dealer's Choice Skyler	F	0.56	-0.06	0.02
30	Bailemos Fashionista	F	0.40	-0.04	-0.06
31	Bailemos Pachanga	F	0.65	-0.13	0.04
32	Bailemos Poker Face	M	0.46	-0.05	0.05
33	Bailemos Pretty Fly For A White Guy	M	0.64	-0.06	-0.11
34	Bailemos Tiene Bembe Jose	M	0.39	-0.01	-0.05
35	Baribal's Ironman	M	0.23	-0.01	0.09
36	Baribal's Undercover Agent	M	0.46	-0.06	0.05
37	Berill Canis Minor Hadesz	M	0.34	-0.01	0.07
38	Berill Canis Minor Lolly	F	0.48	-0.08	0.13
39	Beseme's Legacy Lives On @Sunsation	M	0.40	-0.03	0.04
40	Carita's Man About Town, a Socialite	M	0.19	0.04	0.15
41	Carneys What Grows Wild Along the River	F	0.27	-0.00	0.19
42	Ch Socialite’s Sweet Seduction	F	0.26	0.02	0.06
43	Chazard Shady Lady at Labayamesa	F	0.63	-0.10	0.09
44	Christa's Jumpy Clown Inazza	F	0.43	-0.05	0.01
45	Classical Fivefields Anarchy	M	0.42	-0.01	-0.07
46	Classical Fivefields Entropy	F	0.25	0.05	-0.00
47	Classical Master Rhett	M	0.15	0.09	0.09
48	Classical Set Fire To The Rain	F	0.24	0.03	0.12
49	Classical's Brad Paisley	M	0.24	0.07	0.02
50	Classical's Mon Petit Amie	F	0.42	-0.03	0.13
51	Claytonia Beguine	F	0.51	-0.04	-0.13
52	Cloudy Crystal Mano Gentis	M	0.31	0.01	0.04
53	Cubana's Buick Skylark	F	0.40	-0.11	0.30
54	D'els Peluts Ragnarok	M	0.45	-0.05	0.12
55	Dark Night Davino Star of Havanna	M	0.33	0.00	0.06
56	DelSol's Chocolate Surprise	F	0.51	-0.08	0.02
57	DelSols Sasha O Weatherford	F	0.32	0.01	-0.07
58	Dianaia Faberge Splendour For Janabear	F	0.42	-0.06	0.02
59	Dianaia Over The Rainbow For Janabear	M	0.34	-0.01	0.03
60	Elvis De Islagorca Teddy Bear For Seda	M	0.62	-0.16	0.21
61	Fivefields Always and Again	M	0.25	0.03	0.09
62	Fivefields Coffee Bean	M	0.18	0.05	0.03
63	Fivefields Here Be Dragons	F	0.18	0.03	0.12
64	FiveFields Someone Like You	F	0.21	0.02	0.17
65	Flordecuba Amarillo Star	F	0.48	0.00	-0.19
66	Flordecuba Armaros	M	0.54	-0.07	-0.04
67	Flordecuba Jacinto	M	0.39	-0.02	0.01
68	Flordecuba Jezebel	F	0.35	-0.04	0.12
69	Flordecuba Malachai	M	0.41	-0.03	-0.10
70	Flordecuba Orias	M	0.52	-0.08	0.03
71	Foxy Lady By Labayamesa	F	0.45	-0.02	-0.09
72	Gadby Des Echos Du Hoyoux	M	0.43	-0.06	0.02
73	Georgie Girl By Labayamesa	F	0.43	0.02	-0.13
74	Gilwood Hidden Mickey	M	0.30	-0.01	0.18
75	Giocoso Piu Mosso d'Narwyn	F	0.37	0.00	-0.01
76	Giocoso's Joy for Sonrisas	F	0.31	0.04	0.01
77	Giocoso's Shooting Star	M	0.27	0.01	0.10
78	Heartland’s Scandal at Flordecuba	F	0.41	-0.06	0.20
79	Heartsong's Welcome to Storybrooke	F	0.41	-0.02	-0.15
80	Hekarwe's Little Wonder of Oz	F	0.32	-0.00	-0.02
81	Inigualable Bebo Valdez de Los Gabatos	M	0.31	-0.00	0.07
82	Inika-Mia Coeur De Masai	F	0.36	-0.01	-0.12
83	Janabear Amazing Grace	F	0.36	-0.04	0.21
84	Janabear One Alone	F	0.31	0.03	-0.08
85	Janabear The Flower Song	F	0.34	-0.01	0.05
86	Jessamine's Asters Bloom in the Summerwind	M	0.27	0.00	0.14
87	Joyaseda's Hunter with Twinkle	M	0.31	-0.04	0.11
