From the University of Georgia in honor of Rio 2016

Georgia Gymnastics

Andrea Thomas was the first Gymdog to compete in the Olympics, representing Canada in 1984! Thomas finished 14th among all individual competitors at the LA Games.

Genetic Diversity Test available for Havanese through UCDavis

While we do not have any official statistics on health problems in the Havanese, there is a great deal of autoimmune reactions and diseases.  This is most likely because of the small number of dogs used to rebuild the Havanese after it was decimated during the Cuban revolution.  However, world-wide we do have a great deal of diversity and so it is possible to bring genetic health, diversity, back to  the Havanese.

This is an example of how the program can be used even if a breeder has no understanding of genetic principals:

http://www.sonrisashavanese.ca/diversity.html

To read more about the program and what has been discovered about the Havanese gene pool go here:

https://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/dog/GeneticDiversityInHavanese.php

More information about autoimmune disesase.

Autoimmune disease is probably the top Havanese health issue.  Some of it is most likely due to over vaccination when you consider that a Havanese and a Great Dane get the same amount of vaccine even as puppies.


http://drjeandoddspethealthresource.tumblr.com/post/147904378056/immune-disorders-vaccines#.V5ZUQ7grK71

Thyroid problems in dogs

This is pretty good information about thyroid problems and thyroid is an under-tested problem in Havanese.

http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/myths-about-thyroid-disorders-vaccines-in-pets/

Happy Birthday from two of Mojo's friends

The dog on the right is Sonrisas Winning Oscar and the one on the left is Leo (sorry, don't know his registered name).  Leo and Oscar belong to long time friends Jean Brown and Roger and Judy Slauson.