01/08/2025
Some of you know our love story.
I met Greg in the early 1990s when he came into my veterinary clinic on the Sunshine Coast with his first Standard Poodle, Uther Pendragon
I’ll spare you the details… But let’s just say it was love at first sight.
All Greg ever wanted was for Uther to sire a litter and for Greg to be able to keep one of Uther’s sons.
Ultimately, that’s how our breeding program started.
For more than 30 years we’ve been blessed to provide puppies to families from California to Martha’s Vineyard, from Vancouver Island, all the way to Newfoundland and every province in between.
We have dogs in Brazil, in Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, and so many people who have become not only our friends but eventually our Pendragon Poodle family all over North America.
We hold each of you and the stories we share near and dear to our hearts to this day.
So it is with a sense of gratitude and a touch of sadness that I share that after much consideration, Greg and I have come to the decision that this litter of standard poodle puppies will be our last.
Both Lily Mae and Syd, our female breeding moms are ageing out.
In order to keep this breeding program alive we would need to keep one of the little girls from this litter and grow her up until she was two years old and potentially in 2027 able to enter our breeding program.
By then both our mama dogs will have been retired.
If, hypothetically, we did choose to keep one of the pups from this litter and she lived to be 15 years of age… I will be 80.
That’s not a scenario you think about when you’re in your 30s or your 40s or to be honest even your 50s…but there comes a time when an era simply must end.
We want to thank each and everyone of you for your support, your friendship, your love, and for all the great times and poodle antics we’ve shared together in the past 30 years.
At this point, at least for now, I will continue to breed my small breed dogs. The ability to do that, and the effort required to do so, is much less physical than a large breed litter of puppies.
Please know our door, our inboxes, and our hearts remain open.
We love you all and are so grateful for the privilege of being allowed to be part of your lives.
God bless, stay well, be happy and kiss your fur babies from their Grandmutt.
Much Love
Heather and Greg
