Ghibli Poodles

23/08/2024

22/08/2024

I haven't shared this link in awhile. It is so cool to know what is happening day to day with the growing puppies.

Meadow is Day 38 of her pregnancy, visibly showing, and measuring 25 inches around already!

https://www.caninepregnancyscanning.com/pregnancybyday/dogpregnancybyday.html

21/08/2024

Meadow got a shave down. I normally keep my poodle mamas in at least some coat through the pregnancy, whelping and rearing of the pups but decided to make it a little easier on the both of this time. I have an old hand injury that is flaring up that is making brushing dogs quite a painful chore. She seems to really like her new trim. Many thanks to my sister for putting on the finishing touches. We are busy preparing the house for her upcoming litter next month. Sanitizing the incubator and whelping box, washing walls, rewashing all the bedding and towels, putting up the whelping box, organizing and reordering any needed supplies, sanitizing and cleaning our artificial turf, and more, so that as the time gets nearer we can just rest. A lot goes on even between litters!

19/08/2024

Back in July, Fern and Nausicaa attended the AKC Duluth Kennel Club Show where she took Reserve the first day and 1st the next day. So proud of this team. Nausicaa was Queen from the Groovy Litter, Sunny x Ellie.

19/08/2024

The photos are older but the title is newer! Blackberry earned another agility title at the BRAC UKI Trial on July 27/28th weekend. They are such a wonderful team! Very proud of her and Kathy.

Blackberry was Patience from the Virtues litter (Miya x Sky), half-sister to Meadow who is the mom to our upcoming and full sister to Memrie, momma to our recent Mediums litter.

16/08/2024

I have updated my website. Something I don't normally do, I am giving you a look into my Future Plans! I do only breed one litter at at time, so any future plans are heavily dependent on when heat cycles happen and how close together they come. These plans are subject to change at any time for any reason, and I do need to see enough interest in a litter to breed it, but it will give you an idea of what I may have available in the next year.

On My Litters page, I have also reorganized my Past Litters section so hopefully its easier to follow. I never delete a Litter page; I keep them up and available for my puppy buyers to be able to look back on them. If you have a Ghibli Puppy and would like them featured on their litter page, please do email me or drop a photo and update into our Friends and Family group.

In addition, on the Breed Information page, I have created a easy to find grouping of all the Ghibli dogs and their health testing.

Small in home breeder of high quality, health tested, and titled Standard Poodles in Northwest Ohio.

15/08/2024

Ghibli Poodles has some news. Meadow and Marble have little ones on the way!

Marble is a sweet and very intelligent boy with strong retrieve drive; he has always excelled at anything I've ever asked of him, and although we didn't get the opportunity to title in scentwork, he was exceptionally gifted and the star of his Scentwork classes. Marble comes from APAW with a pedigree history of working service dogs. Meadow is a sweet, happy, fun girl that has a curious nature and is eager to please. Although I have not yet titled her in sports since her return earlier this summer, she was the performance prospect puppy of her litter, is out of our very accomplished dam Miya.

Both Meadow and Marble are small Standards; we expect puppies to mature less than 40 lbs in cream or white, blue or silver. Show, performance, therapy prospects and great family pets expected. They are a Category 10 Match on BetterBred and Marble is above breed average outlier index so we are excited to see the diversity results we get from this pairing.

Puppies are due mid September, ready to go to their new homes November 23rd. If you have an application in, please email me prior to their birth date to let me know you want on the wait list for this litter. It was a crowded ultrasound, so we are taking more applications. To apply, email me at [email protected].

Marble OFA Link: https://ofa.org/advanced-search/?appnum=2282110
Meadow OFA Link: https://ofa.org/advanced-search/?appnum=2554637

14/08/2024

Another GREAT PennHip score for Ghibli!
Blue scored RDI 0.19 and LDI 0.20 placing him in the Top 5% for the Standard Poodle Breed making him low risk of developing Hip Dysplasia. He also visited The Animal Eye Institute yesterday and his OFA Eyes are Normal! 😁

13/08/2024

Sunny also was awarded the Versatility Excellent Certificate!

12/08/2024

Marble was featured in the Versatility in Poodles newsletter for his achievement of his Versatility Excellent certificate! In order to earn this certificate, they must earn at least 15 points in 4 different categories. Marble has 15 titles total.

URO1 is the UKC Rally Level 1.
UCH stands for UKC Champion.
RN is AKC Rally Novice.
CGCA is Canine Citizen Advanced.
CGCU is Canine Citizen Urban.
TKA is AKC Advanced Tricks (which includes Intermediate and Novice, too).
ACT1 is the Level 1 of the virtual Agility Course Test title.
ACT1J is the Level 1 of the virtual Jumpers Agility Course test title.
ATD is the Do More With Your Dog track of trick titles and stands Advanced Tricks.
SPOTON is the UKC equivalent of the AKC CGC.

