2015 - Happy New Year! Happy New Puppy Year!

Puppies will be coming this year by our stud dogs.  The poodle world here at Michelet Poodles is enjoying the cold but relatively mild winter (meaning low snow amounts so far) here north of Philly and west of New York City.  Requests are coming in to breed with Marty, CH Amandi's Marty Michelet, who will begin his stud career this year.  He looks like he has a lot of dates lined up this year.  I'm suspecting his great front and fine features are the desirable traits that breeders are looking for in their future lines.  His feet align nicely under his shoulders which is something we love in his structure.  He is very square and balanced, and moves like a dream.  We are keeping him groomed in a Saddle Trim so he can look good for the Parade of Champions at PCA 2015 in April, the national poodle specialty show.

Mickie, UKC CH Amandi's Mickie Michelet, is winding down his stud career with an exciting breeding this spring to a beautiful tuxedo girl.  They should be a terrific match and if all goes well the babies are expected by May.  Their human mom is an OB/GYN Doctor and has years of experience "whelping" humans and canines so they should be in terrific hands.  We will meet the family this weekend when they come to visit us for lunch.  I can't wait to see these puppies as this will be the first dual parti-factored mating Mickie has had.  They should be beautiful and have the really sweet personalities of the sire and dame.  It doesn't get any better than this.

It was fun having the human children home for the holidays and the Christmas celebrations were full of joy. We hope you all enjoyed the holidays and have great plans for 2015.  We sure do.

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Our puppies are raised in the house and are exposed to scents before they open their eyes, the sound a vacuum, loud noises, sensitivity handling, and other training techniques for temperament development. When they are mobile, they are given many toys and obstacles in their play area to challenge them and expose them to many things they will encounter in real life situations. They are also exposed to water in a kiddie pool and many different humans.  At 6 weeks they start crate training and will begin sleeping in their crate at night. Temperament evaluations are conducted regularly and vet check, weigh-ins, and socialization are part of our program.