Alue Standard Poodles

Killian's Pedigree
Killian's Betterbred
Killian does not have any OFA tests pending
Killian is clear of all breed specific panel genetic testing, including day blindness by parentage.
He will need tested for PRA RCD4 as Harper is a carrier.
Watch this space for updates with future health testing!

2021 Puppy Show Brags

• 06/10/2021 AKC Sunflower Cluster - Beginner Puppy; BOB, Group 2
• 06/11/2021 AKC Sunflower Cluster - BPUP; BOB, Group 2
• 06/12/2021 AKC Sunflower Cluster - BPUP: BOB, Group 3
• 06/13/2021 AKC Sunflower Cluster - BPUP: BOB, Group 2
• 06/16/2021 UKC United Retriever Club Specialty; Best Male Standard Poodle Puppy
• 06/16/2021 UKC United Poodle Association; Best Male Standard Poodle Puppy

Killian absolutely blew me away our first show weekends!!! He held himself together really well and after being a bit overwhelmed our first day at the AKC show (as was I!), he rocked it. The last day he leaned away from the judge, but he never tried to fight being held or examined, he never cowered, he never backed away. I was so proud of him! At Premier he was a total rockstar - held still for the exams, offered me free stacks, moved with his tail up and a smile on his face. I couldn't of asked for anything more from him. He received a lot of compliments from spectators and judges, but he didn't pull anything in Best Puppy, and while that was disappointing, I couldn't of asked for anything more from him! While I hope to hit one more show before he ages out of BPUP, we likely will be sitting out to grow hair for a few more months! This boy has such a bright future and I can't wait to see what's in store!

• 07/15/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Best Of Breed Puppy, Reserve Best In Show Puppy Show 1
• 07/15/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Best In Show Puppy Show 2
• 07/16/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Best In Show Puppy Show 1
• 07/16/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Best In Show Puppy Show 2
• 07/17/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Reserve Best In Show Puppy Show 1
• 07/17/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Best In Show Puppy Show 2
• 07/18/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Reserve Best In Show Puppy Show 1
• 07/18/21 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; BOB, Best In Show Puppy Show 2

Killian and I attended his first and last UKC Puppy Show in Peoria where he showed up and showed out!! He received so many compliments from judges and exhibitors alike on his quality and movement, it just really sent me over the moon. I had one judge who has judged his daddy for a few years now stop me and tell me just how good his movement is and when I told her he was first bred by and who he was out of she said, "wow, well good job"! She's not really a Poodle person so to get that compliment from her when she started judging my dogs years ago really meant a lot. Now we sit out and grow hair for AKC, though we may try to hit a few local UKC shows next month in the big kid classes. We will see!!

2021 Adult Show Brags

• 08/14/2021 UKC Companion Dog Club; Breeder Handler Class Win, Best Male, BOB Show 1
• 08/14/2021 UKC Companion Dog Club; Breeder Handler Class Win, Best Male, BOB, Group 1 BEST IN SHOW!!! Show 2
• 08/15/2021 UKC Companion Dog Club; Breeder Handler Class Win, Best Male, BOB Group 3 Show 1
• 08/15/2021 UKC Companion Dog Club; Breeder Handler Class Win, Best Male, BOB, Group 1

At 6.5 months old, Killian and I ventured out to our local UKC show for his first big kid show and man did he make it one to remember!! We won 3 group placements out of 4 shows, two group 1s, and my very first Best In Show!! We competed against some of the top ranked dogs in both breed and group standings and to be rewarded amongst such stellar competition is such an incredible honor!! I feel so amazing as a breeder to have my first generation out there and taking BIG wins! Such an incredible weekend.

