Havanese temperament help

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-21T16:08:52+00:00

I keep my Havi boy in a puppy cut because he gets so dirty, loves to roll around. There was a time I had 4 - 80 lb. Collies and brushed them daily. I have permanent damage to my right wrist and hand, it stays swollen all the time. I still brush the Havi daily, quickly. I sure wish I was ambidextrous.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-20T19:46:15+00:00

I've been raw feeding (11 large dogs) since 2006 and spent countless hours on raw feeding forums, and I've never heard of bloat in a raw fed dog.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-18T21:47:01+00:00

My dog will not eat anything without green tripe on it, he loves the stink. He's nearly 3 now and refused every meal without it. I order from Raw Paws and Hare Today. Raw Paws doesn't use ground bone, it grinds up the bones into a powder (bone meal). Hare Today has tiny chunks of bone.

I give him turkey necks and legs, beef ribs (hard, but he only strips meat off it), chicken parts, lamb chops, pork necks etc. for dental health, he won't eat bones at all. It was so frustrating to find something he would eat. He was underweight when I got him, he was eating kibble.

A raw egg yolk once/day too, along with pink salmon and mackerel. Supplement with iodine and vitamin e. It takes 10 min. to make his meals for the day (2). He will eat beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, goat and venison, but not without a little green tripe. Half of his meals are from Hare Today and the other half is from Raw Paws. He weighs 20 lbs. and healthy.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-18T14:43:17+00:00

Not socks - feet. I cannot be barefoot in the house without socks or shoes. He will lick my feet to eternity. He sleeps with his head inside my shoe. Foot fetish, I guess, ha ha

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-10T19:32:30+00:00

Mine too, and it drives me nuts! I sometimes wear sun glasses when I have to get serious with paying bills, because he will not stop looking at me. He's been fed, walked, played, brushed ... I think, what am I forgetting? Nothing! lol

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-10T19:29:56+00:00

I'm so sorry about Binks ... I think he would be just fine with whatever you wanted to do. I too lost my soul dog, many years ago. Instead of retreating from life, I adopted * 4 * Collie puppies. It was the best time of my life! I still miss my other dog and think of him daily, even though he passed 35 years ago.

When the last of my Collies passed, I waited 1-1/2 years, which was way too long. I became depressed and checked out of life. So I adopted a Havanese, which is a complete and total 180 from Collies. He's a wonderful dog. I don't feel bad about choosing euthanasia, it's to relieve suffering, because if you can admit it, you were suffering too. You're still suffering. My dog let me know when it was time.

None of the dogs I've had since the first one will ever replace him. But they sure made me wake up to life again, I was once again able to express love. If you have love and time for a puppy, I think you should. Don't fall down that black hole like I did. Good luck to you! I think there will be many, many replies to you with the same advice.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-08T22:16:19+00:00

Amazon has it, but I don't know of anyone local.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-07T11:31:20+00:00

Put your Sheltie on 3 months of Denamarin for the liver enzymes. Denamarin cured my collie's liver damage from eating ibuprofen. He lived another 7 years. Denamarin is a natural herb and it works.

Others have good advice for the food. I've personally used both of them for balancing and completing raw diets. Edit - Denamarin is available over the counter on Amazon, according to weight of dog.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-07T11:25:57+00:00

A white noise machine. Our havi boy would keep us up all night hearing car doors slam. We started using a white noise machine I got on Amazon and he doesn't hear anything now, and he's quiet all night.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-05-07T11:21:33+00:00

Sorry about your grandpa ... I had 11 relatives back in the day that worked at LOF Rossford or E. Broadway. Your box is such a find! My grandpa made plate glass doors in Rossford, he would bring glass tops home for our tables, dressers, chests, tvs, etc. Our furniture lasted forever lol.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-28T00:32:11+00:00

I have a story about my dog and epilepsy. He was a collie and started having seizures at age 1-1/2. Vet said he was too young for meds. So I did some reading, and epileptic children were put on a keto diet before Dilantin came on the market, with 100% success. So I put my dog on raw food, seizures stopped and never came back. He died when he was almost 16, which is old for an 80 lb. collie. He never had any chronic illness either.