11/08/2024

Lovely weather lately has allowed us to enjoy lots of dog walks recently. Walking my Miya daughters, Marnie (Keepsakes), Memrie (Virtues) and Meadow (Treasures) and Sunny in the back. :)

11/08/2024

Dog training is an unregulated industry, and there are a lot of trainers that will use harsh techniques or force for fast results to look more impressive on social media. The titles, the brags, the competition or the human ego should not matter more than the dogs happiness.

On my application I do ask for what Dog trainer or training club or facility applicants plan to take your new puppy to. I expect all my buyers to train their puppies. I ask who their trainer will be on my application because if their trainer of choice has a social media presence or website, I can help my buyers look for any red flags.

Prior to breeding, I ran a successful motivation centered dog training business; I want my puppies to be trained in humane, ethical ways. I want my puppies to grow happy, confident, and well-behaved. I want my puppies to enjoy their learning and I want my buyers to have wonderful relationships with their dog. I do not focus on what labels any trainer adopts to describe their ideology or technique; what I am looking at is the body language of the dog in any training pictures or training videos that trainer posts. The dogs will tell me what I need to know about the trainer and if I feel comfortable with them training one of the puppies I have produced. If I don't like what I see (dogs that are in a state of chronic stress or scared or shut down) I will help my prospective buyers to identify the concerning body language and to help them find a different trainer. I absolutely feel it's part of my responsibility as a breeder to help my applicants in this way.

TikTok famous dog trainers are taking over, and unfortunately that's not always a good thing. Does having 1 million Instagram followers make you a good dog trainer? Some of the information getting shared on social media is incorrect, ineffective, or downright dangerous. So how do you figure out who's who?

🐶 Look for credentials listed in the trainer bio. Don't see any? It's likely they don't have any. This is not a good thing. "I've had dogs for 20 years" is not a qualification.
🐶 Beware of sneaky marketing. Guarantees of behavior, promises to fix a problem in only a few minutes, or telling you that you "HAVE" to follow these rules are all red flags.
🐶 Impressive before and after videos that show massive behavior change in "only one session"? You may actually be seeing behavior suppression instead of actual behavior modification.
🐶 Pay attention to body language. We share A LOT about body language, and if you have a dog, you likely have some idea of what a relaxed dog looks like. Apply your knowledge to social media videos! Is the dog in the video panting heavily? Are their lips pulled back? Are their ears back? Do they look tense? Those are all signs of stress, anxiety, and fear...

Questions about behavior or training? You know how to reach us! Check out our stories for more info!

10/08/2024

Blue recently passed his Cardiac, Patella, Full Dentition, and PennHip done. We are waiting on those scores and his Thyroid results, and he has his Eye appointment in a few days. Those will be posted to OFA soon!

09/08/2024

My kids have a few weeks left of summer vacation and my daughter has a busy 4-H schedule in the coming weeks. If you have recently turned in an application and waiting to hear back, I'm aiming to get some time in my office to respond once they are back in school. If you don't hear by September, feel free to send me a reminder email so that you don't get lost in my inbox. When turning in applications, it helps if you put Ghibli, Puppy, or Application or all in the subject line. A reminder that I order my wait lists by application date that it is received - not when I find the time to process or approve it. :)

05/08/2024

Mikayla Lindsay of The Fairy Dogmother, LLC in Maine has Gia (Amelia/Beaches - Seairsha x Sunny) looking like quite the lady for her mom Myah. 😍

03/08/2024

Ducky, previously Tie-Dye from the Groovy litter (Ellie x Sunny), is co-owned with Katelyn and recently began swim lessons with the goal of dock diving in the future. Look at her take like a duck to water! 😆

03/08/2024

Blue recently earned his AKC Dog Trick Performer title! His co-owner Claire is on a work trip/vacation and Blue has been staying with me and will be here a few more weeks. I am really enjoying getting to know him again as an adult; he has such a lovely, friendly, happy-go-lucky temperament. On Thursday he got to visit my sister for a groom.

03/08/2024

Just a few Medium Litter updates (Memrie x Sonny).
Bailey (Ink) earned her AKC Novice Tricks title!
Azul (Photo) did excellent at the groomers and his recent vet visit.
Rowan (Clay) was the Star of his puppy class.
Razzle (Paint) enjoyed some time out on the water with her people!
Look forward to hearing more updates!

31/07/2024

Announcing our newest UKC Champion!
Handled by my Junior Ella, Meadow earned Best Female both shows on Sunday at MAEDA and earned the last 10 points and then some that she needed to finish her Championship.

We didn't get a nice win photo, so here is a photo of her demonstrating that she is in fact small enough to be a lap dog and her at a recent trip to the vet.

