Meet the Breeders
Sheri Holihan and Karis Pierce
Sheri takes Frist Place Group Win with our First Bichon Frise in 1982 at Dixon, CA
Sheri Showing our Vizsla at the Sacramento Dog Show in 1985
Sheri with her first Havanese "Mindy" 
The first Female Havanese to win her Championship corded the the USA

About the Breeder's
We are a Mother (Karis), Daughter (Sheri) team.

Karis and her daughter Sheri have been showing and breeding dog’s since 1982.

Sheri started in the 4-H dog program, showing her fathers hunting dog, the Vizslas and she had such a wonderful time showing our Vizslas. Unfortunately her Father needed his hunting dog on the weekends so she couldn't show during hunting season.

So mother and daughter started looking around at the AKC shows and were introduced to the Bichons Frises and fell in love with the breed.  We showed and bred Bichons Frises  until the early 1997. We had loved our Bichons Frises but decided we wanted a dog with more color.

So in 1998 we started looking for the Black Bichon or better known as the Bichon Havanese or Silky Bichon. After months of researching on the breed and looking around we found are first Havanese in November 1998; it was love at first sight for mom "Karis" when she saw the little black dog.  He was named El Karis de Media "Noche". Noche was the very First Havanese shown in the AKC ring in Northern California and at first it was hard to find other dogs to compete against to earn is title, but he finally got his Championship in 2000 and he was 12th in the Breed. In 2001 Karis showed "Noche" and he finished 10th in the Nation for his breed.

Noche was invited to the Eukanba Invitational Dog show in Orlando, Florida where he was shown with the Top 20 Havanese in the Nation, it was an honor to show him at this show.  Sadly, "Noche" is no longer with us.  He had 14 champions and has been issued the Register of Merit "ROM" from the Havanese Club of America for this acheivment.  He was 12th in the Nation in 2000 & 10th in 2001. 

Our female Havanese Ch La Karis Princesa "Mindy" also received her ROM from the HCA.  She is Sheri's first Havanese and still acts like a little puppy running  around chasing everyone and jumping around the house.  She refuses to believe she is 70 in human years.

Because we have a strong passion for showing and breeding the Havanese we have made a commitment to breeding only healthy Havanese that are great family pets and show dogs.

  We adhered to the AKC and HCA standards.  We take great pride in are Havanese. Our breeding Havanese are CERF’D (eyes) we also have the OFA on Hips, Knees, and Elbow and we BEAR (hearing) test,  and cardiac test.  We are serious in trying to put forth a healthily pet for all our owners.







Sheri takes Frist Place Group Win with our Bichon Frise in 1982 at Dixon, CA
The Holihan Family and Dogs 2008
Goldie is Ann Pierce's baby. . . 

Breeding our dogs is a family thing. All of our kid's and spouses help one another with the birthing, breeding, caring of all our animals.  Our dogs come first  and are our loving pets.  We do not run a kennel.  We only do select breeding which fits in with our busy schedule and lifestyle.  We do not have all sorts of litter's and puppies. We only have just a few puppies available here and there, so please check with us to see if we have a litter or watch our postings.
Goldie in a backpack getting  ready for
a Run in "Relay for Life"
Cassidy
Shasta
Cassy is a delightful Hav. She is Sheri's Baby and is sooo sweet and loving. She has such soft  beautiful expressive eyes that melt your heart when she looks at you. Her coat is very soft and silky, we just love running our hands through it. She enjoys going for walks in the evening with us. She is are fourth generation Havanese and I am so proud of her.  

I THINK SHE IS GREAT!!! (Sheri)

Cassy - CHIC # 40056
HAS COMPLITED THE FOLLOWING TEST
CERF, BAER, PATELLA, ELBOW, HIPS
Mindy LOVES playing in water and enjoys going boating with the family, she is 7 years old in this photo and loved being towed by our Boat around the lake with our son JP in this innertube. 
She turns 12 this coming February.

Mindy's - CHIC #: 34629
CERF # HV-1027  BAER # HAV-BR1562/78F-PL  OFA # HIPS HAV-885F89F-PL
OFA PATELLA # HAV-PA1195/89F/P-PI   OFA ELBOW # HAV-EL381F89-PI 
"NOCHE"
CHIC #: 19725
CERF # HV-10208  BAER # HAV-BR494/72M-PI  OFA # HIPS HAV-142G47M-PI
OFA PATELLA # HAV-PA430/72M/P-PI   OFA ELBOW # HAV-EL106M72-PI 
CH. La Karis Mi Amigo Bandito "Tito"
With two of his babies  Christmas 2007.

Mindy is our first female Havanese she is the jewel of our hearts. She has a delightful sparkling personality that has brought our family so much joy. She is truly a family dog. My husband, our three children and I love her sooo much. She is such an affectionate - playful Havanese.


Ch El Karis de Media "Noche" is my Love and Pride.  He was our very first Havanese sadly he is no longer with us but will be missed for a very long time.
Karis 2009