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About Us

Poodles have been a passion of mine for many years. Originally, from New Zealand, as a child animals were my priority even though Standard Poodles were not available. I saw my first Standard Poodle in the late 70's and even though I could not have one at the time, I knew I would one day soon. In the meantime, I settled for showing and loving Italian Greyhounds of which I have several that are AKC champions. I would show my IG's in the morning and head for the Standard ring to watch those magnificent Poodles in their full coats. It was not long before I owned the first one and then the second and so on.

Soon I was showing them, I chose red for a color, at the time the color red was not  accepted so I could never compete with the blacks or white StanIt seemed that with each litter I bred I had one or more Partis. Soon I was checking history on the Partis and no matter what Poodles I chose I still got Partis.  Some of the Parti Poodles I bred were much too good of quality to delete from the gene pool I was working with so decided to see if I could continue with the color. Today I breed black and white and brown and white in the Partis.

As time has moved on the Standards started getting too big for the continual maintenance and as many have done before me, I began looking at the smaller Poodles. I have a couple of Miniatures although I still wanted the larger Poodle. Then I discovered the German Klein Poodles and that is the perfect size for me. We still have a few smaller standards but primarily have Klein Poodles today.

I married my wonderful husband in 2005, with his introduction to Poodles came his best Poodle friend and love, Skylar. They are so bonded that some times I feel they are leaving me out. Where you see Darryl, you see his shadow, Skylar. Darryl is a paramedic and works 48 hours on, during that time Skylar morns him terribly and mopes around but come Monday he knows that his Dad is on his way home and he perks up.

Between the two of us, the Poodles get plenty of love and attention around here. I am the groomer and currently own my own groom shop as well as teach All Breeds Grooming. I still learn every day about the genetics of the Poodles in both color and for health. I am also the Publishing Editor of the first Parti Poodle Magazine that enjoys 1500 plus subscribers and a worldwide audience. You can get a free subscription to the Gazette here

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