Marcasite Poodles Annual Meet up

On 11th April, last years puppies will be turning 1.
To mark the occasion we are having a get together at Saunton Sands in North Devon.

This will take place on Saturday 13th April.
We will meet on the beach at 10.30 am and then stop for a bite to eat at the cafe at lunchtime.
Then at 2.00 pm I am extending the invite to anyone else with a poodle who wants to join us for a walk. Non poodles and dog free families are welcome to join us too.
The only thing I ask is that no bitches who are in season attend.

Saunton Sands is by far my favourite beach in Devon. It has parking facilities, toilets, a cafe and the nicest stretch of coast I have ever seen.

Here are a few pictures from the last time we were there:

Crufts Entries

Just a quick note to say that the final entry numbers for Crufts have been released today.

For Standard Poodles there are 95 bitches entered in total.

Considering that this is arguably the world's biggest dog show, I am thrilled.
Whilst it is unlikely that we will place, I feel that to even be acknowledged as owning and having bred a dog within the top 95 of its breed is a real honour!

I am counting down the days until Crufts! I am so excited!

A walk with Archie

We try to go for a walk with Archie at least once a month, but unfortunately due to my having moved house, then the girls being in season and taking Peggy to shows etc we haven't been able to get out for a walk  with him and so I have only seen him in order to groom him.

Today however, we finally managed to catch up and so we went to Dartmoor for a wander.

Archie is now at a defiant teenage stage; with his testosterone firmly kicking in, so we did a small amount of training during the walk.
It is not unusual for dogs to revert to puppy-like behaviours briefly when they are experiencing hormonal changes. This does not last forever and is easily adapted to by returning to basics and using positive reinforcement techniques (which I will write a piece about at a later date

Overall the dogs had a great walk and it was lovely to see them all having so much fun.