Havanese Buyer Information – VanCort’s Happy Havanese

Just a note to our buyers

A $800 deposit is required to be on the waiting list. The remaining balance is due when you pick up your puppy.
Please be sure before placing a deposit as all deposits are non-refundable. Those that place a deposit before a litter is born are asked to make their decision once puppies reach one to two weeks of age. This is done in order in which deposits are placed. First deposit picks first, second deposit picks second and so forth. When you are told it is your turn to pick your puppy you have 24 hours to make that decision. If you are visiting to pick your puppy, you have 24 hours after the visit to make your decision. If we do not have what you’re looking for once it is your turn to choose, you may transfer your deposit to the next litter.

Puppies go to their new homes at eight weeks or more. They’re healthy, happy, and well socialized. They are accustomed to regular household noise, other small dogs, and children, although we no longer have small children in our home. Puppies are handled and played with daily.

Puppies come with AKC limited registration and age appropriate shots plus de-worming administered by our licensed veterinarian, a vet record will be provided. Puppies also go home with a small bag of the puppy food they’re eating (we feed Iams small breed puppy) and their very own blanket with mom and litter mates scent.

Our havanese puppies priced at the time and can fluctuate.
We aim to find wonderful, loving homes for all of our puppies.

Paypal and Venmo are accepted FOR DEPOSIT ONLY. You may also send a check in the mail for deposit only. Cash ONLY is accepted when you pick up your puppy.

❗Puppies need to be picked up within a few days of their “ready date” unless prior arrangements have been made. If you do not pick up your puppy in a timely manner, you forfeit your deposit and the puppy will once again be available. It is very important that you pick up your puppy when he/she is ready to go.❗

*We reserve the right to refuse any sale*

We currently do not ship our puppies. You may also fly here. Lansing, Flint or Detroit airports.
If you can not come to our home and pick up your puppy when he/she is ready to go please make prior arrangements.

We want your experience to be happy. We stay away from negative ads, but I want to remind or inform our families about breeders that sell mixed breeds (aka designer dogs) or sell many breeds. If someone’s ad shows many breeds or many puppies, they are probably a broker, which means they do not know where the pups are raised or where they come from. Or they could be puppy millers, who raised hundreds of dogs in undesirable conditions. Brokers and Puppy Millers do not health test and do not raise their dogs in their home.The dogs can live in miserable conditions.

If you have questions about us call our Vets, our dogs are in our homes, sleep on our beds and get great Vet Care. Schultz Vet Okemos and Evergreen.

We guarantee our pups for life threatening genetic defects for one year. We will be here to support you and back you up. If you read someone has a longer guarantee and have not been in business very long, they may not be here to back up your guarantee. Having said that, we like to talk about VanCort’s Havanese and all the great things we do to we provide you with healthy happy pups and support you in your new family experience.

AT anytime in the future if you need to place the pup in a home contact us. We love them and never want them to enter a Pound or Rescue. We do not sell with full registration, our pups are for

VanCort’s Happy Havanese puppies are available on a first come first serve basis. You may reserve a puppy by placing deposit of $800.00 by way of a personal check, or Pay Pal, which will be credited to the price of the puppy. This deposit wi

If you would like to pick up the puppy at our home, the balance will be due at that time in cash.

If we make arrangements to meet halfway, a deposit and we may require a delivery fee depending on the distance (over 100 miles), and the remaining will be due in cash upon arrival.

Your new baby will come home wormed and up to date with first shots. The Vet checks them over completely to make sure the hips and patella’s are fine and the general pup is healthy. They also check their hearing.

We puppy pad train puppies and teach them to go outside.

This where we buy LOTS of products. We use exercise pens from Walmart.com, you can buy them at toys R Us/babies r us or order them from www.petedge.com They open into a rectangle. I put puppy pads on one end and a blanket bed area on the other end. This gives them room to move during the day. They can stay there all night or all day while you are at work. Crates are very confining, can cause them to get territorial with humans. Some pets will nip if crated long period and a person reaches into”their space” the crate. Pens are also a safe/time to settle down. We have even used them on top of carpet by placing a section of vinyl under the pen.

PetEdge – Over 12,000 products for your dog or puppy
Food- Iams chicken for pups and adults, Iams is at grocery store. We order from Chewy.com
We use puppy pads. The pups, play with small stuffed toys, squeaky toys and I let them play with flat rawhides (take them away when they get small). Our young pups are raised in pens, they are children’s exercise pens by North States purchased at Walmart.com or many pet stores and sites.
Just FYI-

Puppy will come with:
AKC Limited Registration.
A spay and neuter agreement.
They will have their 1st round of shots and have been wormed, and a vet record of such.
They are given Panacur at age 6 weeks.
Iams Small breed chicken puppy food -Dry food.

Have on hand a high quality Chicken and Rice Canned Puppy food in case the pups is being a fussy eater at times. We use Science Diet.

We use hospital underbed pads as puppy pads. Fabric pads can be purchased through Puppypadlady.com or Ebay under Whelping pad or from Petsmart.

I use regular baby shampoo. If you have any allergies, our pups have hair rather than fur which is great for those with allergies, you could react from their shampoo, you may want to make sure the puppie’s shampoo is fragrance free.

I give them a shower at this age rather than a bath. I hold them with my left hand and wash them with the right, then rinse. Be careful to avoid water in the ears, dry that area carefully.

They usually are still receiving moistened food. I take their puppy food and moisten with water, just enough to make the kernels spongy. Iams small breed puppy. Use chicken for pups, lamb can cause tummy upset. Feed your new baby and take outside immediately after. They need to potty upon waking and after eating and before bed. Always praise! They are so smart they learn quickly.

Pups have played with small balls, stuff toys and nylabone toys. At 8 weeks feed 3 times per day and at 12 weeks 2 times per day. Start with 1/2 a cup and see how the pup does.

They are still babies, they need direction, training consistency and love. As babies they sleep most of the day and play hard when awake. I recommend the use of a child’s exercise pen for these rest period. Some people sleep with their puppy and others prefer pup sleeps in their pen. If can take a little while for them to adjust to night time. It is nice if they can hear you speak. I usually just say “It’s ok I am right here”. They calm down.

Remember we are here to support you! A puppy class is fun and it teaches the family what commands to use etc. We are available for our families. Email is the best for me. I work during the day and can get back with you on my breaks etc. The phone on the site is Charley’s and Patrick’s they are with the dogs full time.

A little about personalities-

Havanese are natural companion dogs: gentle and responsive. They become very attached to their human families and are excellent with children. Very affectionate and playful with a high degree of intelligence. These cheerful dogs are very sociable and will get along with everyone including people, dogs, cats and other pets. They are easy to obedience train and get along well with other dogs. This curious dog loves to sit up high on a chair to observe what is going on. It is very sensitive to the tone of your voice. Harsh words will only upset the dog and will achieve very little. The Havanese have a long reputation of being circus dogs, probably because it learns quickly and enjoys doing things for people. Few tend to bark a lot, as they can be taught not to do this. It is not their nature to bark a lot. It is best to teach them not to bark unnecessarily while they are still young to prevent it from becoming a habit. Havanese are good watch dogs – making sure to alert you when a visitor arrives, but will quickly welcome the guest once it sees you welcome them. Havanese live for your every word and gesture.