WE KNOW HOW THE

 HAVANESE BECAME THE

   HAVANESE BUT HOW

   DID THIS ADORABLE

 DOG GET TO THE U.S.?

     AS TIME PASSED

        THE CUBAN

 CULTURE DID MUCH TO

 KEEP THE BICHON AND

 THE CUBAN POODLE AS

      TRUE TO THEIR

        ORIGIONAL

       STANDARDS.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~

       LEAVING THE 

      HAVANESE  TO

LIVE ON, AS A BREED OF

        IT'S OWN.

    THE INFUSION OF

   CUBAN CULTURE ESP.

 IN AREAS LIKE FLORIDA

     RESULTED IN THE

        FORTUNATE

 SITUATION FOR A U.S.

         BREEDER

          NAMED

   DOROTHY GOODALE.

     DORTHY LEARNED

 OF THE EXISTENCE OF

   THE HAVANESE AND

       BECAME VERY

        INTRIGUED

    AND FASCINATED.

  SHE BEGAN TO SEEK

  MORE INFORMATION

ON THIS CANINE BREED.

          DORTHY

    ADVERTISED IN A

    MIAMI PAPER AND

 FOUND TWO OR THREE

 IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

  WHO HAD BROUGHT

THEIR HAVANESE DOGS

       FROM CUBA.

           THEN

 ACQUIRED SIX FEMALE

    HAVANESE WITH

        PEDIGREES.

      A LITTLE LATER 

             SHE  

  ACQUIRED FIVE MORE 

  MALES FROM A CUBAN

MOVING TO COSTA RICA

         TO TEXAS,

 AND COULD NOT TAKE

           THEM.

  AS AN EXPERIENCED

 BREEDER SHE AND HER

 HUSBAND BERT, ALONG

   WITH A GROUP OF

    COLLABORATORS,

      FOUNDED THE

  HAVANESE CLUB OF

        AMERICA.

 BREEDING IN THE U.S.

  BEGAN WITH A VERY

    LIMITED GENETIC

            POOL.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~

 THE HISTORY OF THE

 HAVANESE IN THE U.S.

  ENDS ON A POSITIVE

            NOTE!

        THE BREED

WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE

            AKC

  AND IT COMPETES IN

  THE TOY GROUP,WITH

   THE HAVANESE CLUB

        OF AMERICA

           AS THE

    AKC PARENT CLUB.

  COULD THERE BE

     ANYTHING

       SWEETER?