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Month: May 2025
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The Endocrine Cost of Convenience: Rethinking Routine Spay and Neuter in Dogs 🧬
Read More: The Endocrine Cost of Convenience: Rethinking Routine Spay and Neuter in Dogs 🧬For decades, spaying and neutering have been considered the gold standard of responsible dog ownership. Guardians are told that early sterilization prevents cancer, calms behavior, and helps dogs live longer, healthier lives. But what if we’ve misunderstood the biology entirely? What if the organs we remove aren’t just reproductive—but endocrine?What if their absence disrupts far…
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The Journey No One Sees: The Sacred Life of a Breeder
Read More: The Journey No One Sees: The Sacred Life of a BreederWhen people think of breeders, they picture smiling faces, wagging tails, ribbons neatly lined on the wall, puppies tumbling over each other in the golden light.They picture abundance — and yes, there is abundance. But not the kind they imagine. Because the true journey of a breeder is not defined by snapshots of joy.It is…
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The Secret Language of the Fancy: Let’s Decode It Together ✂️🐩📚
Read More: The Secret Language of the Fancy: Let’s Decode It Together ✂️🐩📚Maybe it’s the anticipation for tomorrow (hello, Breed Day!), but I figured it was the perfect time to get ourselves ready—not just with hairspray and coffee—but with a better understanding of those ringside whispers we all pretend to know.You know the ones. Ever stood there nodding along as someone says “she’s groomed into square” or…
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Beyond ALT: What Your Dog’s Liver Is Trying to Tell You
Read More: Beyond ALT: What Your Dog’s Liver Is Trying to Tell YouHow to Read Between the Lines of Bloodwork—Even If You’re Not a Vet Every time someone sends me their dog’s bloodwork asking, “Does this look okay?”—I pause.Not because I have all the answers (I’m not a vet), but because I’ve learned how much gets missed when we only look at the “usual” markers. Over the…
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She Is the Standard: Honoring the Poodle Bitch ✨Reflections from Bitch Day at PCA 2025
Read More: She Is the Standard: Honoring the Poodle Bitch ✨Reflections from Bitch Day at PCA 2025Today was Bitch Day at PCA.And if you were watching closely, you saw something deeper than ribbons and applause. You saw definition. You saw type made visible. You saw the standard—walking, moving, alive. Because the Poodle bitch isn’t just a contender.She is the compass. The continuity. The foundation of the breed. So today, in her…
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She Is the Standard: Honoring the Poodle Bitch ✨Reflections from Bitch Day at PCA 2025
Read More: She Is the Standard: Honoring the Poodle Bitch ✨Reflections from Bitch Day at PCA 2025Today was Bitch Day at PCA.And if you were watching closely, you saw something deeper than ribbons and applause. You saw definition. You saw type made visible. You saw the standard—walking, moving, alive. Because the Poodle bitch isn’t just a contender.She is the compass. The continuity. The foundation of the breed. So today, in her…
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Measuring Up: Reflections from the Ring
Read More: Measuring Up: Reflections from the RingThere’s a particular energy at a Poodle specialty that’s hard to put into words—a quiet buzz, a current of anticipation, and a collective focus unlike any other show. Today, in the Toy variety ring, that atmosphere was accompanied by a moment that drew attention: three Toy Poodles were excused after being measured and found to…
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Come Along on This Journey With Me ✨
Read More: Come Along on This Journey With Me ✨As we get ready to watch Poodles in the conformation ring today, I’m reminded just how much there is to learn—and how exciting that learning can be when it’s shared. 🐾 Some of my fellow Poodle friends recently encouraged me to take them along on my judging journey—to share what I’m learning as I go,…
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Christmas in April: A Day Spent in Service of the Poodle
Read More: Christmas in April: A Day Spent in Service of the PoodleThere are moments when the noise of the world fades away and something clearer, finer, rises to the surface. For me, one of those moments came today at the Poodle Club of America. It wasn’t while watching the obedience or rally competitions, nor during applause. It came during the quiet intensity of the judge’s seminar—a…
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✨In the Presence of Greatness✨
Read More: ✨In the Presence of Greatness✨Where Champions Rise and Legends Never Fade The first time I stepped into the PCA arena, I didn’t breathe—I held my breath without realizing. It wasn’t nerves. It was reverence. There’s a pulse in that place—an energy you feel before you ever hear the roar of dryers or the snap of shears. The floor doesn’t…