What I’ve Learned From Facebook

Someone on Facebook was talking about how much they enjoyed their dog show weekend with friends, when another person responded by saying, in essence, how much we all love our dogs and how can we be anything but united in that love for all things Havanese.  On the success of a different Havanese in the show ring, another person remarked about how we really are guardians of the breed.  That got me thinking.  That guardianship applies just as strongly to the health of our breed as it does to the way our dogs look.

That’s why I am part of the UCDavis Havanese Genetic Diversity Program.   This is a very easy way to enable us  to ensure that the sire and dam are unrelated.  It protects not only the potential litter and puppies, but also the genepool  of the breed as a whole.

To me diversity is no longer an issue.  Every breeding facility (zoos, farmers, biologists and endangered species workers) in the world has come to that conclusion and dogs are no different.

If you go through the following  presentation (be sure to read through the notes at the bottom of each page) it will help you understand the entire process.

UCDavis Diversiity program presentation.