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Artist Laura Rogers
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About the Enchanted Poodle Club:
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Welcome
to the Enchanted Poodle Club, Inc. (EPC) website.
We created this website to aid current poodle owners and prospective
poodle owners with grooming, training and care of their poodle. We want to share just plain poodle joy with other
poodle owners The Poodle is versatile, intelligent, and just plain fun. Welcome
to the Enchanted Poodle Club, Inc. (EPC) website.
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We created this website to aid current poodle owners and prospective
poodle owners with grooming, training and care of their poodle. We want to share just plain poodle joy with other
poodle owners The Poodle is versatile, intelligent, and just plain fun. It is a
high maintenance hair care dog. We have included links to websites to help teach
you how to find your next poodle and to help you live with your current one.
We have members who can also help you.
The
Enchanted Poodle Club is based in New Mexico, an active club for over 40 years,
is dedicated to the continued improvement of the pure bred poodle.
We have members from New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, California and
Germany.
We
hope to help prospective poodle owners understand the three varieties of poodle,
their characteristics, health issues, care and training. In other words are you right for the poodle and is the poodle
the right dog for you.
Guided
by the Officers and Board of
Directors, the club is open to membership of poodle lovers.
The Enchanted Poodle Club, Inc. is an affiliate member of The Poodle Club
of America which is a member of The American Kennel Club.
The club meets seven times a year. Our poodles are included at any
meeting where dogs are welcome. Information about club meetings is
included on our contact information page.
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HISTORY OF THE CLUB
The
Enchanted Poodle Club, Inc. was formed in 1960 and incorporated in 1965 to
support lovers of the Poodle, encourage knowledgeable breeding and to present
the poodle to the public. In the 1960’s there were few Poodles and the breed was
maligned by those who didn’t understand the characteristics of the Poodle.
For almost fifty years the members of The Enchanted Poodle Club, Inc.
have actively dedicated themselves to the education of the public about the
Poodle and the improvement of the breed.
Club members have presented the Poodle and its unique qualities at animal
fairs, dog shows, regional obedience trails, grooming presentations, training sessions,
seminars and at charity shows. Members
of The Club presented the three varieties of Poodles at the first Saturday Night
Live event in downtown Albuquerque.
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MISSION STATEMENT
Our
purpose is the improvement of the breed through education of breeders and
prospective owners of poodles. Our
mission is:
- To
help the public understand the care, training and high maintenance
grooming of the Poodle.
- To
help the public understand the temperament of the Poodle.
- To
rescue and foster Poodles in need.
- To
find loving and caring homes for Poodles in need.
- To
accept the standard
of the breed as approved by the American Kennel Club and the
Poodle Club of America as the only standard of excellence by which the
Poodle shall be judged.
- To
encourage and promote quality in the breeding of purebred poodles.
- To
do all possible to bring the natural qualities of Poodles to
perfection.
- To
do all in our power to protect and advance the interests of the breed.
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HISTORY OF THE POODLE
The
Poodle is one of the oldest breeds of dogs, more can be learned about the
history of the poodle by visiting www.poodlehistory.org.
The Poodle has long been a European
companion and working dog. It is
represented in paintings from Spain, France and Germany from the 15th
and 16th centuries. The
Standard Poodle is the oldest member of the group. It seems that small sizes of Poodles came along quickly
after.
The
name Poodle is thought to have come from the German “pudel”, meaning to
splash in the water. It is thought
that the Poodle was originally a water retriever, retaining these hunting
instincts. Over the years,
Poodle owners have discovered the herding instincts of Poodles as well.
The Poodle is famous for its intelligence and ability to learn.
The
Poodle is also a natural protector of property.
Humans who live with Poodles soon discover that they have become the
property of the Poodle. The Poodle
will alert the human to any unusual happening in their area and have chased off
intruders. These qualities of the
Poodle make it necessary for the human partner to obedience train the Poodle.
It is
important to know that the poodle hair continues to grow until it is scissored
or clipped. This hair growth in the
wild could serve as a protective body cover for the Poodle.
However, in the home this continued hair growth becomes a high
maintenance grooming issue. An unkempt Poodle loses its classic look of elegance.
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