88	Keep Your Temper Caballero Pedoro	M	0.42	-0.05	-0.08
89	Lancaster's Checkered Past	M	0.35	-0.00	-0.03
90	Lancaster's Connect the Dots	F	0.32	0.03	-0.11
91	Lancaster's Life of the Parti	M	0.29	-0.00	0.09
92	Lancaster's Patchwork of Time	F	0.34	-0.03	0.03
93	Lancaster's Run for the Roses	F	0.30	-0.01	0.05
94	Lancaster's Sweet Snickerdoodle	F	0.42	-0.05	0.04
95	Little Phantom of Velvet Dreams	M	0.32	0.02	-0.07
96	Little Wonder's Abracadabra	F	0.30	0.04	-0.18
97	LittleWonder Sound of Laughter	F	0.30	0.07	-0.18
98	LosCompanero Aces R High	M	0.54	-0.03	-0.15
99	Lossombra's Little Cover Girl	F	0.25	0.04	-0.03
100	LosSombra's Little Runway Star	F	0.26	0.07	0.07
101	Lossombra's Winnie The Pooh	F	0.46	-0.01	-0.22
102	Love Her Madly Coeur De Masai	F	0.54	-0.06	0.17
103	Narwyn Darkwing 'Til This Night	F	0.30	-0.00	0.18
104	Narwyn Darkwing Where Echo Lies at Amara	M	0.34	0.00	0.11
105	Narwyn Hello Buenos Aires	F	0.37	0.05	-0.18
106	Narwyn MeadowView Mischief Managed	M	0.53	-0.06	0.10
107	Narwyn When in Rome	M	0.31	0.03	0.01
108	Nauti Numbered Account	M	0.28	0.02	-0.12
109	Nauti Pardon The Interruption	F	0.25	0.04	0.05
110	Newtonwood The Edge of Glory	F	0.23	-0.02	0.13
111	Newtonwood Yours Truly	M	0.22	0.03	0.05
112	Nova	F	0.32	0.02	-0.02
113	Old Havana Pixie Starrdust	F	0.31	0.05	-0.15
114	Old Havana's Totally Honest	M	0.33	-0.02	0.08
115	OldHavana's Phoenix at Sandant	M	0.29	0.02	-0.01
116	OldHavanas She Got The Spirit	F	0.24	0.04	0.01
117	Pandaprints Alexander	M	0.32	0.02	0.05
118	Perfection Revealed Star of Havanna	M	0.45	-0.06	0.06
119	Perla Star of Havanna	F	0.31	0.02	-0.09
120	Petra Chica Mango	F	0.18	0.03	0.16
121	Princess Anastasia at Adorele	F	0.39	-0.05	0.10
122	Quickstep's Sound of Music	M	0.32	-0.01	0.03
123	Quickstep's Waltzing Matilda	F	0.35	-0.03	-0.01
124	Reine O'Castamere	F	0.47	-0.12	0.19
125	Revistio's Every Picture Tells A Story	F	0.44	-0.02	0.03
126	Revistio's Pull N Out the Stops	M	0.49	-0.05	-0.06
127	Rosalba Can't Stop The Moonlight	F	0.18	0.09	0.07
128	Rosalba Just A Matter Of Time	M	0.19	0.08	0.02
129	Rosalba Moon River	F	0.17	0.08	0.11
130	Rosalba Til The River Runs Dry	M	0.25	0.04	0.14
131	Sassy	F	0.45	-0.04	-0.02
132	Seda N Pixc Island Phoenix	M	0.58	-0.06	-0.09
133	Seda PIXC VFP Montana Y Mar	F	0.68	-0.16	0.27
134	Seda's All In	F	0.84	-0.15	0.14
135	Seda's Blue Chip Baby	F	0.95	-0.15	0.14
136	Seda's Cancion Caribena	F	0.56	-0.06	-0.06
137	Seda's Dancin In The Moonlight	F	0.57	-0.09	-0.01
138	Sedosos One Way or Another	F	0.33	0.01	0.01
139	Sedosos Secret Patent O DelSol	F	0.26	-0.01	0.01
140	Sedosos Some Like it Hot	M	0.36	-0.03	0.03
141	Selah A Tale of Three Chile	F	0.40	-0.02	0.07
142	Selah A Touch of Elegance	F	0.25	-0.02	0.05
143	Selah Aloha Dreams	F	0.38	0.03	-0.17
144	Selah Beautiful Dancer of El Rey	F	0.29	0.01	-0.05
145	Selah Divine Intervention	F	0.33	-0.02	-0.01
146	Selah El Rey Little Farmer Boy	M	0.26	0.03	0.08
