Poodles by Cheyenne

01/24/2024

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01/13/2024

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01/13/2024

It didn’t take long to find Cookie another home ❤️
Wish her luck today as we drive her to Daytona to deliver her to her new family.

01/13/2024

Poodles own my heart, but we’ve been training this beautiful girl along side our poodles since she was 8 weeks old and have nothing but great things to say about her.
If a German Shepherd is more your speed, I highly recommend reaching out to Salt Dragon German Shepherds and getting on her waiting list for her next litter!

Jennifer focuses on breeding balanced and stable German shepherds as companions and I can’t say enough good things.

01/11/2024

I can’t wait to show Scone in the big girl classes. There is something so fulfilling about looking at the dog you produced. Just like when I wear my favorite sparkly boots and people compliment them and I excitedly tell them I got them on Amazon, I have the same reaction when people tell me how beautiful Scone is. I shout out “I made that” 🥺❤️😂

So thankful to be able to watch her grow.

01/03/2024

Scone, my keeper puppy, showing that there should be more to a show prospect than being pretty. I’m setting a foundation for a fruitful future! Scone is pretty fearless and I’m having such a fun time working with her. Beauty and brains.

01/03/2024

Training never stops! Touching up on Cookies skills before she leaves.

01/03/2024

Cookie did some training prior to her leaving next week. She is really excited for the next step of her journey.

12/30/2023

The most important exposure our dogs/puppies get is children! Children are loud and unpredictable and in my opinion, you can tell which puppies were raised around them and which weren’t.

Here is a video featuring some of our kids and Cookie (our girl going to Arizona to be a sports dog) chasing the dirt bike in excitement. Peep her little jump off the hill at the end.

12/30/2023

And just like that, Cookie is off the market! Flying home to Arizona next week to live life as a sports dog. Congratulations, Cookie!

12/29/2023

Daddy Bayou is staying with us while his mom is on vacation. Him and Versace are so cute together and my son adores the poodles.

12/18/2023

Your 2023 bakers dozen litter grand dam Lumen at the Royal Canin obedience nationals ❤️❤️ we are so proud.

12/08/2023

Location Florida.

Cookie! Standard poodle.

DOB: 7/23/23, from the bakers dozen litter. Parents have all the things including full health testing, titles in conformation and some sports.
Temperament wise, you couldn’t ask for a better sire and dam.

UGRCH Illuminations Calling from the Bayou BCAT TKI CGC
UCH P-B’s I’ve Got Standards BCAT, CGCA, CGCU, TKI, ATT, FDC

Do you need your next demo dog? Your next hiking partner? Or your next sports dog? Cookie is all that and more!

Pros: crate trained, potty trained, leash trained, started on basic obedience. Exposed to all the things and will continue to do so. Raised with ENS, ESI and avidog and puppy culture protocols. Has been groomed since she was tiny. I started exposure to the clippers as early as one week old.
Her granddam on the sires side is a high level obedience and agility dog! Her grandsire on her dams side is a successful upland hunting and therapy dog and all four sets of “grands” are highly successful in sports and working with drive for days. Sire and dam are more mild and easy to live with, which is why this cross is so successful.

Cons: will need more on preventing separation anxiety. As it stands she does NOT display this with me but in other households (stud owner, and trainer friend) she did show some signs. She does get mild car sickness like her mother did at this age but Dramamine does help and counter conditioning her will work (as it did her mother).

A majority of her siblings went on to service dog homes, but because of her “cons” I’m not currently offering her as such unless you have experience with these things and are willing to work through them. She is tiny and mighty.

I would love to see this dog in a sports home or with a dog trainer that will use her to her potential. She has so much potential and I’m excited to watch her develop. I put all my energy and love into these babies and did absolutely everything I could to ensure they were set for success and would be outstanding additions to any family. I’ve had nothing but good reviews from new homes!

For more information, please send me a message. This is an awesome opportunity to get a “puppy” that has already had all the hard work done. Feel free to share this post with everyone. I can only share so much on here so I can send you pictures and videos to a PM. Transport available.

12/02/2023

Meeting strange kids at the playground

12/01/2023

New experiences are vital to all puppies. While many veterinarians will warn you to not let your puppy leave your house until they are fully vaccinated, I am here to tell you that this is the worst thing you can do in terms of exposure and socializing a puppy.
By 16-18 weeks, when most puppies are done with their vaccines, you have likely missed TWO vital fear periods where training, exposure and socializing are vital.

