ShiannPoodles,Reg.

06/20/2024

Happy Birthday to you, my daughter.

Annette Giraud

06/17/2024

Looking for a flight nanny. Traveling from Albany NY to Myrtle Beach. Any recommendation's appreciated

05/21/2024

05/21/2024

You too?👀

https://showsightmagazine.com/

Source: I'd Rather Be With My Dog

04/16/2024

We had a blast in King NC. Ch Shiann's Twisted Sister aka Gwen enjoyed her first Dash run.

04/10/2024

This is not the best photo but wanted to share our newest boy. He is out of our Dutton and Mariah. This is UKC/ National Ch Shiann's Missing Piece aka Puzzle.

03/31/2024

Happy Easter. Here is a cute video

01/21/2024

I have to do a review on these new smocks Artero USA has come out with. Its amazing material. No hair sticks to them and they are the most comfortable smocks I have ever worn. Anyone else loving their smocks? They do run small so I wear an extra large except for the dress smocks which I wear a large . Just wanted to do a shout out because they are so very nice.

11/06/2023

The little ones are growing so very fast. They make me laugh at all their antics

10/28/2023

Dad mom and sweet potatoes

05/28/2023

I had a great time at the Fletcher shows with my bred by girls. UKC Ch Shiann's Outlander and Shiann's Twisted Sister

05/28/2023

This boy has become available.

05/27/2023

For those that think merle is a natural accusing gene in poodles. Here is the research to prove it is not, and that they are mixed with another breed.

Say no to Merle 🚫!!

Sharing from Barbara Hoopes:

Everyone keeps asking me about Merle poodles, so I am summarizing literature research I did below. I am making this post public so it can be shared. I am a professor of Molecular Biology at Colgate University, have a PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard University and do molecular genetics research in dog body size and some coat colors in dogs. In addition I am a breeder of toy poodles.

Merle poodles have only been observed for the last two decades. Merle poodles must have resulted from the introduction of the dominant Merle mutation from a Merle containing breed, probably a herding breed or breeds. Merle does not occur in purebed poodles naturally. The arguments for natural Merle in poodles don't hold up in the light of what we know about Merle and are discussed below.

False claim 1. "Merle has been present forever, but was hidden in white dogs." Yes, Merle can be “hidden” in white and cream dogs. However, extensive crossing of white and colored poodles since 1900 has occurred--this would have “unmasked” hidden Merle early in breed history, since it is a dominant mutation (see reference 1). This was not observed.

False claim 2. "The Merle mutation simply arose spontaneously in poodles recently." No. The Merle mutation is very unusual at the DNA level, and the Merle found in poodles is identical to that found in herding breeds. It is not possible that the exact same unusual mutation occurred more than once in different breeds of dogs (see reference 2).

False claim 3. "Merle poodles arose from 'cryptic Merles' present in the breed." No. Although “cryptic Merles” that do not show Merle coloring exists in Merle containing breeds, this cannot explain the sudden appearance of Merle Poodles. Active Merle can produce “cryptic Merle”, due to the unusual nature of the mutation, but the reverse has NEVER been observed (see reference 3). In addition this would predict a lot of cryptic Merles in non-Merle poodles, which are not observed.

Since these arguments are not supported scientifically, the most reasonable conclusion is that Merle must have been introduced from a different Merle containing breed, which means that Merle poodles have pedigrees that were falsified at some point.

Why is Merle "bad"? Well in addition to falsified pedigrees, Merle carries with it health risks. Merle dogs have a higher risk of deafness than non-Merle dogs when there is loss of pigment on the head, and dogs containing two copies of the Merle mutation (“double Merles”) not only have an even higher risk for deafness but a risk of improper eye development and blindness (see reference 4).

This is bad for poodles, where a lot of dogs are white and cream, where Merle can be "hidden". Breeding a “hidden Merle” to a Merle dog will result in the production of “double Merles”, which will have a significant risk for hearing and vision loss. Genetic testing to detect the presence or absence of Merle in colors where Merle would be hidden would be required to prevent this unfortunate result.

1 Mackey J. Irick, Jr. “The New Poodle 6th Edition”, Chapter Howell Book House, New York, NY 1986
2 Clark, L.A., Wahl, J.M., Rees, C.A. and K. E. Murphy (2006). Retrotransposon insertion in SILV is responsible for merle patterning of the domestic dog. Proc Natl Aca Sci USA 103(5):1376-1381.
3 Langevin, M., Synkova, H., Jancuskova, T., and S. Pekova. (2018). Merle phenotypes in dogs—SILV SINE insertions from Mc to Mh. PLoS One 13(9):e0198536
4 Strain, G.M., Clark, L.A., Wahl, J.M., Turner, A. E. and K.E. Murphy (2009). Prevalence of deafness in dogs heterozygous or homozygous for the merle allele. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 23:282-286.

03/13/2023

Rosemarie / Journey puppies 6 days old

03/06/2023

I am guessing 3 girls and 1 boy for Rosemarie since Eaglehill has 3 boy and one girl

03/06/2023

Rosemarie/ Journey puppy red girl number 1 born 10:47 am. Monday March 6. Wow .7 oz

06/03/2022

Available puppies. Microchip, cerf tested, housebroken and crate trained. Two black boys and one apricot boy

01/28/2022

Have this lovely black boy out of Huey and Maize. Plan on a possible guardian home or co own. His DNA never made it to the lab. Patiently waiting to see if he carries red. He is a show puppy. Very correct with great personality

01/28/2022

Loving my Huey Eve puppies

08/03/2021

Link Ch Shiann's Brand New Penny Mod Fs

03/13/2020

Journey and Rosemarie puppies are here. Born today. # boys and 1 girl all red. Girl is already taken. I will start posting pictures tomorrow. Here are the proud parents

03/05/2020

08/08/2019

Thank you to all who nominated us for best groomer award South Carolina womans magazine.

05/07/2019

These are our newest Babies out of AKC/UKC GRCH/International Ch Eaglehill-South N Shiann Dancing Through The Fire x UKC GRCH/International Ch Shiann's GoGo Dancer. Both Parents Chic Certified # black boys available

04/02/2019

04/02/2019

Shiann's Lady Winterfell aka Sansa on her way to her AKC Championship 5 more points to go

04/02/2019

Shiann's Lady Winterfell aka Sansa on her way to her AKC Championship 5 more points to go

01/31/2019

Humane Watch, a group dedicated to calling out the Humane Society over its abuses of power and mishandling money, released an epic Super Bowl pre-game ad.

01/23/2019

The countdown "The road to Westminster" continues. Our showtime is 11:30 am on Monday Feb 11 at Pier 92. Reservations made for hotel. Bought my outfit,made my hair appointment, readying Caroline,confirmed my invite from Embark on Sunday 4-7 at the Juniper Bar and Grill. Less than two weeks for our journey to begin.