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Valri’ and Mimi are Top at UKC

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Admiration Charmed I’m Sure (Valri’) obtained her UKC Grand Championship status and is now holding steady at #2 UKC Standard Poodle in the world. Her sister, Admiration Come Fly with Me (Mimi) just took Breed (Best Standard Poodle) in a recent UKC dog show over 11 other females.

The United Kennel Club (UKC) classifies the Standard Poodle in their Gun Dog group. Showing a Poodle at UKC shows differs from showing a Poodle in AKC shows in that Poodles don’t have to have the “fancy hair cut”, known as a Continental, and one cannot be a professional Handler. UKC recognizes many unusual breeds that are not recognized by the AKC. Shows are lots of fun and is a good family activity to get involved in.

Congratulations Valri’ and Mimi!

Grand Champ Cert Small

Off to new adventures

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They are sooooo wonderful!!!!!!

Hi Jacki and Don!
The puppies are more wonderful than we had even imagined, and they fit into life here so easily! We can’t even begin to thank you enough for the beauty, attitudes and behavior of these two dogs!!!

The whole family is spending lots of time with them, both separately and together, and we just can’t get over how easy and fun they are to handle. You guys are the best!!!
Mikaela and I just wanted to hug you when we left, we are so happy!!!

Thank you so much for adding so much to our home!
Linda, and family

Puppy happy with new Mommy!

Starting his new adventures in life...we'll always remember him as "Potter"

Admiration Takes Best Brace in Show at PCA National ’09

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Jacki, Mimi and Valri accepting awards

Jacki, Mimi and Valri accepting awards

As many of you know by now, Jacki Panzik took Best Brace in Show at the PCA National Show in Maryland last week. (PCA = Poodle Club of America). That means she and our girls, Admiration Charmed I’m Sure, “Valri” and Admiration Come Fly With Me, “Mimi” – standing next to Jacki are considered the Best Poodle Brace Team in the country and they’ll go down in history.

This win makes us very proud, indeed.

A Brace (def: 2 of a kind) is where a Handler takes 2 dogs into the show ring and the judging is based on the synchronization of the 2 dogs and the Handler. Both of the beautiful white Poodles are sisters and are our own breeding from our beloved Ch Admiration Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, “Trinity”. Mimi and Valri reside in Allentown, New Jersey with their mommy, Lucy Tyler an Olympic Medalist (cycling 1996) and daddy, Frank Geck.

Valri, Jacki and Mimi at the grooming tables getting ready

Valri, Jacki and Mimi at the grooming tables getting ready

THANKS YOU’S
We’d like to thank Lucy Tyler & Frank Geck, who take such wonderful care of our Valri & Mimi. And we’d most certainly wish to thank and acknowledge the Judges, Donald Sturz & Jordan Chamberlain for this honor. Special acknowledgment goes out to David Mosdale for his grooming and coaching talents. We had a wonderful time and are looking forward to next year.

2008 Review: Poodle Pictures

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Here are some Poodle pictures that were sent to us from our new Poodle families. Some were in holiday cards, others in fan mail and testimonials.
Madeline is 6 mos. in this photo. She is getting her sea legs.

Madeline is 6 mos. in this photo. She is getting her sea legs.

Jack Sturges (Trinity's brother & Nina's uncle)

Jack Sturges (Trinity's brother & Nina's uncle)

Molly Lyttle (at almost 3 yr old)

Molly Lyttle (at almost 3 yr old)

Molly Lyttle (at almost 3 yr old)

Molly Lyttle (here with her loving family at Christmas)

This is just a note to include with the picture of Remy, the puppy we purchaed on Nov 11 2007. He is well, happy and a joy to have in our home. My husband died in June and I don't think I could have done as well without my companion. He weighs 65 lbs., has a trainer that takes him for long walks twice a week, although he has a third of an acre, fenced, to run and play in. He's had swimming lessons but does not like the water. He's extremely bright (the trainer says), loving, becoming a good watch dog, and has yet to growl. Thank you for giving me a joy. Sincerely, B.R.

"This is just a note to include with the picture of Remy, the puppy we purchaed on Nov 11 2007. He is well, happy and a joy to have in our home. My husband died in June and I don't think I could have done as well without my companion. He weighs 65 lbs., has a trainer that takes him for long walks twice a week, although he has a third of an acre, fenced, to run and play in. He's had swimming lessons but does not like the water. He's extremely bright (the trainer says), loving, becoming a good watch dog, and has yet to growl. Thank you for giving me a joy. Sincerely, B.R."

Ron, Pam, Zar, Piper & Dali

Ron, Pam, Zar, Piper & Dali

Announcing our little baby girl...The Finn's New Puppy Bella Dior

Announcing our little baby girl...The Finn's New Puppy Bella Dior

Lucy and Annie (Trinity daughters)

Lucy and Annie (Trinity daughters)

Pam and Sweets

Pam and Sweets

Nina Sturges (Trinity's daughter)

Nina Sturges (Trinity's daughter)

Lovely Christmas Poodle

Lovely Christmas Poodle

Valentine Siriani (add comment)

Valentine Siriani in his French beret

Valri’s First Championship

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We’re so thrilled! Lovely Valri got her first title as Show Champion with the United Kennel Club. Here’s the wonderful email her mommy had sent to us along with her certificate. Mimi’s next…

“Hi.  The first of the girls’ official UKC Championship certificates arrived
in the mail today.  It is attached.  Mimi’s won’t be far behind.  She
finished her Championship with 300 points (!) at the shows in Manassas, VA.
As I think I told you, Valri’ already has 4 of the 5 requisite Champion wins
towards her Grand Championship.  She’s actually won Champion of Champions 6 shows in a row, but 2 of them were 1 Champion short for points.  We’re doing a cluster of UKC shows in April and/or May.  That should seal the deal for Valri’s Grand C’ship and Mimi is bound to leap forward as a Champion, too.

“We have 2 AKC shows this week-Thursday 3/19 and Friday 3/20 in Edison, NJ at the Raritan Center.  Historically, the entries haven’t been very high at
these shows but this year they are both majors.  There are 15 open bitches
and 2 Special bitches entered each day.  In NJ, it only takes 11 bitches for
a 3 point major.  Both of these girls are in heat.  It is the 3rd time for
each of them-they are overachievers.  At least it will be out of the way in
time for PCA.

“Hope things are good at Admiration Ranch!
Love, Lucy”

Our New Website

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You may have noticed that our website has had a makeover. After several years with our blue layout, we thought it was time to modernize a bit and present ourselves with a nice blogging setup.

You may still land on a “blue page” or two here and there, but fret not, you’re still at home on Poodle Dog!

All of the pages and articles that were on the site before are still here, but reformatted for the new site. We feel that this new setup will be more user-friendly and much easier to navigate.

Some of the new features are:

  • A better Search Tool – to make it easy to find the topics you’re looking for (upper right-hand corner)
  • Easy-to-find Links to our online stores and sister sites
  • Quick access to the best Poodle Supplies, which links instantly to our sister sites The Poodle Supply Shop and Admiration Wellness Products
  • Resources Links (such as AKC & PCA)  We admit that they were hard to find before, so now you can’t miss them
  • Blog with Categories topics, complete with RSS feeds links so you can subscribe using your favorite feeds

As I mentioned, all the great Tips on Grooming, Health and Training are still here, but are much easier to find with 2 Navigation bars…across the top of the pages and in the left column.

We hope you enjoy our site and share it with others. We also hope to see you in some of the social networks, such as YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Dogster, not to mention on Jacki’s personal dog blog, Jacki’s Dogs. Be sure to sign up as friends and place your comments!