Breeders : We highly recommend this breeder they do all the health tests
Be very careful when choosing a breeder there are many new to the breed and new to dogs .Breeders who do not know allot about dogs and how to breed sound animals of tempermant and structure these so called breeders can cause more problems than good for any breed.
We recommend you ask questions like have you been in other breeds and howlong in Havanese.
Have you had any health problems, hearing etc.
Breeders we suggest :
Marilyn Vaughn www.encorehavanese.com or mvgypsygirl@aol.com
Janet Wahl www.janjems.com or info@janjems.com
Linda Luikens or lluiken
BEST BOOK ON THE BREED
The Joyous Havanese by Kathyrn Braund
Please beware of the Havana Silk dog people, they should fool no one there dogs are registered Havanese and shown as such. They choose to be differnet and think there havanese should have a different name and are healthy for some reaosn that no one can figure out. Most Havanese breeders do a great job health testing .
This is one breed with a few troble makers.
The american kennel club www.akc.org
Ofa www.offa.org
MBF entries www.infodog.com
Jack Bradshaw www.Jbradshaw.com
pet supplies www.petedge.com
petsupplies www.dog.com
ATTEND THE PLEASANTON SYMPOSIUM OCTOBER 21st
AB1634 will be back. The supporters are determined to get a win and are planning on starting this bill in the Senate in January. Your elected officials will tell you they are already getting pressure for next year. And PETA has a billboard campaign already started nationally; this one is in Los Angeles. So come and find out what you can be doing now and in January to make sure AB1634 does not pass.
The last CDOC Educational Symposium of the year will be held on Sunday, October 21st at the Alameda County Fairgrounds from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Hear the new information on how the Animal Rights people are approaching businesses for support. Find out what we need to do to ensure that this bill does not get out of a policy committee next year.
Remember, we cannot be sure this will go back to the Local Government Committee. Assemblyman Levine changed the bill to avoid the Business and Professions Committee.
We have confirmed with Assemblyman Levine he plans to reintroduce this. While he knows that bringing back AB1634 is divisive, he needs the contributions from the people who support this issue to fund his Senate campaign.
Speakers will include Martin Cooper of Cooper Communications. Marty handles the Public Relations and Media Relations on these issues for CDOC. Please come and hear the plans for getting the media in our corner over the next several months and how you can help. One of the goals is to make the general public more aware of this issue and the way to do that is through the media and the CDOC Letters to the Editor Program.
Scott Sadler of Lehman, Kelly, Sadler and O'Keefe represents CDOC in Sacramento. He led our fight against AB1634 with the Assembly members and Senators and continues to relay our message to elected official on a daily basis. He will discuss the 2007 strategy and what we will be doing in 2008. He will talk about the CDOC Legislative Grid and answer questions about how you can most effectively work with your elected officials to make a difference.
We will also provide a brief update on other hot spots around California.
There is no charge for the symposium, which will start at 7:00 pm in the Exhibition Building at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Reservations are necessary. Please go to www.cdoca.org <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hwj8nfcab.0.jsthpbcab.nfmmdbcab.101&ts=S0289&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdoca.org%2F> ; write to symposium@cdoca.org or call 818-519-2141. We look forward to seeing you there.
NEWS FROM ED BOKS
At the Los Angeles Animal Commission meeting on morning, Ed Boks, General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services and leader in the battle to get AB1634 adopted statewide made an interesting report to the Los Angeles Animal Commission. He reported to the Commission that the LA Shelter and Assemblyman Lloyd Levine will have a role in a new television program which is evidently called Thirty Days. According to Boks, this is a reality show that will feature a hard-core hunter moving into the home of a Vegan. Boks said "AB1634 is playing into that and Levine is involved".
We know the Healthy Animal Act people had gone to AT and other utilities to ask them to support for AB1634. Presumably their pitch to a utility is that early spay/neuter animals are less apt to bite the meter readers. Fortunately we know from the work done by Canine Companions for Independence that actually early spay/neuter can have an adverse affect resulting in fearfulness and even increased aggression.
