APAW - Poodle Pups Bred for Working Roles

10/01/2026

🎶 One of these puppies is not like the others 🎶

X litter, almost 5 weeks old, Dyno x Marvel

09/01/2026

Congratulations to Marty for his 3 qualifying runs at his first nosework trial! 🥳

From the T litter, Zorro x Ideal

Marty had his first nosework trial today & Q'd in all 3 runs 🎉🎉🎉

We did 1 round of novice containers and 2 rounds of novice interiors and he went straight to work and alerted beautifully in all 3.

I love this tiny spicy dog so much 💛

08/01/2026

With all the puppy excitement I'm behind on all my other updates - congratulations and big thank you to the Z family for fostering, training and starting to show my boy Relic over the Fall! 🥰 They competed in junior showmanship, earned points towards his UKC conformation championship, and right before Christmas they earned both his novice trick title and canine good citizen! 🥳

APAW's Weathered Treasure *CGC* *TKN*

R litter, Thunder x Haven

06/01/2026

Welcome to the Y litter! 4 big boys followed by 2 slightly smaller girls 💖

Red boy is a whopping 17.5 oz and held up the line for a very long stage one labor, starting Sunday 1/4 at 2:30am... Stage one can go on for a long time without concern, and it sure did... Orchid didn't go into stage two labor until Monday around 2-3pm, and the first pup was out at 4:48pm!
Orange boy is 15.8 oz
Yellow boy is 16.8 oz
Green boy is 16.8 oz
Blue girl is 15 oz
And Pink girl is 13.5 oz, born a couple hours after Blue, at 9:25 pm!

What a marathon! Orchid is being a great mom, super attentive and though not exactly gentle she is taking care not to let anyone get hurt. She is a physically pushy dog, and her puppies are already big and robust, not at all delicate compared to average neonates.

For size comparison, though Orchid is only 3 lbs heavier than Marvel and both had 6 puppies, Marvel's pups were born weighing 6.3 oz to 7.9 oz and were 1 week old when the litter reached the range of these new pups at birth 😀 The Y's are likely to outgrow the X's in about 2-3 weeks I believe, despite being 4 weeks and 2 days younger!

Congratulations to parents Flint and Orchid! 🥰🥳

Looks like I'll probably have 1-2 males available for performance or active homes seeking an average to larger size Standard. Let me know ASAP if you are interested, and fill out an application through my website. I'll be reaching out to my waiting list also to see if anyone wants to move their planned timeline up. Pedigree and parent details in the comments.

03/01/2026

How many puppies for Orchid? Will we have enough to match collars to this rainbow skirt? 🤔🌈

Standing belly pic in the comments to help you guess!

She's in her last week, but looks like pups dropped today so probably sooner than later. No temp drop yet (unless I missed it, which is always possible). Has recently lost some interest in food, but that could be from size alone or could be an indication of impending labor. Definitely a bit extra clingy the last few days, wanting lots of hugs and belly massage 💓

Orchid was bred to Flint, URO1 U-CH DoeValley Flint The Firestarter RL1 - a large silver boy from a strong performance pedigree (as well as conformation and dogs working in therapy, service and search roles). Orchid's family has more dogs who went into service and therapy, with a smaller number of performance and conformation competitors. Our slots for service prospects and calm'er' pups from this litter may be full (ultimately it depends on temperament evaluations), but there will likely be at least 1-2 performance prospects available. Pups will be Standard sized and will be blue/silver. Send in your application through my website soon if you'd like to be considered ☺️

This will be our Y litter (call names start with Y) 🥰

02/01/2026

First "solid" meal this morning for the X litter! A balanced raw meat/organ grind with goats milk.
This might have been the cleanest first meal of all of my litters! They loved it but didn't walk/slide/roll in it! Just a couple feet went in by accident. Nice clean babies! 🐾🐾🐾

02/01/2026

Heads up, there is a chance that one of the X litter pups will be available, most likely a male, for a home with significant training aspirations - performance sports, service, therapy visits, active companion with lots of mental stimulation, etc. If you are considering an APAW pup in the near future now is the time to reach out!

Orchid is also very pregnant and once her pups are born I'll know if there is any availability on her list - those will be larger Standards and availability will likely be for pups of higher drive/active lifestyle 🥰

01/01/2026

Practice of positive conditioned emotional response to the vacuum - ☑️

Thank you Marvel 😘

3.5 weeks old

X litter, Dyno x Marvel

01/01/2026

Purple girl plans her escape 🧗‍♀️

01/01/2026

Last puppy cuddles of 2025 🐾 Welcome '26! 🎉

01/01/2026

3rd round of nail clips today, helping get the pups used to the process and making sure they don't scratch mama when nursing 🐾
Pic by Chloe... She even took video which I'll upload later 😁

31/12/2025

Sias is such a goofball, here with little Yellow girl 😄🎄🥰✌️