gracefrog

Hey!!! I have fantastic news! My husband, idk what I would do without this guy, is getting a new job, and the pay is insane. Of course it does come with atrocious hours, and he will rarely be home. In light of that, he said he wants to get me a new spoo! Which is good, Jinx and I still haven't gotten over the passing of our other dog, Pollie. She meant the world to Jinx. So I'm trying to find breeders fairly close to us, Texas panhandle. So, I guess, even Oklahoma, or New Mexico isn't out of the question. The breeder in my town, where I got Jinx, is out of the question. Only breeder pretty darn close is called "Dana's Pampered Poodles" but I cant find any info on her, besides what she has posted herself around the web.
Do any of you guys know about her? or anyone else close to/around the panhandle? I'm not very picky, I just want a standard, not picky about color, but I ADORE parti Poodles! Dana has amazingly beautiful red pups, so I really hope I can find something good about her!
If anyone can point me in a good direction I would appreciate it so much!

3dogs

You might want to research Rescue Poodles. I think Houston might be the large Poodle Rescue in Texas. I think you should talk with FunkyPuppy on here. She is from NM & will be traveling I think to the Dallas area for a Seminar with her Bonzai & she is meeting up with a littermate in that area. See where she got Bonzai from. I also saw Argan Poodles which is East of Dallas that has a few show poodles but I know nothing of them. There are really good links in this forum of Poodle breeders that they would recomend so do a search on this forum to see if any are "close" to you. Not sure what "close" is. I drove 6 hrs to CPR to pick up my Rescue Poodle who is awesome.

Ladyscarletthawk

i dont know she says a lot of gimmicky words sentences, that puts me off... irish setter red, rare, dogs that will turn judge's heads..
"We are full service breeders that produce the highest show quality poodles that can impress judges."
Really? I dont see any Champions on her site... Does she know what "show quality" looks like? I only see one of her dogs with mention of health testing.... just not impressed.. But I digress

How about Donnchado poodles? She has really nice spoos..

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FunkyPuppy

hi gracefrog! ill be in your area in February for a grooming workshop, if I have time perhaps we could meet up. there are lots PF shows in Dallas, i know there was one quite recently that Bonzai's sister attended.

as for breeder referrals, I had a heck of a time finding an excellent breeder here in the southwest. the only one I've found in my state has untested reds that she breeds round the clock.

I got Bonzai from Karen at Desert Reef (desertsertreefpoodles.com). she's in Utah and is EXCELLENT. Her dogs are stunning, even-tempered, and practically walk on water. Fluffyspoos, another member on the forum, has a Desertreef dog as well and hers is extremely smart andwell-trained.

good luck!

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TTUSpoo

When I was on the spoo hunt, I talked to teelhaven poodles a bit. They seemed really nice. They wouldn't be too far from you. I didn't come across too many west Texas breeders. Most were in dallas and Houston. If you are willing to drive that far, I can give you the list I made of the breeders I talked to

I have to admit, when I was looking for our dog, the breeder you mentioned kinda scared me off due to her website. I never contacted her.

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PaddleAddict

I would like to know how someone who does not show their dogs can breed "show dogs."

ArreauStandardPoodle

If you look carefully at the dogs on her site, a lot of them seem to be higher in the rear than the shoulders. Hopefully this is the angle the photos are taken. I have just recently been speaking with another breeder whose red out of one of Dana's dogs has been diagnosed with full blown sebaceous adenitis. I would insist on seeing testing results (hips, eyes, vWd, DM, S/A and thyroid) on both parents before I would even entertain the idea of a pup from there, if I were you. And this is just my opinion.

ETA...I believe a breeder who does not show CAN produce show puppies. I have. Murphy is a fine example of that. BUT, how can someone who does not show, and appears to never have shown, have an eye for what is good or wrong in a puppy?

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CharismaticMillie

Arreau, this was the first thing I noticed!

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ArreauStandardPoodle

Sheryl who is Sheroc Poodles (bigredpoodle here) and Lynn from Gingerbred both bought pups from here last year. Bigredpoodle's boy Bubba is a Dana's bred pup, as is Gingerbred's Conan. Perhaps they could chime in??

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plumcrazy

I thought I recognized Sheryl from a picture on the Past Puppies page... I'm not always right when I think I know someone from a photo - good to know I'm not completely crazy yet!

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