My puppies started going on excursions to safe places at 6 weeks old! We went to a friends house that had a large back yard with other healthy and and safe dogs, and we went to parks and hiked the trails through the woods, and they went to a farm!
Avidog protocol encourages these adventure walks and trainers that have met and evaluated my puppies have all told me that they notice the difference in these puppies.

After we did our hike/beach swim we went to Pet Supermarket and utilized their bathing sinks, which was a new experience for all three puppies (the poodles have both gone to a professional groomer but this bathing sink was different), and we did shampoo, conditioner, and the force dryer and then did some dog food shopping around the store. Then we went home and dremmeled all the nails and Cookie had a feet, face, and rear shave.

All in all a truly successful day for the puppies. Dont forget, Cookie is still available and will continue to receive an A+ education while she is with us.

12/01/2023

Part 3 and last video update of our new experiences today. Here the girls are coming down the stairs, which is much different than going up them. Once Scone figured it out, she was running ahead of me.

These babies are amazing. Cookie is still available and will continue going through training while she is with us so feel free to inquire if you are interested.

12/01/2023

Part 2 from new experiences!!

We climbed the water tower to the top. I believe it had six different “floors”. The girls did fantastic. So much natural confidence and fine tuned confidence as well.

12/01/2023

We had new experiences today! Scone has been to the beach before but this was Toothless (GSD) Cookie and Quinley’s (formerly Pretzel) first time!

The business page will only let me post one video at a time so you will see multiple posts from this excursion. But they had a blast. We focused on FUN. Training is vital for any puppy, but you can’t forget about fun. We did not implement proper leash manners or force any kind of obedience beyond the occasional recall when they got too far or when we saw people coming. Of course, natural check ins were highly praised. Puppies need time to simply be puppies, so hikes and adventures like this is what we focus on. It helps build confidence and also gives your puppy a ton of natural mental and physical stimulation. These babies are exhausted.

11/25/2023

Cookie is my last baby available. People have been talking about how hard the market is currently (and I have witnessed such with other breeders), but I think for the massive size of my litter (13 live puppies) the fact that 9 sold in the first 12 weeks (I kept them for 10 weeks) is great and that is a normal litter size to sell (on the larger end actually).

The last two boys and Cookie got to stay a little longer and are now placed (Keep an eye out for Bagel who is currently paired with Quinn’s K-9 Services to be sold as a started service dog) and Cookie will be seeking her own home. I did offer her to a grieving friend and would honor that should said friend change her mind, but otherwise I will not be discounting this puppy.

Why? Because she is continuing to learn, and be taught new things, she’s getting an education and she is really fun to train so she may end up getting started in a few things for fun.

Cookie is going to be a fire ball and a great dog for the right home. But she definitely needs the right home. So until then, she will chill with us and we will continue to train her and seek out the best place for her.

11/24/2023

I have noticed a trend of a lot of people frowning on ethical breeders while rushing to bring home “rescue” puppies that were “accidentally bred” etc not realizing they are supporting a back yard breeder. Not all breeders are created equal!

Let’s dive a little bit into responsible breeding, using just my program/dogs as an example. I brought Versace home a little over three years ago. Her total price was $1200 which is VERY LOW for a well bred dog. Her parents were both health tested and her father had shown to his UKC championship, was already a successful upland hunting dog, and also was a working therapy dog. Her mother was a successful working service dog. I did not get to pick Versace. She was presented to me as an option, and almost wasn’t, because she was the more shy puppy of the two that were left.
The first thing about a responsible and ethical breeder is, you won’t get to pick.

Over the years I’ve invested hundreds of dollars into newer and better grooming supplies, because this poor poodle has gone through the ringer of me learning to poodle. I purchased her a DNA test that was $80 and another DNA test that was $40 and when she turned 11 months old, a long time Facebook friend of mine asked me if I ever thought of showing her in UKC. After that a whole new world opened for me.