•  9/30/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Breeder Handler Class Win, BOB, Group 1 Show 1
• 9/30/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Breeder Handler Class Win, BOB, Show 2 NEW UKC CHAMPION!!!
• 10/1/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Champion Class Win, BOB, Group 2 Show 1
• 10/1/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Champion Class Win, BOB Show 1
• 10/2/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Champion Class Win, BOB , Group 4 Show 1
• 10/2/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Champion Class Win, BOB Show 2
• 10/3/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Champion Class Win, BOB, Group 3 Show 1
• 10/3/2021 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Champion Class Win, BOB Show 2
• 10/9/2021 UKC Great Smoky Mountain Dog Club; Champion Class Win Show 1
•  10/28/2021 AKC Poodle Club of America National Specialty: 2nd in AOH class
• 12/11/2021 UKC Dodge County Canine Club; Champion Class Win, BOB, Group 1 Show 1
• 12/11/2021 UKC Dodge County Canine Club; Champion Class Win, BOB, Group 1 Show 2
• 12/12/2021 UKC Dodge County Canine Club; Champion Class Win, BOB, Group 1 Show 1
• 12/12/2021 UKC Dodge County Canine Club; Champion Class Win Show 2

For our last show of 2021 we ventured out to snowy Wisconsin for our final hoorah! Killian absolutely blew me away!! I've never seen a Gun Dog group as large as I did there and to take 3 out of 4 Group 1s was absolutely incredible!!! Show 1 the judge pulled us aside after Breed judging and told us that he used to breed Standards and that Killian is a very nice puppy. He told me all the things he liked about him and stressed to me just how nice he was. Show 2 the judge actually remembered judging Killian as a Novice Puppy in Peoria! He asked me, "Have I judged this dog before?" and I told him yes as a baby puppy in Peoria and he goes, "wow, really beautiful young dog". That first day we earned 104 Group Points with those two Group 1sts!!!!! Those two Group wins also earned Killian a full Grand leg bringing him to 2. Day 2 we had a full Champion class, so both of Killian's Champion wins gave him two full legs bringing him to 4 total legs and 3 earned in one weekend!! Sunday the Gun Dog group was even larger, earning us 71 FREAKING POINTS IN ONE SHOW!!! For the weekend, we walked away with 175 Group Points, which is nearly unheard of at a regular show! The competitors were all so nice to us and wish us well in each Best In Show and even asked us if we had gotten anything the next day! We received so many compliments from fellow handlers and it was just a dream come true weekend!! Now as Killian gets closer to getting cut out into his continental, we will be taking a break from shows until February or so to grow hair and mature a bit more. Until then!!

2022 Adult Show Brags

• 03/18/2022 UKC Midwest Classic; Champion Class Win Show 2
• 03/19/2022 UKC Midwest Classic; Grand Champion Class Win Show 1
• 03/19/2022 UKC Midwest Classic; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed Show 2
• 03/20/2022 UKC Midwest Classic; Grand Champion Class Reserve Show 1
• 03/20/2022 UKC Midwest Classic; Grand Champion Class Reserve Show 2

For our first show of 2022 Killian came out with a bang!! We attended the Midwest Classic in Ohio for the first time and it was a show to remember! I have never competed with so many nice dogs in any UKC show since I started showing in 2018 and it was truly an honor to be in the ribbons nearly every day. We came in needing one more win to finish our Grand Championship, and we did it! We won the Champion class over 11 dogs on the second show of the day to secure Killian's UGRCH; it was my goal to finish on the first day and we did it! On the second day we won the Grand class and then went on to win Best of Breed over more than 20 dogs earning Killian his first Emerald Grand Champion leg!! The last day we were awarded Reserve Grand Champion both shows, but Killian made me so proud! I have never had a dog with the hunger to show like he does; he commands attention and knows how to draw all eyes to him. We received so many compliments from fellow Poodle exhibitors & from people in other breeds that made the weekend all that more special. I cannot wait to see just how far we can go together.

• 04/16/22 UKC Great Smoky Mountain Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win Show 1
• 04/16/22 UKC Great Smoky Mountain Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1, BEST IN SHOW!! Show 2
• 04/17/22 UKC Great Smoky Mountain Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 3 Show 2
• 4/27/22 AKC Poodle Club of America National Specialty; 1st Place AOH Class

Killian and I attended our second AKC show on the 27th, which also happened to be our National Specialty show! I was an absolute nervous wreck!! As a Poodle breeder and fancier, PCA is something I prepare all year for. All my training, conditioning & grooming were all done to lead up to this day. It is something we all look forward to as breeders and handlers to show off our dogs and see what is out there. This was a huge show for us and all I wanted to do in my class going in was to beat one dog. Killian blew me away by winning the class!!! I absolutely lost it, the tears just flowed through me. The honor, the prestige & the excitement of winning your class at PCA is something I can never ever explain. What a feeling to have my first bred by be as accomplished as he is, let alone winning our class at our National Specialty at 15 months old. What an honor, a true true honor. Thank you to Honorable Judge Mrs. Michelle Scott for this lifetime achievement.

