We hope you'll take the time to browse around and get to know more about this hybrid breed, we lovingly refer to as the iDoodle ( short for Mini Island Doodle). We have been successfully involved in loving, owning, showing and breeding Havanese and "Havana Silk Dogs" since 1998, and have produced many champions and even Group winning and top ranked show dogs over the years. Most of our beautiful pups have gone on to wonderful and loving pet homes though, living in the lap of luxury and contentment. What is an iDoodle? It's the smallest doodle, first of all and a hybrid breed, meaning his creation was and is intentional and thought out for important reasons. An iDoodle is the offspring of an Havana Silk Dog and a toy poodle. Now, you may be wondering why we've decided to breed 'mini doodles', after such a successful career in Havanese and Silk Dogs. The simple fact is, we want to be able to produce puppies with great temperaments PLUS that great hybrid vigor, because THAT is what is most important to us: health and temperament!

Truthfully, I've never really been a big fan of the so called 'designer dogs' because I never saw much sense in it, well... until now that is. Most likely due to small gene pools, both the Havanese and the Havana Silk Dog are a vaccine sensitive breed. European and American Havanese pretty much all have the same ancestors. The gene pool has always been historically small! What's worse, the Havanese is now considered a dwarf breed . (Google Heidi Parker: Havanese to read her scientific paper on the subject). It was not originally a dwarf breed, but over the years it has become one unfortunately. And along with this dwarfism or Chondryodysplasia, can come other serious health issues like juvenile cataracts, and liver and heart issues to name a few. In a conscious decision to never breed CD (dwarf) dogs, we left the Havanese world behind, with a large group of other concerned owners and breeders and the Havana Silk Dog Association of America was formed. Steve and I were both charter members and helped with input on the club deliberations, the standard, our goals as a club, etc.

It was a smart move, to consciously erradicate a disease from our breed that we loved. Unfortunately, our even more limited gene pool started showing some signs of an even more fragile immune system. This posed a great worry to us as breeders regarding the future of our breed we love so much. The signs of 'inbreeding depression" weren't okay with us; Blue Merle Border Collie Puppies For Sale North Walesbut what to do about it became the bigger question. Dwell Cork FlooringWe weren't ready to 'throw in the towel' and were/are still interested in trying to produce beautiful, healthy puppies for deserving families.Teacup Yorkies For Sale In Ontario Canada To make a long story short, after lots of research and discussion with some long time, experienced breeders and friends, all sharing the same concerns, we decided the best thing for us to do was to

'go out' for some new, different genes to open up our gene pool. Our small group of breeders consists of long standing AKC breeders with years and years of experience who have produced many AKC champions, AKC Group winning dogs, Field Trial dogs, National Specialty winners, Westminster winner... etc. etc. Even with all of our knowledge and experience however, we found ourselves trapped with this small gene pool. A toy dog with a healthy immune system should live a long happy life, but when the immune system becomes compromised, all sorts of 'bad' things can happen, such as Hypothyroidism, Cushings Disease, Diabetes, liver disease and even cancer, to name a few! A lot of research in hybrid vigor in other species and even in other dogs (Goldendoodles for one) was researched diligently. We looked at every possible way to do this the 'best' way. Because of all we've learned, we have decided to open up our gene pool by bringing in some totally new genes, thus creating a dog with much more robust vitality and hybrid vigor;

and creating the Island Mini-doodle, or a TRUE Mini Doodle. A hybrid is not a mutt. A hybrid, is when both parents are known and are both purebred, but of different breeds. A mutt or mongrel is a combination of all kinds of breeds and usually the breeds (ancestors) are unknown.The Havanese is truly a delightful little dog.   have happy, outgoing and immensely entertaining personalities. Havanese are excellent with children and are loyal, devoted To Know Them is to Love Them! General Information About the Havanese Where do they come from? The Havanese  is an old breed of the Bichon Family.  They were first recognized in  the Mediterranean area  and may have originated on the island of Malta. Today's Havanese descended from those found in Cuba.   into the American Kennel Club's registry on June 30, 1995, entered the Miscellaneous Class on February 1, 1996 and began competing in the Toy Group on January 1, 1999. The Havanese size is measured in inches (measured

from the top of the shoulders to the ground) and ranges between 8-1/2 and weight of the adult Havanese varies depending upon his size but usually ranges between 7 and 14 pounds. What do they act The Havanese is a very sweet and affectionate breed with exceptional intelligenceThey are sturdy, playful and very entertaining.   if having springs for legs, the Havanese possess a very clown like personality and are often quite busy.  They are excellent with children , other pets, and get along well in almost every situation. The Havanese comes in a wide variety of colors and color patterns with no preference being given to one color over another.  The colors can range from pure white to shades of cream, gold, black, blue, silver, chocolate or any combination of these colors including pied, parti or brindleThe Havanese has a COMPLETELY NON-SHEDDING Since the Havanese does not shed and has a low dander level, they have been