Show weekends generally range $80-125 (give or take) depending on how many shows they are offering. And we showed. We showed a lot. And besides just conformation, we got other fun titles and those cost money ($10-15 per test for CGC and trick dog titles and $25-35 per fast cat run). Sometimes submitting the titles cost money too for them to reflect on the dogs registration when people look them up (another $15-20 per title).
Your next important responsible breeder point: they show/prove their dogs. You may not want a conformation dog, you may not want an agility dog, a hunting dog, an obedience dog, but you still want your breeder to do those things. Why? Because it proves that these dogs are worth being in the breeding pool. It proves you are supporting someone who puts time and effort into to their dogs above just producing puppies, and it proves that your money is going back into a program that deserves it.

Beyond showing and titles, I also did a lot of health testing on Versace. I mentioned those DNA tests, but that was just the start. Versace went to a board certified ophthalmologist when she was a year and a half to get her eyes checked (a test she will have again), she went to the vet for a heart test to make sure it was functioning normally before and after activity, and she went to another vet to take radiographs of her hips and elbows to make sure they were in good shape for breeding. Eyes: $30 (and around $20 to submit to ofa), hips and elbows $180, with another $15-25 to submit to ofa, the heart was free because I work for a veterinary clinic BUT I still had to pay that submission fee.

And when it was finally time to breed, progesterone testing was $75. Thankfully, I only had to do that once. I also paid around $80 to have her tested for a disease that dogs can carry that can be sexually transmitted. Fortunately, a good friend of mine owns an ultrasound machine and let me use it, but that typically costs money to have done. And then we had our puppy count radiographs. There was a stud fee!!!

All of these things do not include the extra food I had to buy her. Versace went off her food often during the pregnancy and I was essentially feeding her whatever she would eat. And when she did have the puppies, I was feeding her triple her normal diet and had to buy her supplements and additives to pack on those calories but the gal was hiding 14 puppies in there and she needed all the nutrients she could get. I would have to go back and tally up dog food costs, but I estimate food cost had gone up by $200 a month (before puppies started eating).

Versaces litter was my first litter so I had to buy a ton of supplies. And remember, 13 live puppies came from this. I bought sensory mats ($165), an ESI/ENS kit ($50~), two different puppy pens, one was $65 and was trash so I had to buy a $85 one. Whelping pads which were $45 a piece and I ended up with 4 total. Litter pans ($25 a piece x2), and litter $19 a bag (went through 4.5 bags before they learned to use outside exclusively), toys, so many toys, at least $100 in toys, supplies for go home bags were at least $100. Food! These puppies ate about $400 worth of food a month by themselves! I had to buy them vaccines that were around $140 for a whole tray and dewormer. And so. much. food. There are about a dozen things I couldn’t remember to list off the top of my head, but I put all the expenses on my Amazon credit card initially for tracking and did max out its $1200 limit BEFORE I was done with getting stuff (that was then paid down and charged up again, it’s great to have one card used for most expenses for tracking purposes).

I paid to have my puppies evaluated by a professional dog show judge! I wanted a non biased opinion on my puppies and paid for it!

What does all of this mean? Responsible breeders exist. We are out here. And we are not making money. Our puppies might seem expensive when compared to Sally down the street who “just wanted one litter before fluffy got fixed” but they are worth it. And it’s not about the money.

Did you know I sold three of my puppies on payment plans, one of those three I SEVERELY discounted, not because the puppy wasn’t worth it, but I wanted my friend to have a quality dog, and I discounted a group of three that went to a great service dog program because I knew they would change lives.

The final point is: Responsible breeders exist. We are out here. And we aren’t out looking for a quick buck. We are in it for the pride and joy of seeing our babies thriving and creating so much joy in their new homes. We are in it to see the success in our bred bys as they accomplish the smallest thing. We are in it to continue to preserve and better breeds we love dearly.

So next time you think of getting a puppy, think of a responsible breeder and put your invest money into something worth while, invest in someone that dedicates their heart and soul into this and invest in someone who is working hard to preserve the breeds we all know and love so much.

❤️Mother of Poodles 🐩

11/19/2023

Scone showing for best of breed

11/19/2023

Scone (black collar) my bred by keeper from the Bayou x Versace 2023 Litter!! had her first show weekend. She went best female novice puppy and best of breed novice puppy and went on to compete against a huge class of 16 other novice puppies for best in show!

We have not practiced showing at all. This is just the natural temperament of these puppies. She was complimented multiple times and several other breeders approached me to ask where she was from and complimented her movement. This is truly the best part of having a litter. I can’t wait to see all the success the rest of her siblings achieve ❤️

11/19/2023

I am switching this page to be focused on my poodles and my service dog program ☺️