UPDATE ON HUNTINGTON BEACH
The beautiful city of Huntington Beach continues to boggle the mind with their consideration of an AB1634 look-alike - patterned after an ordinance passed in Los Angeles County too recently to be able to assess its impact.
Parts of unincorporated Los Angeles County has some of the highest crime rates in the area, and the wide open spaces have attracted some puppy mills. That area and its possible needs could not be more different than upscale Orange County where Huntington Beach is known as "Surf City".
Huntington Beach is serviced by Orange County Animal Care Services which also handles 20 other cities in Orange County. Interestingly in the Local Government Committee hearing in July, Keith Bohr, who testified for AB1634, told the Committee that Huntington Beach would be adopting this ordinance. But it wasn't until August 20th that the report from the Chief of Police was issued. Hmmmm.
Based on the report from Chief Small, one would expect anything but a vote for an ordinance. The euthanasia rate overall for OCACS for dogs was 38%; for Huntington Beach it was 20%. Of the 165 dogs impounded in Huntington Beach that were euthanized here is the breakdown from OCACS:
Reason
Number
Poor adoptable candidate
34
Aggressive to other animals
7
Aggressive to people
1
Euthanized at a vet hospital
1
Poor behavior history
7
Poor behavior history as observed at shelter
40
Medical reasons
17
Owner requested
45
"Head test" after biting someone
10
Too old to be adopted
2
Lack of shelter space
1
When you look at this chart and realize that euthanasia of dogs in Huntington Beach has about half the rate of surrounding communities whose animal care services are provided by the same agency, and that ONE adoptable dog was euthanized in the period covered, one wonders what is really happening in Huntington Beach. Susan Sholar, from CalFed attended the meeting and spoke against the concept.
Given the health information that has been provided over the past six months, including the position od CVMA, it is clear that those who continue to advocate this step, especially in a city with numbers like this, are more concerned with political wins than animal welfare.
A group of residents called POWER, Pet Owners Want Equal Rights is working very hard to turn this around and CDOC is assisting in that effort. Through their work the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Orange County has passed a resolution opposing the ordinance under consideration. Their website in www.POWERinHB.com <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hwj8nfcab.0.iqaiofcab.nfmmdbcab.101&ts=S0289&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.powerinhb.com%2F> .
Mark your calendars now. This is tentatively scheduled for presentation to the OCACS on October 22nd and to the HB City Council on November 5th. Plan to attend both meetings. And we would urge everyone who lives in Huntington Beach to write a letter to all the councilmembers <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hwj8nfcab.0.jqaiofcab.nfmmdbcab.101&ts=S0289&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ci.huntington-beach.ca.us%2Fgovernment%2Felected_officials%2Fcity_council%2F> urging they do not take this totally unnecessary step. And please pass this bulletin along to any dog owners in Huntington Beach.
CDOC SENDS COPIES OF WINOGRAD BOOK TO LEGISLATORS
A member provided 50 copies of Redemption to CDOC and those books are being sent to selected members of the Legislature and local legislators in Los Angeles and Huntington Beach.
CDOC has sent copies of Winograd's articles on Mandatory Spay/Neuter and Limit Laws to legislators since last May. His new book is very interesting.
Most shelters are implementing many of the programs that are described in this book. As those of us who are involved in this area of problem solving know, this is a very complex problem.
CDOC's position has been that there is no overpopulation; we need to do more work on education and encourage responsible dog ownership. If there were truly too many dogs, there would not be pet stores, internet sales and importation of dogs from outside the county. We need to tackle the real problems, before the dogs get to the shelters.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Concerned Dog Owners of California (CDOC) is to provide information to elected officials and others so that legislation and regulation will promote the health, well-being and appropriate care of all dogs, protect rthe rights and responsibilities of dog owners and breeders, and support responsible dog ownership.
