Welcome to Dilquin Poodles!

My family always had pets, and after the tragic death of a relative, we welcomed into our home our first poodle, a blue miniature named Cuddles.   In 1988, I walked into my father's house and saw the most adorable white toy poodle performing tricks at the tender age of 5 months.  She was adorable and like all novice people, I told the breeder I want a boy just like that!

In 1989, I brought home Silver Dream, C.D., known more commonly as Buster.  Except for learning an amazing amount of tricks and vocabulary, he was nothing like the cute white poodle I had seen a year earlier.  He was 9.5" tall by 11" long and had no idea that he was a small dog.  We did try dog shows and he got 1 point, but he did not enjoy showing and wasn't really structurally correct, so we took on obedience and agility.  Again, not really his thing but if Mom wanted him to, he would try.  His favorite spot on the agility course was in the center of a tunnel! I loved Buster, but quickly realized that small dogs were not for me, so I started doing my homework.

At the dog shows I would check out all the hypo-allergenic dogs and found myself constantly drawn to Standard Poodles.  I met a wonderful lady, Marg Praisley, who let me sit and read old Poodle Variety magazines and play with her poodles, Tim and Cass.  It was through Marg that I got my first standard poodle, Can. Ch. Quincy is a Dandee, CD on October 25th, 1995.  This started my love affair with this wonderful breed.

Why Dilquin? Well, that is the combination of Dillon & Quincy, my first two St. Poodles.  Quincy was an abused, neglected rescue dog, and you can read his and Dillon's stories here: "Why Dilquin?"

Please feel free to wander through my site and contact me if you have any questions or would just like to talk poodles.