147	Selah El Rey Thankfully Blessed	M	0.41	-0.01	0.02
148	Selah Fear is a Liar	F	0.29	0.03	-0.04
149	Selah Lay Your Troubles Down	F	0.34	0.00	0.01
150	Selah Makin N Impression	M	0.26	0.04	-0.06
151	Selah Meekness and Majesty	F	0.30	-0.00	0.12
152	Selah Pearls of Grace	F	0.25	0.04	0.03
153	Selah Performance Driven	M	0.32	-0.00	-0.08
154	Selah Reckless Love	F	0.31	0.02	0.02
155	Selah Royale Finale En Rouge	F	0.31	-0.01	0.07
156	Selah Scaling New Heights	F	0.26	0.05	0.00
157	Selah Snow Doubt About It	F	0.35	0.00	-0.07
158	Selah Spring Forth Noble Hearts	F	0.44	0.01	-0.16
159	Selah Whispering In The Wind	F	0.33	-0.02	0.08
160	Selah You Are Not Alone	F	0.28	0.03	0.01
161	SherRex Honkytonk Attitude At Amblers	M	0.27	0.02	0.07
162	Sherrex's Amistosa With Finesse	M	0.42	0.00	-0.11
163	Sherrex's The Sun Comes to Carneys Garden	M	0.37	0.01	-0.08
164	Solar	F	0.41	-0.03	-0.01
165	Sonrisas Allegro Giocoso	F	0.39	0.02	-0.08
166	Sonrisas Amazing Gracie	F	0.30	0.03	-0.12
167	Sonrisas at the Wild Wild West	M	0.32	0.04	-0.04
168	Sonrisas Buenos Carlitos	M	0.28	0.05	-0.08
169	Sonrisas Charlie Brown	M	0.32	0.02	-0.08
170	Sonrisas Charlie Quilico	M	0.35	0.03	-0.03
171	Sonrisas Classical Enchantment	F	0.33	0.05	-0.07
172	Sonrisas Curious George	M	0.32	-0.02	0.19
173	Sonrisas Ebony	F	0.26	0.06	0.03
174	Sonrisas Game Set Match Bianca	F	0.27	0.05	-0.04
175	Sonrisas Geo Shiki	M	0.31	0.03	0.01
176	Sonrisas I'd Be Jealous Too	F	0.28	0.06	-0.14
177	Sonrisas Laughing Jay	M	0.25	0.05	0.03
178	Sonrisas Nena at Old Havana	F	0.28	-0.01	0.19
179	Sonrisas Old Sweet Song	F	0.21	0.07	0.15
180	Sonrisas Otis Campbell	M	0.33	0.03	0.00
181	Sonrisas Picture Perfect Jpeg	M	0.35	-0.00	-0.00
182	Sonrisas Rory Little Kevin	M	0.23	0.06	-0.08
183	Sonrisas Theodoro De Islagorca	M	0.74	-0.17	0.28
184	Sonrisas Treasure Hollybrook	F	0.36	0.05	-0.10
185	Sonrisas What a Kelev er Boy	M	0.30	0.05	-0.11
186	Starrdust Frankly My Dear	F	0.30	0.05	-0.11
187	Starrdust Get Your Sparkle On	F	0.44	-0.04	0.12
188	Starrdust Give Peace A Chance	M	0.26	0.06	0.00
189	Starrdust Live A Little	F	0.22	0.06	0.15
190	Starrdust Mi Amore	F	0.31	0.00	0.25
191	Starrdust Simply Amazing	F	0.26	0.04	0.20
192	Thats The Way Manolo Pedoro	M	0.37	0.00	-0.12
193	Tigerlily Tamaran Smoke on the Water	M	0.23	0.05	-0.03
194	Twinkle's Eye of the Storm	M	0.42	-0.04	-0.05
195	Twinkle's Indy With Sonrisas	M	0.26	0.03	-0.04
196	Twinkle's Little Star	M	0.59	-0.08	-0.06
197	Ubba Bubba Mokry Bandita	F	0.59	-0.12	0.06
198	Very Wonder Full Mano Gentis	M	0.27	0.01	0.13
199	Windfall's Dude With Attitude	M	0.27	0.05	-0.10
200	WyHaven Gogo One In A Zillion	M	0.32	0.01	-0.06
201	Xtreme Funny Xamaro Pedoro	M	0.41	-0.03	-0.00
202	Yup's If the Shoe Fits	F	0.26	0.02	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
Rosalba	Website	Montana	United States
Selah Havanese	Website	Michigan	US