30/07/2024

We didn't have time or energy after a long Juniors weekend with five kids to get a great win photo to celebrate, but as my kids said, Kiki "ate" in her Champion class debut. I am told that means she did very well. 😆 Kiki tagged along on Sunday to show for her first time as a Champion and she earned her first 2 Grand Champion points, went on to earn the Best of Breed over 4 Grands, and the Group 1. Although she didn't get love in the Best in Show ring, she had a positive experience. I love that this dog wags her tail in the ring and for the judge's exam, and so does the judges!

28/07/2024

Our girl Ella took her turn winning her first ever Best Junior Handler from the Novice Junior class! She opted to take our little Memrie today to show. I am so incredibly proud of her. She has worked hard and came home from the show yesterday and practiced and practiced and practiced some more, and I am so glad that Judge Julie Hatless Pepper could see her effort. Now Ella moves up to the Open Junior class. She is most excited that now she can collect points for Top Junior and is eager to earn enough to get invited to Premier.

Maybellee with Sunny took Best Junior Handler Show 1 but she declined a photo opportunity, so here's a picture of her in the ring and of her cuddling Kiki on the grooming table instead. Sofiya didn't have any big wins but she handled our red girl Clover to the best of her ability.

27/07/2024

Congratulations to Maryann who was recognized by Judge Nancy Gallant and earned Best Junior Handler Show 2 today at the MAEDA show in Whitmore Lake! My son Charlie also earned 1st in his Novice Junior class with Miya, then his very first Best Junior Handler today awarded by Judge Diana Brumbaugh in Show 1 with Seairsha. Ella and Seairsha earned 2nd and 1st in Novice Juniors. Sofiya and Clover earned 3rd and 2nd. And Maybellee and Sunny earned 2 Firsts in Open Junior.

23/07/2024

When speaking of spaying and neutering, we have science to give us the best answer. My contract does require spay or neuter by 2 years of age, but I do support hormone sparing spays and vasectomies. If you are capable of managing an intact dog, these are the best guidelines, but please don't let your dog reproduce without health testing, titles, and purpose.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1322276/full

22/07/2024

This past Saturday Marnie, Memrie, Marble and Clover all attended the Lima Kennel Club's health clinic. OFA Eyes and Heart are all recommended to be repeated yearly and although our primary veterinarian can perform the basic auscultation, I do try to have all my dogs seen by the cardiologist specialist at least once. OFA Eyes can only be certified by an ophthalmologist specialist. They all received normal Eyes and Clover also had a normal heart auscultation.

20/07/2024

Memrie is on the search for a new place to lay her head. She lived with her Guardians Molly and Rick for nearly a year and we thought it would be her forever home but unfortunately sometimes circumstances change. This was not an easy decision for them as they really loved Memrie and took such great care of her. Unfortunately Memrie doesn't feel sure of their visiting adult sons and barks at them and hasn't grown used to them. Memrie usually likes to meet new people when out and about and hasn't shown insecurity around strange men in public before. In our home she does "woof" at unexpected noises and visitors when they first come to her home but does settle when told and she does not bark at people when in public. She likes meeting new people/has therapy dog temperament, and she wants to be someone's shadow, she loves to go places with her people and go on walks. She wants a quiet/calm home. She enjoys the company of another dog. She is house trained, sleeps in a crate at night and when left home alone, but otherwise does not need crated when someone is home with her. She is the perfect small size and so sweet! She is 33 lbs and 21 inches and almost 3 years old. She loves kids, would be great with kids 10+. She has lower prey drive and she can live with a cat. She is a fabulous little Juniors show dog so we are hoping her new home will continue to let our bonus daughter Sofiya borrow and show her for Juniors - which means free grooming/boarding any time! We are not in a rush to place her but we know Memrie deserves her forever home so she can be spayed and placed further away for the right home. Email [email protected] to apply!

20/07/2024

Congratulations to the Burns family! Kelly has been dreaming of a Poodle for awhile and came to meet Paint last night and they decided to take her home and be her guardian home. They are still deciding her new name but she will be staying in Ohio, I'll get to borrow her for some shows, and hopefully Paint will produce one litter for us in the future. Paint loves kids and is going to have so much fun with her new family.

19/07/2024

We let Marble go to his guardian home last December. He has been back this week, and almost an entire year without agility practice, jumped right back into agility class without skipping a beat. I do regret that I didn't get to trial this dog in agility! But having this dog here this week was a wonderful distraction from the loss we are processing from retiring Cocoa. We get one more day with our special boy and then he is on his way home again. 🥰

18/07/2024

Meadow's CHIC number was issued! :) Exciting announcement coming this month!

15/07/2024

I am a breeder that focuses on diversity. If you aren't sure what that means, be sure to read this.