[Barney's Mom]

My opinion is that you won't find more conscientious, honest, ethical standard poodle breeders anywhere than Susan Cook http://marquisdiamondstandardpoodles.com and Lori Horst http://harmonyhuntingpudels.com. They are not only knowledgeable and incredibly helpful, they are lovely people with a deep and abiding affection for their dogs, and I was lucky to have found them. I was looking for red, Susan had just sold her last one, and she directed me to Lori. Both of our poodles came from HM. Our light-apricot Barney's sire is Susan's Am/GR CH Antigua Don't Look Back, "Val." Lt-red/apricot Sacha's mama is HM's Dazzling Daisy and her sire is the adorable Trigger. Sacha looks exactly like Trigger, color and all. From what the late Ilse Konig wrote on her site, red standards have yet to attain the larger size of other more standard colors. Has anyone found an actual red standard that is taller than 24"?

 

[Barney's Mom]

Carolyn at Mithril?

 

[Barney's Mom]

Of course we're related -- thru our kids! LOL!

 

[Barney's Mom]

Carolyn's yet another good breeder. They're only a half-hour drive from my hometown.

We just took our poodles to the beach and they loved it! Didn't go in the water, though - maybe it was too cold. Good luck on the lake! Tell Enzo he'd better act like a retriever!

 

[Barney's Mom]

I was totally wrong about the current size of red poodles -- sorry about that. On shangrilapoodles.com, Ilsa Konig wrote that there are now reds up to 26"- don't know why I thought she said 24". 27" at the shoulder is the tallest of AKC's height standard, but I read somewhere that European poodles can be much taller and still compete in the show ring.

 

[Barney's Mom]

Barney's light apricot, 26 1/2" at the shoulder, and will celebrate his 1st birthday this Saturday. Should I bake a cake and take it to dog class? And how in the heck do I post a picture?

 

[Barney's Mom]

Thanks, Lisa!

Lisa, you were sweet to tell the poodle world about Barney! He had a ball, even at Friday's show when it poured all day.

 

[Barney's Mom]

He did indeed! We were really surprised -- didn't expect anything, thought it would be good experience for the future.

 

[Barney's Mom]

My husband showed him - Bob can run (or trot, I guess) faster than I can! We just took him to the show to get experience, never expected him to win. It was fun, a UKC show not AKC. I could never show my dogs AKC -- they love to run up and down the mountain, in the brambles.....no manes or show coats for them. I'll post a picture when I figure out how to do it. Ah, you mean I've gotta read directions???

We'll be breeding Barney to Sacha in about 1 1/2 years. Sacha's red, 6 months old.

 

[Barney's Mom]

GOOD LUCK to you and Enzo! 12 poodles is a lot more than we had to compete against, probably because it was raining like mad. Just HAVE FUN! I sure hope you win, but even if you don't, Enzo will love being there. Is this your first show, or just Enzo's first?

 

[Barney's Mom]

If you've been going to shows, then you are bound to look a whole lot less stupid showing than Bob and I did.

 

[Barney's Mom]

Are you showing AKC or UKC?