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Shangri-la, Palmares, Majestic and Leatherstocking Kennels for providing
the quotes and the photos for the use in this article
RED STANDARD POODLE HISTORY
(As told by the breeder's themselves to Laura Turner)
All photos on this web page were provided to Laura Turner for this web page
© 2011 Laura Turner
They say imitation is the best form of flattery, however it is called something else
when you steal my hard work and research and put your own name on it.
I have no problem with people displaying my information,
if they provide my web page link and give me credit for my work and efforts.
I display information is for "sharing", not for stealing.
(photo of a beautiful Shangri-la bred Red Standard Poodle)
Shangri-la and Palmares kennel are credited with creating the Red Standard Poodle in the 1980's.
A quote from Ilse M. Konig of Shangri-La kennel's web page:
"The Red standard poodle was created by crossing
a small english apricot Standard female from Shangri-la
to an oversized red Minature male from Palmares".
Later Shangri-la and Palmares worked together doing several breedings, keeping the darkest and the larger of the pups.
Possibly the most known breeding, was the breeding of male,
"Follow The Sun Von Shangri-La" (apricot) x "Pamares Spice for Shangri-La" (red).
From there they kept pups and bred back and forth together to establish and correct size and proportions.
(Breeding a Miniature to Standard Poodle is acceptable and able to be registered within AKC).
PALMARES KENNEL
(2010 - Janet Blannin her red Standard "Ginger" and her toy "Canella")
Janet Blannin from Palmares Kennels is still breeding red Standard & Toy Poodles
as well as Chinese Cresteds, with the help of her son Robert Blannin.
As of 2010 they do not have a web page.
SHANGRI-LA KENNEL
(Ilse Kong and Poodle "Bagel")
Ilse Kong of Shangri-la kennel passed away on October 10, 2005.
Up until that point in time, Shangri-la was in Catskill NY.
In 2005 Melissa Muldery inherited Shangri-la dogs and moved to her home in East Greenbush
and continued with the Shangri-la kennel name breeding the colors Ilse always did of brown, apricot, red, black and silver.
While Melissa has not entered into the "multi color" world in terms of breeding, she did have a red sable phantom produced from all solid lines.
His official name is Shangri-la's Let The Rumors Fly aka "Flier".
Melissa has kept the original Shangri-la website as is so that anyone interested in Ilse,
or her contribution to the production of the red standard poodle, may read it as told by herself.
At some point, Melissa says she will update the Shangri-la Web Page, but has not had the heart to change it as of yet.
MAJESTIC KENNEL
(Joan Mistkowski and her husband)
Joan Mistkowski of Majestic Poodles started with Shangri-la's reds in the 1980's.
Majestic kennel in Florida continued to perfect and concentrate on the Red Standard Poodle,
perfecting the Red Color, as other kennels infused other lines and other colors.
Majestic Kennel has created some of the most stunning reds in existance known today.
Joan Carol Mistkowski passed away in 2009.
Joan's daughter, Sueann Brennan, attempted unsuccessfully to run Majestic kennel
for a year, before she too passed away on November 10, 2009.
~ All Majestic's Poodles were rescued by
Florida Poodle Rescue because of their deplorable condition and
~ ALL Majestic Poodles were spayed or neutered ending a historic kennel ~
MINARETS KENNEL
... 
Minarets started out in 1968 with a German Shepherd Dog.
We had just gotten married and my husband was stationed at the Minarets Ranger station in the Minarets Mountains.
We showed the shepherds in obedience and loved them dearly. Then I discovered the standard poodle.
Minarets poodles started with a black bitch named Minarets Charca Negra CD. Looking for help learning to show, I met Janet from Palmares.
She was beginning her breedings to bring the red color into the standards. My first breeding was to her Palmares Ponceau de Croix.
Over the years Janet became a dear friend who travels with me to shows and on fun trips.
There have been multiple inter-breedings between my dogs and Janet's.
I have had poodles in most of the colors but the ones I really love are the reds and apricots.
My husband and I work as EMT-I's with our local ambulance service and live on 10 acres between Eugene and Roseburg.
Esther Underkofler
Minrets Poodles
LEATHERSTOCKING KENNEL
(Leatherstocking's Red Kismet and Barbara)
Although Leatherstocking kennel has not had as historical impact as other established Red Poodle Kennels
I feel that I have to include them here because their kennel name appears in many red pedigrees today and people are always asking who they are.
