Cocoa is a beautiful little chocolate toy poodle. She is a delicate young lady with an affectionate personality. Very friendly and sociable, she climbed her way into my heart right from day 1.

Cocoa, my friendly little Chocolate Toy Poodle.

Heidi is a Cocoa daughter, and is just a sweet little toy poodle. She has such a soft temperament and is a real sweetiepie.

Heidi

Raven a black toy and is Gracey's daughters.
She has a lot of Gracey's and her dad's (Nickels) friendliness and good temperament.

Raven
Not a great picture of Raven - I will get another soon!

Poodle studs:

Nickels
Poodle Stud Nickels - Nickels is the nuttiest of little dogs for sure! He is a loving happy go lucky little dog who loves to be with me in the yard, in the house, wherever I am!
He is a climber, and can scale any height of chain link fence - thus the need for a roof in any kennel he is in.

Norman Norman is a new to us black poodle stud. He has not yet sired any litters, and I al looking forward to seeing what he produces! Pictures coming soon!

We do on occasion have Poodles for sale when we breed to increase our breeding stock.

Maltese

Sasha (or Shasta Daisy, as she is called by sister Ruth) is our Maltese momma. She is one of those worldy looking dogs - she looks very serious and wise. She is a great little mother and a friendly little dog - she loves to go for car rides.

Sasha

Schnauzer

Farley and Sweetie are our two original Miniature Schnauzers. Both are very nice friendly sociable dogs. Farley is black with a bit of white on his chest and is extremely sociable and loving. He has produced some exceptional Schnoodles for us! Sweetie is a beautiful energetic female, who has become an amazingly loveable little dog. She spends a lot of time in the house with me at my feet, gazing up at me with those kind eyes for more pats please! Sweetie has been the mother of some extremely beautiful little puppies!
Maggie is their daughter and just has an excellent personality.
Jennie is a beautiful grey - salt and pepper blend Miniature Schnauzer. A very loving dog and a great momma to her babies.
Fanny is a new addition purchased in April 2011.

Farley, our Miniature Schnauzer stud

Sweetie - Miniature Schnauzer female.

Jennie - Miniature Schnauzer female..

Maggie - Miniature Schnauzer female.

Fanny - Miniature Schnauzer female.

Cocker Spaniel

I have one American Cocker stud dog, a beautiful red I called Adam. In the females, I have Bunny and Daisy, two very lovely Black with brown points, who are very soft in their temperament - always coming with a tail wagging, and very gentle dogs. Next I have Lady, a beautiful golden female out of a previous stud dog George. Just a beautiful dog as you can see in her pictures. She should throw the lighter blonds in the cockapoos.

Adam is a ball of energy, he rarely sits still long enough to get a good picture. He has made some beautiful babies for us.

Hard to get a good picture of adam! This was the best of about 10 I took!

Our American Cocker breeding females are Bunny, Lady, and newcommer, Chloe. Both Bunny and Lady are experienced mothers and we are waiting to see what Chloe will produce for us.

Bunny

Lady - and isn't she just that!

Chloe

Lady and Maggie checkin out the world.

Papillon

We have just the one Papillon female, Lily.

Lily This is a breed I knew nothing about before I purchased Lily. She is the smallest of all my dogs here. The Papillon is a very fine boned shedding dog. Very friendly - tends to bond to one person - at least that is what I am seeing here with Lily.
Lots of energy, just a fun loving little scamp of a lapdog.
Not a dog for small children - they are just too delicate a dog for any rough handling - Lily even squeels if you pick her up wrong.
With the poodle crossed in there, you will be getting a somewhat more substantial dog, something with a lot more gusto and bone.

Reggie

I have recently purchased a Papillon male to eventually breed Lily to.
Reggie is a cool little dog with those good Papillon ears. These two should make really nice little Papillons.

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These pictures were taken at playtime in the yard, in July, 2005.

George and Holly, on a tear around the yard - Holly is completely in the air!
Poodles are so goofy! I love them to bits!

Gracey, Holly and George, 2005

George introduces himself to Holly...is it love?

Holly, Cindy Lou the Shih Tzu, Gracey, and in front, Lily (Papillon).

Producing HYBRIDS in the agricultural and animal husbandry industries has been done for decades because of their high yields, genetic disease resistance and generally more robust individuals. In dogs, this Hybrid VIGOR (Heterosis) also carries through. When hybridizing with stable and well-tempered purebreds, litters are produced with all the above qualities and typically, a more mellow temperament. Genetic defects that may be common to some purebreds are not commonly seen in the HYBRID dogs (possible yes, but not common). For example, eye and epilepsy conditions are rarely seen in Cock-A-Poos; skin allergy conditions are rarely seen in Westie-Poos; and hip dysplasia conditions are rarely seen in the large-breed HYBRIDS. Since defects in different purebreds ARE different, they tend to neutralize negative things and compensate each other in the hybrid.

In general, F1 crosses or the offspring of two purebred dogs of different breed are the most desirable. Multi-generational crossings are thought to dilute the hybrid vigor that was desired in the first place. For example, a puppy from a purebred Cocker Spaniel Dam and a purebred Poodle Sire is an F1 Cross known as a "CockaPoo". Mating a Cockapoo with another Cockapoo would result in multi-generational offspring.

While the CockaPoo is the most popular and well known Poo Cross, others have been developed for very specific reasons. The Labradoodle (Labrador Retriever X Standard Poodle) and the Goldie Poo (Golden Retriever X Standard Poodle) were initially developed in Austrailia to produce a guide dog or seeing-eye dog with the keen and placid temperment of the Golden/Lab but with the Poodles lower propensity for shedding. The outcome of this experiment has been so successful that the demand for this hybrid has grown in leaps and bounds in North America.

We strongly recommend that you spay or neuter your puppy by 6 months of age as this will help with the marking of territories and the females coming into heat. We do not recommend breeding any F1 crosses.

WE DO NOT CROSS BREED OUR HERDING DOGS. OUR GUARDIANS ARE CROSS BRED - AKBASH/MAREMMA TO PRODUCE WHAT WE FEEL IS A BETTER GUARDIAN DOG.

These are the crosses we do:

CockaPoo - Cocker Spaniel X Poodle
Schnoodle - Schnauzer X Poodle
MaltePoo - Maltese X Poodle
ShihPoo - ShihTzu X Poodle
Papipoo - Papillon X Poodle