Again, we believe in transparency and honesty so that people can make a decision based on the truth not rumors or actuations made by people who have never been here and do not know us. Our Standard Poodle breeding stock present on the farm at any given time is between 40 and 45 dogs. We may have a few more depending on how many we are growing up to replace the ones retiring and how many are here from their fostered homes being breed or whelping a litter. We have both the land and the staff to more than adequately care for and house very comfortably this many dogs. During the time one of these fostered dogs are here at the farm having and nursing their pups another adult rotates to the foster home. This assures all of our Adults have the proper socialization they need and crave. We retire all Standards between six and seven years old. Each one is spayed or neutered and carefully adopted out to their forever retirement homes to be a pet for the remainder of their lives. Some of them retire right here in our homes or in their foster homes. We have ten full time and two part employees and are fully staffed from the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. We also have an “On-Call” person that is here for all of the night shifts of labor and delivery. This number of caregivers does not include my mom who is always on call for advice and always around but retired. We have 12 acres and our Standard Poodle adults, that currently do not have puppies, are in large grassy paddocks with shade, warm dog houses and toys. They have access to food and clean water 24 hours a day. We have indoor/outdoor, heated and air conditioned areas where our whelping Standard Poodle puppies are kept. This whelping area has doggie doors so moms are able to go in and out freely. At one week they move to larger areas with heated and air conditioned cottage type houses with a front porches and a large yard area for mom and puppies to grow, play and relax in all day. As the puppies are weaned, between six and seven weeks, they are moved to larger yards for more interaction with other litters and toys to encourage their curiosity to investigate new things.