Leatherstocking Kennel Breeders Barbara and Stratford Deitch were known in show circles independently, for their famous show dogs.
Barbara for her Collies, Pyrenese and Bernese which were shown and did winning at
Westminster and Stratford and his brother Harold, for their famous Saint Benards under "Dolomount" kennel since 1937.
Dolomount Saints were featured in many print ads such as Hennesy Cognac, Maidenform Bra
and they had over 65 AKC champions. Dolomount Saints were also showing and winning breed at
Westminster, 25 years in a row and were featured in the Westminster Show Catalogue in 1965.
Stratford and Barbara strangely enough met when they were teenagers, where Barbara was working at a Candy counter,
where Stratford came in to satisfy his sweet tooth for Jube Jube's. Barbara and Stratford were married on August 26, 1949.
In 1972 the Deitch's moved moved to Upstate NY and Harold and Stratford Deitch separated their kennel,
with Stratford starting his own line of St. Bernards. Most notable "Cashe Retreat Tobias"
who won Breed in 1990 at the Westminster Dog show.
Barbara and Stratford started breeding Standard Poodles together in 1970 under the Canicula prefix .
Barbara's first standard poodle was a brown from Mrs. Browning of Tokalon Kennels who was an AKC Judge and breeder.
In 1975 at 53 years of age, Stratford bought a 200 year old farmhouse and transformed it into Barbara's dream home and kennel
~ Tara ~ from the "Gone with the Wind" movie fame and this is where Leatherstocking Kennel still is.
Barbara and Stratford started the Leatherstocking Kennel together and had the help of their son Howard until he passed away in 2009.
The Leatherstocking name is because of the region in which they live and from the military uniforms worn.
Later Barbara received a red Standard named "Kismet" (carrying Palmare and Shangri-la lines) as a 25 year anniversary present.
By breeding him to their red girls that they kept, they obtained red, apricot and blacks pups.
Barbara later bought a deep dark red male from Majestic Kennels breeding and named him "Crackerjack".
By breeding Crackerjack to the red girls they had kept, they produced deep dark red pups and the Leatherstocking reds lines were created.
In 2011 Barbara and Stratford now in their late 80's are still breeding Standard Poodles.
They have scaled down in number of their poodles and are breeding and they have decided to try breeding their browns to reds
as well as producing blacks, no longer focused on only producing dark reds.
Blossom, Dare, Ula - all three are UKC Grand Champions - Dark Red Females
Bijou Poodle's next generation of Red Standard Poodles
In My Opinion
In 2010 there are only around 10 breeders in the WORLD, producing the deep dark Red Standard Poodle puppies.
Those breeder's dogs go back to Majestic and Palmares.
Deep, Dark Red that holds it's colour is VERY VERY rare to find and especially to produce.
Although there is a great many breeders producing dark apricot, light red or even on ocassion, medium red.
Red Breeders know that a red pedigree must contain Majestic, Palmares red standard poodles,
to give the red Standard Poodle, prepotency, longevity and intensity of the deep dark red coat.
As a result red breeders have strived to acquire Red Poodles with those lines, or to find and breed, red standard poodles
that have Majestic, Palmares within a 5 generations of their Poodle's pedigrees.
However finding Majestic, Palmares bred standard Poodles with solid red lines is near impossible,
as a lot of show breeders, have infused black (carrying dilutes) or apricot to improve show type and size and pigmentation
along the way loosing the deep dark red colour gene.
Because very few breeders have concentrated on perfecting and maintaining the Deep Dark Red gene,
dark red standard poodles will usually have a 10 generation COI of 6% or greater.
There just is not enough "real" Red Standard Poodles out there to have great diversity yet.
If you find what appears to be a dark red standard poodle and it has less than 6% COI, chances are it will fade out
to appear white or cream with reddish ears or a very light red colour by 1 year of age.
In 2009 a small group of educated Red Breeders are maintaining Conformation, Health and Temperament
and are focused on keeping and producing the deep dark red colour, to increase the red gene pool and quality of reds.
These dedicated Red Breeders are completing all of their OFA Health Testing, DNA testing
and some are also accomplishing Conformation, Obedience and Field ~Titles~ on their reds in AKC, CKC and UKC.
Hopefully the vision and goals, of what Shangri-la, Palmares and of course Majestic kennels,
all worked so hard to achieve, will continue and even be improved upon.
~ Laura Turner of Bijou Standard Poodles ~