12/29/2016
It all started at a dog park and over a beer…yes, in Austin, Texas in a dog park that serves beer.
We are Tanya and Kerry, best buds over the love of poodles. We are in Round Rock and Cedar Park Texas, 20 minutes north of Austin. 1.5 north of San Antonio, 3 hours south of Dallas, 3 hours northwest of Houston.
Tanya has owned many rescue dogs/cats and volunteered countless hours at animal shelters. The time had come for a new dog in her life. After Tanya married, her husband, Pete, who travelled many hours/days for work insisted on a poodle. Pete had fond memories of his mini-poodle, Raggs. Tanya, not liking the idea of a little dog, and a poodle at that, went on the search for the coolest poodle she could find. After over a year of research, she found Raffi, who changed her life. He was the most loving, relaxed, even-tempered, loyal dog she has ever known. He also turned out to be one of the largest, aka “King Kong,” of standard poodles. With this love, she wanted to validate what an amazing dog he was by taking him to dog shows, where he obtained 8 titles in confirmation and sporting events, including the coveted “Total Dog”.
Kerry, too, has owned multiple rescue dogs. Her last rescue was a Standard Poodle, Mikey. Mikey’s owner was called up to active military duty and needed a loving home for him. Long story short, Kerry had Mikey for 8 glorious years, where she fell in love with the breed. Mikey traveled the world with Kerry and her active duty husband, Gene. He even had his own European passport! Finally landing in Austin, Texas, after Gene’s retirement from the Army, Mikey fell ill. Devastated by his passing, Kerry became adamant about getting another standard poodle. Kerry found her “heart dog”, Cadence, from Anutta Standard Poodles. Kerry is a guardian home for owner, Becky Baxter.
We worked hard to become Pet Therapy Dog Teams. It’s amazing how many times we are stopped in public about how beautiful and well behaved our dogs are. If only we had a dollar for every time someone said,” I’ve never seen a poodle in real life”, or “That’s a poodle, wow!” or “I knew a poodle once, they were spastic and mean.”
It was apparent to us that our dogs had beauty, brains, and most of all temperament; too wonderful to keep to ourselves so we founded our breeding program! We believe in only breeding one litter at a time from health and genetically tested parents. All dogs/puppies live inside as loved family members so they may be nurtured and grown to the best of their potential.
We believe no need to “doodle” buy a poodle, you can make them look like anything you want with the right haircut.
