Thank you all so much for the suggestions! I want to wait till Charlie is at least a year old before we get another one, but I really want to start looking into breeders early. We got him from a byb. After stalking poodle forum, i realize that was probably very risky. I honestly didn't know. I thought that mom and dad on site, and a good feel for the breeder was enough. I never even considered having a pup shipped from out of state, so I was looking locally. I did find someone who had health testing and such,so they say, but the pups were only $5-600, and from what I have read here, that seems very low, since testing is so high. ssspoodles i think. But the dogs didn't look that great, not groomed well ect, and she also breeds labradoodles, and I didn't like that. So I went to see Charlie. She had his mom, aunt and grandmother as her dogs. They seemed healthy and happy, and were quit beautiful. The pups were kitchen raised, and very well loved and socialized. Missouri is full of puppy mills and mini puppy mills. And most places I called also bred many many different breeds, including, but not limited too, poodles. I didn't bother calling those back. Anyway, I felt very good about his breeder, who is a very caring person btw. But after getting so much information from this forum, I'm terrified that Charlie might develop a genetic problem. We'll just cross our fingers, because that's all we can do. I wouldn't trade him for the world. Anyway, for our next spoo, I want to get from a breeder that does all the testing ect. I want to KNOW that as many health issues as possible have been eliminated. Anyways, thanks again for the suggestions, I've already called a few. Btw, what about reds? I really like those too. And blacks, creams, browns, apricots......lol