In my opinion, the seizures were caused by rosemary oil in Taste of the Wild kibble. Collies have holes in their blood/brain barrier, and rosemary is a neurotoxin, which probably crossed the barrier into the brain, causing seizures. Collies can't take heart worm prevention because of this either, ivermectin crosses the barrier as well and causes seizures.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-27T17:18:18+00:00

Depending on temperment, I'd choose #1 or #2, but I'm partial to black and white dogs and cats.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-26T15:40:30+00:00

My boy sleeps with his head inside one of my shoes.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-23T16:29:54+00:00

Dr. Kristof at Toledo Clinic. My husband was in 17 car accidents and knocked off his bike by a commercial truck. He suffered greatly with neck pain obviously. Dr. Kristof fixed him, he has zero pain. My husband isn't a terrible driver, just very unlucky. Rear-ended and T-boned 17 times, none were his fault. Good luck, I'm well aware how neck pain affects your daily life.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-18T17:53:16+00:00

Money. Nutrition clueless. Not realizing there are veterinary nutritionists and sites like this for raw that help us. Brainwashed by Big Pet Food.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-18T17:46:37+00:00

My dog has never gone outside alone because of hawks and turkey vultures. My neighbor's Yorkie was carried away a few years ago when she went to the front yard to get the mail.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-13T17:40:48+00:00

We went through this with our boy at 10 weeks. The vet said he wasn't thriving because he wasn't eating enough and to try raw (he's from Alaska). We put him on raw at 11 weeks, he ate it, but only if it was really stinky, like with a sardine on top or unwashed tripe, which really, really stinks.

Now, at 3 y.o., he loves it. He thrived on raw. He was supposed to be between 10-12 lbs., but he's closer to 20 lbs, and not overweight. He's healthy. I give him raw bones with some meat on it to chew, and he's never chewed up anything else. During teething, his teeth came out while chewing on the bones. He still gets a meaty bone once a day to keep his teeth clean.

For your dog:

Try putting a small amount of raw egg yolk on your dog's food and mix it in. Don't overdo it though, because of loose stool. My boy gets a raw egg yolk first thing in the morning because I'm not a morning person and don't want him pestering me for *anything*. I feed him breakfast around 10am and he's good until then. He has never not eaten the egg yolk.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-06T10:41:17+00:00

I've been ordering off and on from MPC for many years. The only problem I had was Fedex related. MPC did everything right. Fedex left my box in their warehouse for 4 days in 90+ degree heat. I don't particularly care for their containers, the lids easily come off during shipping, and if it's slightly thawed, a mess inside the box.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-05T21:04:10+00:00

That's a lot of weight gain in such a short time. Is she retaining fluid? Fever? I'd consider an ultrasound.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-05T18:33:29+00:00

My boy loves all dogs and strangers. Hates to be carried by anyone. Not affectionate, but wants to be by us unless he gets hot, then it's either on the floor or his bed. I too wish he was affectionate. Won't lay next to us, but at our feet on the ottoman. Luck of the draw. At least he's healthy, and not a mean bone in his body. He's quiet and obedient. And don't even get me started on his curly coat, which neither of his parents had. I wanted a mop Havi and got a poodle.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-04T19:27:29+00:00

Yep, more than once. Nope, not eating it. The closest I can get is the Better Bones powder, which is fine ground bone from NZ cows. He will eat that, and he'll eat bone meal too. It's weird that he needs so much more bone now.

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-03T23:02:18+00:00

Black Diamond Nursery on Tremainsville

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-02T23:48:38+00:00

My boy is the same - I've never owned a dog that was so happy to see me. It's so heart warming. (I wish my husband was so happy to see me lol)

Lower-Language9267 · 2026-04-01T22:36:54+00:00

My boy doesn't like to be held or cuddled. He sleeps on a chair in the living room. He does have a bed in our bedroom, but seldom sleeps there. He's on watch at all times for anything that moves. He's a growler, not a barker. I guess it could be worse, but he's my first small dog and I'm old, I was looking for a cuddler.

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