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 into our program – but does not include any of the titles from the dogs we owned before becoming SPFL nor any hobby club titles!

Having thoroughly enjoyed the years as a 4H leader, when the children had all graduated college and moved out on their own, Michele began to participate in conformation, agility, obedience, rally, trick, canine good citizenship, therapy work, precision coursing, and scent work. Amanda participates when her busy surgical vet assistant schedule allows. Michele, Amanda and the SPFL dogs have earned an amazing 99 titles in just over 3 years – not including Romeo’s 3 Best in Show and 6 Reserve Best in Show awards, Katie’s Reserve Best Puppy in Show or Dior’s Best in Show award (a total of 110 awards and titles) and not including the 6 titles Rhett had before joining SPFL!!! Over the last 20 years, we have enjoyed earning well over 130 titles with our beloved dogs!

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...

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...