I am going to try and do some focus photos and two videos of two puppies at a time. A different post for the next four days. We’ll see how it goes. Starting with Tinkerbell and Tiana, both Tango/Woody puppies. Both girls.
Tiana….see her white tail tip?
Tinkerbell….more white around her nose.
Tiana is a little darker and has the tiny white tip on her tail. Enjoy! 
Kristoff and Tiana mouthing each other while Balloo watches.
Tiana is manding!
Tiana and her new ball.
Tiana says, “Mine!”
Good boy Eric!
Balloo (top), Olaf (1 o’clock), Tiana (4 o’clock) and Mickey.
Kristoff (upper left), Tinker Bell (top) Tiana (top right), Naveen (middle right), Olaf (middle middle), Eric (at the water bowl). Then left to right across the bottom Balloo, Moana and Mickey.
Beginners’ version of manding!
Olaf (top), Mickey, Moana and Balloo (left to right in the middle) all out of Luna and Tiana (bottom-out of Tango)
(Clockwise from the top) TinkerBell, Eric, Naveen and Kristoff all out of Tango.
I created this blog for several reasons. One was to keep track of my puppy families. But another is to offer up information I hope will be helpful, not just to my families, but to all pet owners.
This week I’m doing some research into items commonly used inside and outside our homes with regard to how they can affect our pets. There is, fortunately, a lot of information on the web and I hope to share some of those links with you here.
I’m sure all of us have had the unfortunate experience of losing a pet prematurely, or have close friends who have. Havanese, for example, should live from 12 to 14 years. There are many who live well beyond 15 years. And, sadly there are some Havanese who don’t make it to their 8th birthday. Sometimes accidents take the lives of our dear ones but, as often as not, cancer is the cause. Exposure to chemicals in and around our homes has long been suspected of causing these cancers.
Think about all the products we use on our floors, on our carpets, on our driveways, in our gardens and on our lawns. Then think about your pet who spends the majority of its time in these areas.
“The Truth About Cats, Dogs and Lawn Chemicals” is a PDF file put out by pesticidewatch.org and it is a real eye opener! I encourage all my readers to take a good look at this document.
I also hope my readers will feel free to comment on this article and add any information they have discovered about household chemicals or green alternatives.
One final note…I would appreciate your spreading the word about my blog. The more readers we have, the more information we can disperse…a kind of forum for all dog families!
Here are some photos I took the other day of the five Havanese in my life. Maxi’s puppy, Digger, (formerly Burst) lives with my daughter on the weekends and with me during the week so he doesn’t have to be cooped up while she’s at work. Lily is the girl I bought from Kathy Ambler. And, of course, Phoebe, Maxi and Marli are my older girls.
