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Who is Bijou Standard Poodles ?

HOW I GOT TO THIS POINT:

I was lucky enough to finally meet a breeder who would work with me.
I pestered her a year until she agreed to mentor me. It took that long before I finally earned the right, in her eyes,
to buy one of her dogs for breeding purposes, all the while continuing my education
of all the ins and outs of proper breeding.




I went to all the dog shows and cleaned up all the poo,
washed and combed out the dogs and assisted at ring side, basically earning my stripes doing all the grunt work.
I also took handling, obedience, field, tracking, Schutzhund, Ring Sport, Agility, Pet Therapy Lessons.
In return for my "free work" my mentor taught me how to give vaccines, groom, remove tails and dewclaws, maintain basic medical care
so that my dogs and puppies would have immediate and proper care because I could recognize signs and symptoms
of any problems or concerns that the uneducated breeder would miss and not treat, or notice sometimes too late and differ to a Vet.
Real breeders also do their own tails and dewclaws so that they are done properly. Vets do not have the capability
to know hundreds of specific breed standards to do them properly and I want my tails and dewclaws done correctly, without
exposing my precious babies to disease and illness lurking in a Vet's office.


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My first dog and first dog show in 1980's ................ 2 years later after a lot of learning

My mentor was also an obedience instructor and taught me how to train dogs for obedience.
She taught me the value of having healthy dogs with great temperaments that also conformed to the breed standard.
She also had me learn my breed's standard inside and out so that I could easily and quickly assess a puppy or dog's potential
and or faults and learn what I would do to improve the faults if possible.
I spent a small fortune on books and videos and spent hours learning from everyone I could find.



I also found a behaviour specialist who taught me all about canine behaviour and various alternative
methods of training and how to temperament test my dogs and puppies. As an addictions counsellor teaching
Transactional analysis and behaviour modification to humans, I have to admit I found this most facinating.

I studied pedigrees, colour breeding, genetics.
As a Nurse I think I just do have a natural interest in this field and it helps push me to continually learn more.
I joined many dog breed clubs and read many articles in my effort to educate myself.
Eventually after a great deal of accomplishments, I was established and welcomed as a valuable resource within the dog community

After many years, I began writing a monthly column under the Breedlines Headline in CKC monthly magazine for the ABCOC which helped introduce a
relatively new breed into Canada and formed the first Breed Club of it's kind which unified Responsible breeders and
became the breed's resource for many issues involving legislation within North America and around the world.
I also wrote many articles on my breed and breeding, such as "SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREEDER? - Breeding the female"
that many years later still appears on many web pages world wide as a reference for new breeders.
Some other articles were received well enough, to be published in CKC magazine such as "Why I bought from a Puppy Mill"
which stimulated much debate, discussion and even some changes in the way we breeders practiced.
Because of my good reputation of being proactive and experienced, I was even invited to sit on my City's "Dog Legislation board"
to help come up with an alternative to banning breeds.

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Because I could not keep or do a show coat on my Poodles to show with CKC or AKC, I decided to spend my energy
learning and doing obedience, later becoming an Obedience Ring Steward, Becoming a St. John's Pet Therapist,
getting my CGC (Canine Good Citizen), Becoming a CGC evaluater, doing Tracking, Agility and building Agility equipment
and even started in Schutzhund and Ring Sport with my poodles.

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I continued to handle and show non-coated breeds to their Championships, with Group and Speciality wins within CKC and Rare Breed Associations.
I became involved with Search and Rescue through St. John Ambulance as a Lieutenant
and was involved in the planning of the first St. John Ambulanc SAR Dog program in my City, before we moved away.
I believe good breeders should "constantly" learn, grow and develop, to improve and aspire, as the public and themselves will benefit.
I feel as a breeder, I can do that through club affiliations, attending shows and learning from the judges we show under.

Because of my continued interest in DNA testing I was invited to and did, participate in VetGen's Lab
search for the DNA marker for the brown gene which thanks to the efforts of myself and other brown breeders was achieved !
We complete EVERY conclusive health testing available and as it comes available

Because of my ongoing interest in genetics and accomplishments in COLOR Breeding
I have been credited in the CFA History books as creating (actually should be bringing forth to light) a newer colour into acceptance
to the breed standard. In 2006 I was asked by CTM to publish a more indepth article about my discovery of another new
color within the Persian breed, called Cinnamon.



