Retired from Breeding - lives and trains here
Retired - Lives and trains with Co-owner
Being Assessed for retirement
retired - placed as a service dog
Our dogs are always part of our family, and we love them wholeheartedly. We don’t actively seek retirement homes, but have discovered there are often opportunities where people need/want a well-trained, adult pet. We will never place an adult unless it is in his or her best interest, no matter how much it pains our human hearts. And we are extremely careful about where they are placed.
Please feel welcome to inquire about if and when an adult may be available if you can provide a loving, forever home.
Celebrating Achievements
by Michele Harvey | September 16, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Celebrating AchievementsCelebrating Achievements: A Journey of Excellence in Dog Breeding and Showing In the world of ethical dog breeding and showing, our journey has been nothing short of remarkable. With dedication, passion, and a commitment to the...
SPFL in the latest Poodle Variety magazine
by Michele Harvey | September 11, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
SPFL in the latest Poodle Variety magazineRomeo has earned 61 Best of Breed (BOB) awards, 3 Best in Show (BIS), and 6 Reserve Best in Show (RBIS/RBISS) with a UKC Nationals Best of Breed award (NBOB) which earned him the UKC Emerald and then Ruby Gemstone...
Two of our Lovely Forest Lakes Girls are on the Top Ten List!
by Michele Harvey | September 9, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Two of our Lovely Forest Lakes Girls are on the Top Ten List!We could not be more proud of, or thankful for, these wonderful gifts from heaven! We are so blessed; Forest Lakes has TWO of our beautiful white girls on the Top Ten list as of August!These sweet...
Azula is the Newest Forest Lakes UKC Champion – Owner Handled
by Michele Harvey | August 26, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Azula is the Newest Forest Lakes UKC Champion – Owner HandledWow! This girl is so gorgeous, and has received so many compliments on her structure! She is Fire Princess Azula of Forest Lakes, and was recently handled to her championship by her owner/handler...
Porsche’s Versatility title arrived!
by Michele Harvey | July 31, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Porsche received her Versatility Excellent official title certificate! This title requires 15 points from multiple 'areas' that demonstrate a dog's versatility. Porsche earned 5 points for her UKC Grand Championship, 1.5 points for her CGCA, 2 points for her TKI, 1...
Introducing Martin!
by Michele Harvey | July 10, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Introducing Martin!Martin – FBP Son of a Poo! Stepheni was one of the first people I met in Michigan at a dog show. Her boy, Poo, was probably only a year or two old at the time and I was completely smitten with his coloring, dark points and eyeliner. We...
Title Acronyms 1, 2, 3 – avoid the confusion
by Michele Harvey | June 21, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Title Acronyms 1, 2, 3 – avoid the confusionMy dogs are collecting titles in various areas and I wanted to provide a list of the acronyms so the average person can decipher them! (And then my web guy will come in and rearrange things so this post works better...
We had fun adding 12 (or 14) new titles in the last week and a half!
by Michele Harvey | May 30, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
We had fun adding 12 (or 14) new titles in the last week and a half!I am not sure if I can count Katie’s two Total Dog Awards so I will hold off on that. But we had an absolutely fabulous weekend at the BARKC show with great friends and all of our fabulous,...
100th Title Earned!
by Michele Harvey | May 16, 2023 | puppies | 0 Comments
100th Title Earned!We had an amazing weekend with our dogs earning Best of Breed all six shows!! Deacon earned 3 Grand legs with 2 Best of Breed awards, a Group 2 and a Group 4, as well as winning the champion class twice over 2 other champions.Daphne earned...
SPFL closes in on the 100th Title!
by Michele Harvey | May 7, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
SPFL closes in on the 100th Title!I am very excited to be so close to reaching this amazing milestone – and all in just 40 months!!! I think we will have to have a major celebration! This includes 58 AKC/UKC titles on dogs we bred and 41 on dogs we brought...
Dior Wins Best in Show at 18 mos
by Michele Harvey | April 30, 2023 | Poodles, titles | 0 Comments
Dior Wins Best in Show at 18 monthsStandard Poodles of Forest Lakes 10th BIS/RBIS!!! I couldn’t be more proud of my second generation Forest Lakes girl! Dior is a wonderful dog all-around. She is sweet and cuddly, smart and driven, and a complete joy to...
UPDATED: Questions to ask a Breeder
by Michele Harvey | April 8, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
UPDATED: Questions to ask a Breeder I updated the list of questions. While it is not breed-specific, I do make several references to poodles as examples.
Katerina Earns her American Championship!
by Michele Harvey | April 1, 2023 | Poodles, titles | 0 Comments
Katerina Earns her American Championship!Katerina earned her Champion Title with a fabulous Best of Winners award at the Key to the Sea show in the Toledo, OH area yesterday. We are so thankful to the inimitable Ann Rairigh, Julia Kinsey and team for their...
Incentives for Titles! Wow!
by Michele Harvey | March 27, 2023 | Poodles, titles | 0 Comments
Standard Poodles of Forest Lakes offers incentives for up to 3 titles!Title Incentives: We encourage our SPFL families to participate in any canine activities they are interested in! To date, from our 7 litters, our puppies and their owner/handlers have earned...
5 Point Major for Katerina!
by Michele Harvey | March 10, 2023 | Poodles, puppies | 0 Comments
5 Point Major for Katerina!Katie is down in North Carolina with handler Ann Rairigh and her assistant, Julia Kinsey, with some stiff competition. On Wednesday and Thursday she placed 2nd and Reserve in each show. Today at the Poodle Specialty there were 29...
Feia is the Girl on Fire!
by Michele Harvey | March 7, 2023 | Poodles, puppies | 0 Comments
Feia is the Girl on Fire!My girl on fire (Feia) is still collecting those wins and titles! Feia earned her Open Agility Title, which supercedes the Novice Agility Title she previously held. She also has her Novice Agility Jumper Title which was superceded by...
Katerina Wins Big in Atlanta!
by Michele Harvey | February 5, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Katerina Wins Big in Atlanta!Katerina (Katie Kat) I could not be more proud of my beautiful little lady in white! What a great way to start her AKC career! She took 1st or 2nd every show and earned a 3 Point Major and a 4 Point Major with amazing competition!...
Successfully kicking off the new year at a Dog Show!
by Michele Harvey | January 17, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Successfully kicking off the new year at a Dog Show!This weekend I brought Dior and Callista out to the K9 Fanciers show in Ann Arbor, MI. There were a LOT of dogs; including a lot of poodles and shelties at the show! In fact, there were around 200 dogs...
An Astounding 2022 Recap!
by Michele Harvey | January 3, 2023 | Poodles | 0 Comments
An Astounding 2022 Recap!2022 RECAP First, I’d like to recognize all of our wonderful owner/handlers and their accomplishments in 2022. Bred-by our friend and partner at Meeker’s Ridge Standard Poodles: Bayou & Alex (U-GRCH Meeker’s Smoking Gun Silver...
Feia Earns Another Agility Title!
by Michele Harvey | December 30, 2022 | Poodles | 0 Comments
Feia Earns Another Agility Title!Feia completed her Novice Agility title! She is so amazing with her love and drive for this sport! Feia is showing no signs of coming into her heat cycle at the moment so she will keep trialing. She has qualifying runs in...