•  5/19/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 3 Show 1
• 5/20/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 2 Show 1
  KILLIAN FINISHED HIS EMERALD GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!
• 5/20/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 4 Show 2
• 5/21/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 4 Show 1
• 5/21/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 2 Show 2
• 5/22/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 4 Show 1
• 5/22/22 UKC Illinois Toy Fox Terrier Association; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 2 Show 2

Killian and I went to Peoria, IL and boy oh boy he did not disappoint! He won 7 out of 8 BOBs & placed in Group every time!! He also finished his Emerald Grand Championship the second day, which means he finished it in three show weekends!  He doubled and more his Breed and Group Top Ten points during this show and I could not be more proud of him!! We are now taking break before Premier and will be taking the next two weeks off. Can't wait to see how Premier goes!! Wish us luck!!

• 6/15/22 UKC United Retriever Club Specialty; Grand Champion Class Win
• 6/15/22 UKC United Poodle Association National Specialty; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Best in Specialty Show, National Best of Breed
• 6/17/22 UKC Premier Nationals; Grand Champion Class, Best of Breed 

Our first year showing at UKC's Premier Nationals couldn't of went more amazing!! Our first day started off with the URC & UPA Specialties. Killian won the Grand Class in the URC Specialty securing his first 1/3 of a Ruby Leg! Then in the UPA's first ever National Specialty (first Specialty as a National Club instead of Provisional), Killian made my wildest dreams come true. We won the Grand Class, then Best of Breed, but he didn't stop there. We then WON BEST IN SPECIALTY SHOW and followed it up with NATIONAL BEST OF BREED!!!! It truly hasn't set in yet and I think it will take awhile to really hit me. My first bred by at 16 months old winning our Specialty is just a feeling I cannot explain. Then on Friday, Killian won the Grand Class and another Best of Breed securing his spot at the current Number One Standard Poodle in UKC and making him half way to his Ruby in two shows. What an honor to breed such an amazing dog and what an honor to be at the end of his lead.

• 7/23/22 UKC Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed Show 1
• 7/23/22 UKC Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed Show 2
• 7/24/22 UKC Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Reserve Grand Champion Class Win Show 1
• 7/24/22 UKC Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1 BEST IN SHOW!! Show 2
•  8/7/22 UKC Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed
• 8/7/22 UKC Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1
• 9/3/22 UKC Middle Georgia Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1
• 9/5/22 UKC Middle Georgia Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of  Breed, Group 1
  KILLIAN FINISHED HIS RUBY GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

Killian finished his Ruby Grand Championship at the Perry, GA show with two Best of Breeds over approx. 15 Solids and two Group Ones over 60 dogs!! These wins pushed him to over 200 Breed Points and over 330 Group Points, earning him his first appearance on UKC's Group Top Ten at Number 8!! After falling to Number 2 a few weeks ago for the first time since earning the Number 1 spot on Breed Top Ten, Killian has regained his Number One Spot in Breed!! We are going to go as hard as we can the rest of the year, but since we have just moved from Missouri to Louisville, KY, we will see what we can do. I am so proud of this young dog and all he has accomplished, I can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings us!!

• 10/8/22 UKC Great Smoky Mountain Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1, Reserve Best In Show
• 10/29/22 UKC Mason Dixon Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1, Reserve Best In Show
• 10/30/22 UKC Mason Dixon Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win
•  11/11/22 UKC Mid-Atlantic Kennel Club; Grand Champion Class Win
• 11/13/22 UKC Mid-Atlantic Kennel Club; Grand Champion Class Win
• 11/25/22 UKC Ohio Working Dog Preservation Society Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1
• 11/25/22 UKC Ohio Working Dog Preservation Society Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1
• 11/26/22 UKC Ohio Working Dog Preservation Society Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed
• 11/27/22 UKC Ohio Working Dog Preservation Society Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 3
• 11/27/22 UKC Ohio Working Dog Preservation Society Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1