Learning and growing as a Breeder sounds like a long process ? Well it was and it is ongoing.
That is why I say I am ~ EARNING ~ the right to breed.
It took me 3 years from expressing an interest in breeding
to actually owning a show quality puppy and 5 years before having my first litter.
~ My learning never stops ~
In this hobby there is always learning opportunities and I aspire to keep up to date and an open mind.
Now many years later (over 20 years) I am now able to offer my puppy buyers Quality Puppies
and support for any training, grooming, feeding questions or problems they may encounter.
God forbid there is any health problems, but if there is, I am still going to be around,
enabling my contract and guarantees to be honoured.

Not everyone agrees with my practices and they don't have to,
as they don't understand our goals for the future or what we are accomplishing.
Because of our World Wide reputation of owning and producing amazing Poodles
and our ethics, we have been invited and did join most "code of ethics" breed clubs



The one thing that no one can deny, is the fact that we have some of
the Calmest, Sweetest Natured, Loving, Beautiful, Healthy, Red and Brown Poodles
with Correct Conformation found in the World. (Just read our references)
Our pups have had such perfect temperaments and health, that we yearly were asked
for pups to join Lion's Seeing Eye Dogs.
Two of our poodles are currently in the Lion's Seeing Eye Dog Program.
We have mentally & physically healthy, well socialized, happy, good looking adults and puppies.
Which is all anyone can really ask for and hope for.


One of our Puppies in the Lion's Seeing Eye Dog Program


We are very busy taking dog lessons, going to dog shows, Training our Dogs, grooming, cleaning
Updating video and or photo on each of our dogs for everyone to see,
continually trying to learn new skills and accomplish more titles on our dogs to prove
that we have the great dogs that we say we do
(We walk the talk )
and this helps us to provide the best foundation that we know how, to ensure our puppy people are getting
the healthiest, smartest, greatest looking puppy we can offer.

No matter how busy we are, we are available 24/7 to anyone with one of our pups
to answer questions or be a support for any issues that come their way.

We hope that all ~ our ~ health testing, Working and Conformation titles, OFA health clearances,
our diligence to find only the best Poodles to start with and our 100's of References,
will speak volumes for us.

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(from the beginning as puppies .................................... to amazing Adults)

Breeding Red and Brown Poodles is a long and ongoing process for me, because I'm trying to
keep our Health and Temperament, gain even deeper, darker Colour that sustains, continue to have correct Conformation and Type
without comprimise and without loosing anything or going backwards on anything.



The science, studying, data collecting, formulating, calculating, planning,
implimenting, assessing and then Evaluating each litter is a great deal of work and frustrating at times.
However all that effort provides a great deal of joy, when I see my planning come into fruition
and the pups grow into the cherised, Stunning amazing adults that I hoped and planned that they would be.
One answer I have is that "I don't care so much about the now... now doesn't matter any longer, as it is here.
I see what "now" can get me in 3-5 years and then in 10 years where I will be with my Breeding Program and what
I will be able to offer the Public. I constantly strive to grow and improve, in my hobby and in my life.




I often get asked "why do you breed" ? This is so hard for me to answer, as how to I explain Passion and Vision ?
How do I explain that with each Breeding I get that much closer to MY and my Breed's Ideal.
How to articulate the sense of pride and accomplishment when a puppy I have bred grows up to not only be
a cherished and well loved companion, but also is their owners hunting buddy, fufilling their breed's purpose every hunting season
Or goes in the breed ring and is evaluated as being so close to the breed standard that they are awarded Best in breed or Group wins.
I think the greatest sense of accomplishment has to be producing a puppy that gets an obedience title and or placing in top 5 or HIC OR HIT.
However what makes me most happy, is hearing from our puppy people about the joy that one of our pups brought to their lives, such as
one of our pups we placed in a home with a women with MS who is using her puppy as emotional support and "physical helper" keeping
her steady from falling, saving her from injuries, and more recently one of our pups who helped their owner discover she had Sqeamous cancer
and so she received medical attention before it could develop into melanoma.
We are continually enjoy many stories like these about our amazing pups.

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