Welcome to Umbra Poodles!
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We are a premier Miniature Poodle Breeder.
We specialize in Black Miniature Poodles, from top winning and producing American, and Canadian Champion bloodlines bred for conformation, performance, and most importantly, loving companions. Poodles have been our passion, since 2011. Our carefully planned breeding program has consistently focused on excellent health, stable temperament, sound structure, and beautiful breed type. We exhibit our dogs in Canada and the U.S.A. Our puppies are born and raised in our home and extensively socialized. They are CKC registered and can be AKC registered, they come home microchipped, vaccinated, veterinarian checked and temperament tested (Avidog Puppy Evaluation Test) prior to leaving our home at 9-12 weeks old. We provide a comprehensive Five Year Written Health Guarantee WE STAND BEHIND OUR DOGS FOR LIFE! |
Due to the overwhelming volume of puppy applications we are asking people to please watch our website and Facebook page for updates on our upcoming litters and reach out to us when we have puppies on the ground to make sure we have your applications.
As our waitlist is very long we are asking everyone to please be patient.
Thank you,
Umbra Poodles
COVID-19 Precautions
Suggested Social Distancing for Breeders From the American Kennel Club
- We are accepting appointments to see puppies, however there is a limit of 1-2 guests.
- Your health and safety are as important as the health and well-being of our family, dogs, and puppies.
- We will ask if you or anyone in your family has had a cold, flu or allergy symptoms or been exposed to, contacted, or overcame COVID- 19.
- We will also ask if anyone has recently traveled by air or left the country, or if anyone works in the medical field.
- We ask that young, older, and compromised persons do not come to the appointment.
- We will have limited physical contact with you. All touch points will be disinfected before and after you leave.
- We ask that you wash hands often with warm water and soap. Use plenty of hand sanitizer, if available, as well as keeping the proper social distance of at least 6 feet.
- If weather permitting we will do all transactions outside as to not restrict ourselves to small confined spaces.
- We also ask that you remove shoes outside, and if you have gloves please feel free to wear them to reduce touch points – if you have/can obtain gloves.
- When doing paperwork we will supply you with a pen which you may keep or feel free to use your own pen, when we can we will also be doing paperwork remotely.
- We ask that for the time being we keep our time spent together short (once this is all over please feel free to come by and spend hours!)
Please CLICK HERE for the Guidelines for Breeders to Reduce the Spread of Coronavirus
These measures will be in place until further notice, thank you for your understanding!
Physical & Genetic Health Testing
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We fully health test all our dogs for genetic disease's PRIOR to them being bred. All our dogs health clearances are certified with the Orthopedic Foundation of America (OFA). Our dogs are genetically tested with one of these quality DNA labs (Optigen, Animal Genetics, or Embark) for all the genetic disorders that can affect the Miniature Poodle and more!
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All Our Puppies Are Raised Using The Puppy Culture Method
The Puppy Culture Program is one of the best unique ways of training to give our pups the best advantage to be a well socialized family pet as well as setting a solid foundation for those puppies that will go on to be competitive in any dog sports (agility, obedience, rally, trick dog, etc) or in the conformation ring. We highly recommend continuing this way of training when you bring your puppy home.
Avidog Puppy Evaluation Test (APET)
"The Avidog® Puppy Evaluation Test (APET) arose from our 20-year search for an evaluation tool to help us best match puppies’ to owners. Not only were we looking for a temperament test that would closely capture our puppies’ characters and talents but we wanted a tool to enable us to best inform and guide our owners as they started training and developing their new puppy. We started with the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test, borrowed the philosophy of Sheila Booth’s Positive Puppy Preview and others, and then added, tweaked and changed the exercises to create the test that worked best for us—the APET."
~© 2018 Avidog® International, LLC
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~© 2018 Avidog® International, LLC
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Pets + Us
Our puppies are enrolled with Pets + Us through the Canadian Kennel Club Breeders program.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
6 weeks of Accident & Illness coverage up to $1,000
A low $100 deductible per incident
80% re-imbursement for the cost of any covered treatment arising from an accident or illness
Access to 3 valuable pet-owner services, including: 24/7 PetHelpFone™, Pet Poison Helpline® and Pets Plus Us Compassionate Care Line
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
6 weeks of Accident & Illness coverage up to $1,000
A low $100 deductible per incident
80% re-imbursement for the cost of any covered treatment arising from an accident or illness
Access to 3 valuable pet-owner services, including: 24/7 PetHelpFone™, Pet Poison Helpline® and Pets Plus Us Compassionate Care Line
Umbra Poodle Owner's VIP Section
When you become part of the Umbra Poodles Family you get access to a special section of our website full of useful information about "Before You Get Your Puppy" and "After You Get Your Puppy", training tools, videos, articles, and so much more! If there is something not in this section that you have questions about or something in this section that could use more clarification please feel free to reach out and we can help you, ALL QUESTIONS are welcome!
Why the name "Umbra"?
The name Umbra goes back to my heart dog "Shadow", he was named after one of my all time favourite movies " Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey" the main dog (even though he's not a poodle) is Shadow, the most loyal dog, he beats all the odds to come home to his owner, his bravery and wisdom are inspirational. Knowing in my heart that I needed my kennel name to have something to do with my heart dog, the dog that started it all, I started looking up latin words for Shadow and came up with Umbra. I just fell in love with the name and that is how Umbra Poodles began.
