Pam and Tom King – Lake Gaston, NC

Over the past 29 years Tom and Pam have had the joy of raising 9 generations of healthy Havanese in their home on Lake Gaston, N.C.

“In 1996 we were introduced to the Havanese breed and fell in love! Our first Havanese and the foundation bitch of Starborn Havanese was S.S. Twinkle Little Star….and what a star she was!! She has put her mark on each generation that has come after her…..”  Starborn has now produced nine generations down from Twinkle and developed another Red line for 6.  “Our two lines cross really nicely”.

“Twinkle’s Mom was the yearly high point champion with a
“Best in Show” in Rare Breeds.  She was the yearly high point champion for two years just before the breed was recognized and added to the toy group of the American Kennel Club. We wanted to start with the best example of the breed we could find to start our breeding program, and we found that in Twinkle.”

Since that time it has always been Starborn’s goal and passion to breed the healthiest, happiest, best structural examples of the Havanese Breed Standard that we possibly could. Coming from a horse background, structure and movement has always been a top priority. It also led Pam to the rewarding job of serving on the Judges Education Committee for the Havanese Club of America the first seven years after the breed was accepted in AKC, teaching Judges Education Clinics (teaching Judges how to judge the breed). That’s when Pam really spent time studying structure and how it effects movement in the Havanese. There is nothing more delightful than a happy, correctly built Havanese in motion!

You will notice that soaped pictures are shown on each of the breeding dog’s pages. This is to show that they have straight legs with no evidence of chondrodysplasia, a condition in some Havanese that causes crooked legs, dwarfism, and a host of related health problems. You should always question the structure of your puppies parents. The legs should be straight and the proportions should be as described in the Havanese breed Standard.  Tom and Pam developed taking soaped pictures of Havanese in 1998.

Pam’s interest these days is in Positive training methods and dog behavior.  “This breed is so smart and adaptable that they can be taught to do almost anything! Besides being the perfect companion they make wonderful therapy, obedience, rally and agility dogs. You are really missing out if you don’t spend some one on one time training with your dog!”  Pam has finished over 20 Champions in the ring, but stopped showing all but the Stud dogs years ago.

Tom and Pam have developed a unique method of raising, socializing, and training Starborn puppies. From litter box training at 2-1/2 weeks to sleeping in a crate at 9 weeks. They go through planned stages of interaction with their environment, people of all ages, and learn problem solving skills. Take a look at the puppy preschool page and the videos on the Starborn Havanese youtube channel for some examples.  Our litterbox training method is published in detail on the Havaneseforum with pictures for anyone else to use starting Havanese puppies.  Puppies can be seen using the boxes in a lot of videos on our youtube channel.

Starborn guarantees the health of all pups, and Pam is always available as a guide and resource for the life of your puppy.

Visits welcomed after any litter of puppies has had their Parvo shots.  

We have another Stud dog since we have not been able to add pages to this website yet.  Nash has sired some wonderful puppies and we’re very proud of him.  He went in the ring at 6 months old winning Breed every day he has been in the ring and Group wins twice.  He carries a lot of Posh blood and passed all his health testing with flying colors.  Pictures can be emailed and he welcomes anyone for a visit.  

Please feel free to call or email any time.

phone:      252-532-0256 (Pam)

email: tomandpamking@gmail.com