With the unexpected end of our sailing days and move off of our beloved Mobius last October our whirlwind life since making the transition from sea to land ever since, has not allowed us to find new canine companions.  But the stars have finally aligned and after the longest that either Christine or I have been without dogs in our lives, the search was on to find two new heartbeats.  We had hoped to find two dogs from one of the many rescue or other shelters but after spending weeks chasing down over twenty such leads we turned to classified ads and lucked out when we finally found two pups remaining from a litter of four up in Wenatchee Washington.

The classified ad read: 

Havapoo puppies born May 24 2024.  Ready for their FUR-EVER home.  Dad is an all black toy poodle weighing 11 pounds.  Mom is a cream/beige Havapoo weighing 9 pounds.  I have 1 male  and 1 female left. all black male with a white strike on his chest.  The little girl is so lovable and just happy all the time.  The pups are paper trained ( with some accidents).   

These adorable puppies can’t wait to meet their new family! 

We were not familiar with Havanese breed but the quick overview we found has turned out to be very accurate. 

Havanese, the only dog breed native to Cuba, are cheerful little dogs with a spring in their step and a gleam in their big, brown eyes. These vivacious and sociable companions are becoming especially popular with American city dwellers. Distinctive features of the Havanese include a curled-over tail and a gorgeous silky coat, which comes in a variety of colors. Their small but sturdy bodies, adaptable nature, and social skills make Havanese an ideal city dog, but they are content to be anywhere that they can command the attention of admirers young and old alike. Havanese, smart and trainable extroverts with the comic instincts of a born clown, are natural trick dogs. Havanese are also excellent watchdogs and take the job seriously, but will usually keep the barking to a minimum.

Yikes!!  Ruby was a Cocker Spaniel & Poodle mix that is referred to in the US as a “CockaPoo” which we never cared for and instead used the European name “Spoodle” but now it looks like we were going to go from CockaPoo to HavaPoo!

Meet Zoe and Razz

By any name though, there was no getting around the cute factor being off the chart here as the ad was accompanied by these two photos:
One of this little Black & White girl,
…. and the other this even tinier all Black little boy.
We learned that the Mom & Dad were first time parents after an unexpected “get together” at their home just outside of Wenatchee and after trading a lot of texts and phone calls last weekend, we took off early in the morning on Monday and make the almost 500 mile drive north in spectacular weather and scenery through the interior of Oregon. 
No surprise that it was literally love at first sight as you can likely see in this first photo I took of Christine holding our new “babies” with their strawberry blonde Havapoo Mommy in front and all black toy poodle Daddy on the left. 
The intersection points were just too much as learned that Mom’s name was Ruby (not making this up!) and Dad “Tegga” was her spitting image as you can see here.
They had all spent their life so far in this fabulous grassy backyard and we spent the rest of the afternoon playing with them and getting answers to our unending questions from the owner. 

We arranged to come back early the next morning to pick them up and found a motel for the night in Wenatchee.
They had never been in a vehicle before so their breakfast didn’t last too long but otherwise the nine hour drive back to Klamath Falls went very well as you can see.
We stopped at many rest stops along the super scenic drive on another sunny day.
Including over an hour exploring the park along the river in beautiful Bend, Oregon.

and were soon walking them into their new home before dinner Tuesday night.
We had picked up a foldable pen at the pet store in Wenatchee along with a new dog bed and set that up with what we had always called “the Barney Blanket” and they settled right in.  Our first night together went eXtremely well as they slept through the night snuggled on the bed with us and never stirred until 7:30 the next morning.
We have decided to call this little guy “Razzcal” or “Raz” for short and he has definitely been living up to that choice with all his antics.  Already overdue for a haircut as you can see and he share’s a LOT of traits with Barney including his short little legs.
His slightly bigger sister is “Zoe” and as you can see she is very stressed in her new home.

We are all adjusting well.  Been for our first vet visit and round of shots, back on Monday for the next.
First time on a leash, along with a loooooong list of firsts for these two, but they are filling our hears with joy already.

I have made a bit of progress on Lance, testing setups for embedding the PEX tubing in the heated floor, choosing the diesel boiler to use and designing the plumbing system for it and putting this all in the 3D model to work out the details.  Christine’s sister drove up from Reno to spend a few days with us but I will get back to work tomorrow and hopefully have lots of interesting photos to share with you on the progress in next week’s update.

Till then, hope you enjoyed this week’s detour and thanks so much for taking the time to join us again on our adventures.

-Wayne