2023 Show Brags

• 4/29/2023 Mason Dixon Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 2 Show 1
• 6/15/2023 Premier Nationals; Top Ten Best of Breed, Cut in Group
• 6/17/2023 Premier Nationals; Reserve Grand Champion
• 6/17/2023 Premier Nationals; Total Dog Invitational Qualified, Total Dog Group 1
• 7/22/2023 Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1, Reserve Best in Show!
  KILLIAN FINISHED HIS SAPPHIRE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!
• 7/22/2023 Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 1
• 7/23/2023 Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Reserve Grand Champion
• 7/23/2023 Central Indiana Coonhound Club; Grand Champion Class Win

Killian has had an amazing start to 2023!! We are not campaigning this year, we are just chasing that Diamond title. His first show since last year Killian won Breed and got a Group 2 and worked out his ring crazies. At Premier I had two goals; I wanted to win Top Ten and I wanted to qualify for the TDI & in true Killian fashion, he gave me exactly what I wanted! We won Top Ten Best of Breed and after many tears were shed on my part, we made the cut in a 30 dog deep group! He gave me his all and I couldn't have asked for anything more from him. It was truly a dream come true for me, but of course he didn't stop there. Not only did he run DASH for the first time earning 2 qualifying runs, he earned his first Total Dog with a reserve class win qualifying us for the TDI! But of course, he didn't stop there; in a ~20 some Gun Dog Group, he pulled of a Total Dog Group 1st!! He put on an amazing performance in TD Best in Show and had people complimenting him the next day. He then won his third Reserve Best in Show finishing his Sapphire Grand Championship with a bang! Now the chase continues to Diamond!

• 8/12/23 Mason Dixon Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win, Best of Breed, Group 2
• 8/12/23 Mason Dixon Dog Club; Grand Champion Class Win
• 8/31/23 AKC Bluegrass Classic Dog Show; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor Class, Winners Dog, Best Bred By Exhibitor, Best of Breed Owner Handled, Bred By Exhibitor Group 3 - 3pt Major
• 9/1/23 AKC Bluegrass Classic Dog Show; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor Class, Winners Dog, Best Bred By Exhibitor, Best of Breed Owner Handled, Owner Handled Group 3 - 3pt Major
• 9/2/23 AKC Bluegrass Classic Dog Show; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor Class, Best Bred By Exhibitor, Bred By Exhibitor Group 2
• 9/3/23 AKC Bluegrass Classic Dog Show; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor Class, Winners Dog, Best Bred By Exhibitor, Best of Breed Owner Handled, Owner Handled Group 4, Bred By Exhibitor Group 3 - 3pt Major
• 9/4/23 AKC Bluegrass Classic Dog Show; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor Class, Winners Dog, Best of Breed Owner Handled, Owner Handled Group 4 - 2pts

We had our first weekend competing in AKC and we had more success than I could have hoped for!! Killian walked away winning his BBE class all 5 days, Best BBE all 4 days it was offered, BOBOH & WD 4 out of 5 days walking away with 11 out of 15 necessary points towards his AKC Championship!! It was absolutely incredible!

•  9/23/23 AKC Kennel Club of Columbus Indiana; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor, Winners Dog, Best Opposite Sex. Best of Breed Owner Handled - 1pt
• 9/24/23 AKC Kennel Club of Columbus Indiana; 1st Place Bred By Exhibitor, Winners Dog, Best Opposite Sex, Best of Breed Owner Handled, Owner Handled Group 4 - 1pt
• 11/17/23 AKC Mid-Ohio Cluster; 1st Place BBE, Reserve Winners Dog
• 11/18/23 AKC Mid-Ohio Cluster; 1st Place BBE, Winners Dog - 1pt
• 11/19/23 AKC Mid-Ohio Cluster; 1st Place BBE, Reserve Winners Dog

After 3 weekends from the Bred-By Class, Killian only needs 1 point to finish his AKC Championship. We will pick back up in 2024 after Harper's next litter goes home! We cannot wait to see what the future holds for this beautiful boy.

2024 Adult Show Brags

• 3/14/24 AKC Kentuckiana Cluster; 1st Place BBE
• 3/15/24 AKC Kentuckiana Cluster; 1st Place BBE
• 3/16/24 AKC Kentuckiana Cluster; 1st Place BBE
• 3/17/24 AKC Kentuckiana Cluster; 1st Place BBE