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Our story began with one red standard poodle puppy named Sienna. Rob and I believe when we first held her, that the seed for Winters Wind was planted. It is fascinating how the human heart beat can connect with the heart of our canine family. Parents can understand, as it is similar to the bond that happens when you first hold your newborn.

Often we hear from people who do not own a Standard Poodle, that they are fru fru dogs.  Far from it!   Here at Winters Wind we believe that the Standard Poodle has the capability to perform at any task. We see this in our poodles. Our dogs and dogs from our lines have titles in: Conformation, Service & Therapy Work (certified), Weight Pulling, Dog Sledding, Obedience, Rally, Lure Coursing, Dock Jumping, Agility, Fly Disc, Nose Work, Barn Hunt, Field Trials, and one is working on a herding title! We hope to add search and rescue work to this list in the future.

We are serious breeders, not “Hobby Breeders or breeders that do this for fun”; it is a serious decision to breed animals. It takes time; not just in chores and raising puppies, rather in researching for the right lines and checking for genetic issues within those lines. There is the cost of getting dogs and then they may not make the cut after investing in training, showing, genetic testing and vet bills. So then we start again with a new puppy and the investment begins again. When someone asks, “Why do your dogs cost so much? I found one on Pet Finder for less.” This is why. A puppy is in investment in your family. I remind folks you can invest in a healthy puppy or spend money on vet bills for a less expensive puppy.

Winters Wind has health tested poodles because our mission is to improve this amazing and versatile breed. Testing done is: Hips/Elbows, Cardiac, Thyroid, Eye’s, PRA-rcd4, PRA-prcd, GM2 Gangliosidosis, Osteochondrodysplasia, Intervertebral Disc Disease (Type), Myelopathy (DM), Neonatal Encephalopathy (NE), Von Willebrand’s (VWD), plus 180 others genetic variations. In your puppy packet you can request a copies of all the testing and results or they are available on the OFA site. We also are working toward having all our dogs VGL tested for diversity through UC Davis University. Diversity is needed within the breed.; by using the VGL testing and matching our Poodles to Poodles of outside genetics, we can strength the immune system of our dogs.

Not all Poodles are created equal. Winters Wind strives to give each puppy born here an edge or a jump start. Beginning with Momma getting excellent nutrition, supplements, exercise and health checks. Puppies are born in a whelping room right off our bedroom (video under the litters tab) We have invested in a state of art neonatal unit which includes an special incubator (Puppy Warmer), oxygen bubblier, uniquely designed whelping box and our vet makes house calls. We begin ENS at day 3 - 16, puppies are exposed to the Rule of Seven. You can google these training methods to learn more. On a side note that Dr. Jeannie mentioned in the article owns a Winters Wind Poodle. We also use Puppy Culture in raising these wonderful puppies. Our puppies are given toddler interactive toys for increased cognitive skills, we have a puppy play gym (concept is similar to the play sets for infants and toddlers), we host puppy play days; we invite friends and families to come and socialize with our puppies. Puppies when older are exposed to kittens, cats, and other small dogs ( Yorkies). Puppies are beginning house training at 4 weeks (special whelping box design) and begin crate training before leaving our home. Puppies move from their whelping room around the age of 4 weeks to our living room. Here they are exposed to the tv, vacuum and other family noises; from here they can romp freely around our home. This is what we believe sets, a Winters Wind Poodle apart. Like children they say the most informative years are up to age 8. Our philosophy is the first 10 weeks of a puppies life are critical for cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. This is why we keep our pups until at least 10 weeks of age.

There is no guarantee that a puppy at 10 weeks will turn out to be the service dog that you need. If it has the right start, with the right training, we believe that out of each litter were able to get at least one Puppy with potential to do service work.

Winters Wind is very proud to be working with serveral Service Dog Organizations, by not only breeding dogs they use but helping to establish through our lines their own Poodle service dog breeding programs! Thank you Paws With A Cause, Phoenix Assistance Dogs, Seeing Eye Dogs and other medical dog groups. It’s a partnership I was dreaming for!

Service Dogs is our passion, however we are very proud of the other legacy we leave. As of 4-18-22 we have produced 4 AKC Champions, multiple UKC Grand Champions /Champions, Titled performance dogs and several therapy dogs. Our dogs are beautiful and also very talented. I truly believe that our dogs are exceptional!

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there is nothing standard about our poodles.

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