Salem’s A Little Smudge
 

By Kachina’s Midnight Padrino Out of Liveoak’s Dark Victory
 



"Smudge"

9 1/2 inches tall - 12 pounds


I had been involved with Shelties for 15 years, and produced a AKC champion and quite a few obedience and agility dogs. I love my Shelties but I wanted to cut back on the every day vacuuming of dog hair. I decided on a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. I did my research and started contacting breeders. Fortunately for me, one of my first phone calls was to Tanya Afman in GA. I explained that I lived on a farm, had 4 older spayed shelties, about 100 rabbits, miniature donkeys, ducks, geese and chickens. Tanya didn’t think that this would be a good environment for a Soft Coated Wheaton. Tanya also raised Havanese. She gave me some of the background of the breed and suggested that I check the them out. Their personality, size and non-shed was exactly what I was looking for. I contacted Tanya and asked to be on her long waiting list.

I was on Tanyas' waiting list for 5 months before the litter was born. My only requirement was a dark head and a female. SMUDGE was my first Havanese. I was able to purchase Smudge with an open registration. I fell in love with the personality. The personality of the Havanese is absolutely unique. Now, I was thinking about showing and breeding. When Smudge was about a year old, I took her down to Sandy Barnes for an evaluation. If Smudge was of pet quality I would spay her and keep her as a pet and look for a second with show potential. We cam to the conclusion Smudge was a nice Havanese with some minor faults. We discussed breeding her to Sandy’s Beanie. Beanie had the qualities to offset Smudges faults. Out of that first litter one puppy was sold to Rebecca Elliott who owner handled Salem’s A Precious Gem to her championship. MY FIRST CHAMPION ---- IN MY FIRST LITTER---- WOW--- I WAS HOOKED. The third breeding of Smudge to CH Los Perritos Wee Pantaloons ROMX produced CH A One Time Shot ROM. Smudge is definitely a character. She thinks, her job in life is to make me laugh. Give her an empty sour cream container and she will throw it around for an hour, always checking that I am watching. Smudge is just over 7 years now and she still thinks and acts like a puppy.

 

All of Smudges OFA test were done at 6 and 7 years of age. Eye certification is done annually.

Eye Certification HV-1236/2006 - 86 Bauer Test Normal
OFA Hips Excellent - OFA Patellas Normal
OFA Cardic Normal -  OFA Elbows one elbow grade 1

 

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