History of the bichon Havanese

The history supposed of the bichon Havanese and information on its history are sometimes discussed

The ancestors of Bichon Habanero came on the island from Cuba with forwardings coming from Europe towards the New World.

 The cuban port of Havana was during a few centuries an important center of commercial exchange, consequently; products, people and habits coming from parts distinct from the world contributed to economic development, social and cultural of the island; and One of the many results of this mixture is the bichon Habanero.

During the colonial time, European families established with Havana, one started to bring their dogs with the intention to benefit from their company, by minimizing the nostalgia of their hometowns.

In Europe, the bichon stays with the mode and stays estimated for its small and are soft character; while the Spanishs exerted a strong commercial monopoly with Cuba, this is why have believes that " chiots" , surely the Malteses and Let us be tickled pink of Tenerife, with Spanish dogs of water and other dogs " falderos" directly came from Spain from its boats and also coming from other countries from Europe.

With time, and the particular conditions of food and climate of Havana gave rise to a a little different dog smaller than his/her European cousins, and with a completely white, buckled and silky peeling: " Blanquito of Habana" ; the first obviousnesses of this dog date from the 18th century; one of them is in the table of the cuban painter Vicente Escobar, the " Portrait of Jeune" dated in 1797. Blanquito of Havana was regarded as a sign of good taste pertaining to the high society, to which they were commonly also known like the " dogs fins" who according to descriptions of the 19th century, were " small snowballs or of white silk, very small which did not weigh more than two kilogrammes and half, with a long peeling which arrived on the ground and of hairs which covered its brilliant black eyes, a tail in the shape of plume, tilted on the back and or fell from long the hairs, of an alive and intelligent nature, very faithful to its masters".

        One can see through masterpieces today and at various periods of their evolutions of let us be tickled pink at the time

Portrait of Federico Gonzaga duke of Mantua.

Gone back to 1529 it is exposed to the Museum Del Prado in MADRID.

Already a beautiful outline the havanese one!

Then later on a table of the Cuban artist Vincente Escobar (1757-1834).

This dog is that which was incorrectly identified like Bichon Habanero, always and still currently, however, it was shown that of Blanquito havanese  in Bichon Habanero, a step existed. During the 19th century of the French colonists of the islands of Santo Domingo and Haiti, arrived at Cuba; with new European races which accompanied this large wave by immigrant (E) S between those, the Barbet spaniel, and Poodle or Poodle originating in Germany and developed in France.

They make crossings controlled of the Poodle with Blanquito havanese, and a new race emerges, that which acquires a greater quantity of colors, robust and a size, which is Bichon Habanero, Bichon Habanero becomes the dog of the cuban aristocracy then, until the beginning of the 20th century, when it is replaced by others are tickled pink of foreign origin and passes from mode the race is almost forgotten, however, it remained always alive in the popular preference. In 1959, with the cuban Revolution, the families rich person opposed to the new mode of the island emigrate with their dogs towards the United States of America, and during the decade of the Sixties, after the revolutionary triumph, in Cuba one does not start again the breeding nor the canine exhibitions, it is thus, that the bichon Habanero, at summer to forget, since one with ceccé to raise and expose, although ils' is maintained with being a popular dog that common people and courents had in their houses.

In the decade of the Eighties, (1987) it remakes surface the cuban canine movement with the foundation of eight clubs of pure pedigree dogs and the Federation of New Cinológica of Cuba, of return to the F.C.I as an associated member.  it reappears with a great force the interest for the dogs and, as envisaged, the cuban national race: Bichon Habanero  Cuban Zoila Portuondo Guerra, obtained the rank of laid off in history of

art it is one of the founders of the Cinologica federation of Cuba it carries out the first summary and search on Bichon Habanero, and them joined together on a work which is presented in the first Cinologico congers of very famous America to Mexico in 1990 and from where we take most information on the race

for its reliability and are prestige the first task of the Cuban Club of the bichon havanese at summer to gather all the dogs which had the correct type

, to specify them and register them. With this genetic equipment one began a program of selective reproduction directed towards the restoration, consolidation and an improvement of the race, all that was done under the common affix " of Giraldilla" who appears in all the cuban pedigrees of Are tickled pink Habaneros.La second task was to work for the evolution and the heritage of the race which the FCI had withdrawn in Cuba in 1989.

In 1995 one with succeeded that the FCI recognized with the cuban nation a country of développement" race but for the stockbreeders of the island that is still insufficient. They are convinced of what the race is originating in the country and, work only with dogs born in that Ci and never used in their lines another blood which is not strictly Cuban.

The third task undertaken by the club was the meticulous study of the canine race and making of a standard which will not be able to come into effect until as long as   Cuba does not recover the heritage of Bichon havanais.la FCI approved the first standard by 1963. Besides that-of the FCI, there are other standards for the race bichon Havanese, like that of Kennel Club the English and that of the American Kennel Club (very similar with the Cuban). In 1999 at the request of an English publisher the book " is written; Bichon Havanese" a book to thus consult any Master should have   a specimen with this marvellous race of dogs.