María Allen
# 16 He can then spend part of his time on the sofa next to his favorite person or in his own game. Of course, crawling and stroking can’t hurt in this quiet phase. The Havanese will gratefully respond to every offer of cuddles.
Most Havanese have a lot of fun with this sport and are happy about successful performances. In addition, the bond between a dog and its owner is particularly strengthened in this way.
# 17 Because he loves it and gives him the hoped-for attention that a Havanese needs almost as badly as the air to breathe.
In a competition, a self-choreographed and rehearsed dance is presented to a selected piece of music. Common figures that the dogs perform during the dance are, for example, turns, running backward, pirouettes, polonaises, jumps, and running through the owner's legs. The owner may only make verbal announcements and give small hand signals. Choreographies in which man and dog not only dance closely but also at a distance in the case of individual figures are particularly demanding. If you have ambitions to win, you should build in such figures. In any case, the jury appreciates particularly difficult and unusual parts.
# 18 If he feels that he has been neglected in any way – whether justified or unjustified…
- he may overlook it the first time (provided it is a particularly tolerant representative of his breed), but at the latest in the case of a repeated human non-observance, he himself the gentlest Havanese barking loudly to point out the unfair and, for him, completely incomprehensible grievances he sees himself exposed to.