The children were nestled all snug in their beds.... .....  All our good wishes for a Merry Christmas  & a Happy, HEALTHY New Year!!! These wishes are brought to you from my friend Jeanne Haight, her Poodles Katie and Morgen and... Himself!!  Himself is the Santa behind the scene who supports all these lovely girls. Thanks Jeanne, for best wishes to all readers of the Poodle Blog! ps to Himself....these girls are expecting a BIG bag of toys this year!

Doesn't my friend's dog Morgen have an elegant, almost regal expression in this photo? But the story behind this photograph is something entirely different. Morgen's Mom, Jeanne Haight, shares with us: There is a story behind this picture Mellie. It is my favorite photo of Morgen but I laugh when everyone who sees it mentions how elegant and ladylike she looks. To get this photo, I had to lay on my belly in the grass. Now, for a 75 year old lady, that is no mean feat! It is not the laying down that gets you, it is the getting back UP! Morgen was only about a year old in this picture but she had already graduated from Basic and Advanced Obedience classes. Morgen even earned her Canine Good Citizens certificate, so she was well versed in knowing what I meant when I was saying "Morgen, watch me...watch me Morgen...Morgen...Morgen!" She was totally ignoring me and that regal look was actually Morgen's "I don't feel like watching you" expre...

Most Poodle people just love to take photos of their dogs! I wanted you to know about a unique new way to showcase your favorite photos that I recently discovered, so I am sharing with you an interview with Amy Meissner, co-owner of www.K9Collage.com Amy, what is the primary product offered by K9 Collage and how is it different from just taking a few photos and putting them together in a frame and calling it a collage? K9 Collage offers a unique way to display a large amount of pictures in one setting. What we create is called a photo mosaic, and is a collection of photos arranged in a way that when viewed from a distance they resemble an overall picture. It differs from the traditional collage of where you might only have a few photos arranged on a page. Our photo mosiacs look like one photo from a distance, yet as you approach it you see that it is made up of hundreds of photos. Could you explain to our readers a bit more? Yes, a photo mosaic focuses on one main picture...

These three are obviously busy keeping up with the landscaping in the Trebert's yard!  Seriously, Poodles excel at all types of dog sports, including but not limited to obedience, rally, tracking, agility and hunting. Keep in mind that they were originally developed to be water retrievers, so a Poodle jumping into the water to retrieve a duck is actually work they were bred to do.  Many Standard Poodles love to do any kind of work their owner wants them to do...including posing for photos like this one, or even acting in the movies.  Some of the most amazing work I've ever seen  Poodles do involves being trained for behaviors that are put together for Poodle movies. You can read about this, see movie star Poodles owned by Charlene and Glenn Dunlap and read about their film work, even see clips of them performing, on Charlene's website at www.caninehorizons.com .   Many thanks to Donna Trebert for sharing this wonderfu...