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In Memory of
Annette's Father
Charles H. Rawleigh
(March 14, 1924 -
February 27, 2011) |
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Annette's father, Charles
Rawleigh, just passed away at 7:42pm on Sunday, February 27, 2011. |
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Rebelstar Kennels
Breeding for Attitude and Affection
Specializing in Red Standard Poodles |
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Welcome to our world of
Standard Poodles located in beautiful North Alabama.
Specializing in Red Standard poodles I also raise
Apricot Standard Poodles with Black Standard poodles and
Cream Standard poodles on occasion. We have been
involved with Standard poodles since 1997, breeding our
first litter of puppies for sale in 1999. As a Standard
poodle Breeder I became interested in Red Standard
Poodles and Apricot Standard poodles early on and have
worked hard to improve these colors. As a
breeder/exhibitor of Standard Poodles the one thing I
saw in the Red Standard Poodle and Apricot Standard
poodle was they were not coming from structurally and
mentally sound breeding parents nor was there much
genetic testing and their temperaments left much to be
desired. There are only a few Red Standard Poodle
Breeders that show in the AKC venue. AKC is the premiere
dog showing venue. While there are more Red Standard
Poodle Breeders who show in UKC (this Club does not
recognize nor abide by any rules/regulations of the AKC,
making this Kennel Club less desirable for serious
breeder/exhibitors), very few are finished AKC
Champions. Genetic testing for Standard poodles is so
important and anyone who says it’s not important or that
they "don't have to test" their Standard poodles is
doing you the potential puppy buyer and the Standard
Poodle as a breed a great injustice. Genetic tested
Standard Poodles are important to minimize the health
problems currently seen in Standard Poodles. All genetic
testing for Standard Poodles should be able to be
located at www.offa.org.
I am the FIRST Standard Poodle Breeder and the ONLY
Standard Poodle Breeder on record (to date May 2011) to
ever have won with a Red Standard Poodle at the PCA (Poodle Club of America) National Specialty held in
the spring at Salisbury,MD each year. Our Red Standard
Poodle AKC CH Scarlet (co-owned with William R. Green,
MD), broke 3 records in 2007. Our Apricot Standard AKC
CH Bree was Winner’s Bitch of the 2006 Red Apricot
Poodle Club Match at PCA. Bree also placed in the
regular classes 6th of 8 (this was outstanding as she
went before Judge Frank Sabella who is known to favor blacks and
whites). I like crossing our Red Standard Poodles and
Apricot Standard Poodles to Black Standard poodles to
improve structure, carriage and temperament. Most
breeders of Red Standard poodles only breed red to red,
red to apricot or apricot to apricot which has closed
the gene pool and has created some health and
temperament issues. I have worked very hard to eliminate
these problems seen in Red Standard Poodles and Apricot
Standard poodles. Unfortunately, I still see many red
and apricot standard poodle web sites today that contain
dogs in their breeding program that STILL have poor
structure. Many I think do not know what "correct"
structure is. My idea of a GREAT temperament and other
breeders' idea(s) of a great temperament I have found
over the years to be vastly different.
Through thoughtful breeding and careful consideration
for who the parents of a litter are to be, we strive to
breed Standard Poodles for attitude and affection. We
institute the BIO SENSOR / SUPER
DOG program for hearing
impaired, assisted living, Search and Rescue and Delta
dog programs. Our dogs live with us in the house and are
not in Kennel environments.
Let us provide your family with a healthy happy standard
poodle puppy that has a head start! |
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Litter Announcements
Rebelstar
Don't Take Your Love To Town (Ruby) to
CH.
Jaset
Durandel Start Me Up
(Mick)
This litter is expected near the end of
January 2012.
There are currently 2 deposits for male
puppies. |
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Over the years I have had people ask me to do a poodle
grooming video DVD for those who wanted to do it themselves at
home. This past August we did just that, so for those of you
who want an informative "HOW TO" video, click on this
poodle grooming video DVD case to order a copy of my personal poodle grooming
video DVD.
Thank you
Annette G. Shepard |
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Am
Ch. Rebelstar - James The South Rises Again AKA
"Scarlet" has finished her AKC Championship and is
Home!
Rebelstar
- James The South Rises Again AKA "Scarlet",
co-owned by Dr. William R. Green, MD, was the winner of
the 6-9 Puppy Bitch class at the 2007 PCA Nationals in
Salisbury, Maryland. Scarlet went on to win Best Standard Puppy
and Best Puppy in Show. This was exciting and we are very proud.
It is the first for the color red (though she is now a dark
apricot) to ever win a placement at the PCA Nationals. I would
like to thank Terri Meyers for an extraordinary presentation of
Scarlet. Many Thanks to Judge E. Bivins for awarding her Winner
of 6-9 Puppy Bitch and Best Standard Puppy. I also wish to thank
Ms. Helen Lee James for awarding Best Puppy in Show to Scarlet!
I would also like to thank my daughter Krista for helping to
condition Scarlet and for all her help every day. Without her I
would be lost.
Thank you Laura Aldus for having the faith in my opinion to pick
the best match for your wonderful Lucy, Scarlet's mother. Way to
go for you very first litter!!! |
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 Congratulations!!
To Sharon and Ella of Knoxville Tn for their exemplary
performance at PCA Nationals 2009. Receiving her Tracking
Title Ella was the FIRST Standard poodle in History to be
picked for the Tracking Run and the FIRST Standard poodle to
earn her title for Tracking at the PCA National Dog Show
2009. Watch for her write up in Poodle Variety Magazine and
the AKC Gazette. |
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Congratulations!!
 To
Tom and Judy Harding for their participation at the PCA
Nationals 2009 with their two Rebelstar dogs Drakkar and
Tresor who competed and earned titles in Rally and Obedience
and qualified for Tracking. |
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Puppy and Parent
Testing & Screening Policy
We
offer a lifetime genetic health warranty and lifetime warranty
for ALL of the genetic issues for which the parents are tested on all our puppies. All puppies are Microchipped. Proof of SA, Vwd, OFA, Thyroid, Juvenile Renal
Failure, Diabetes and PRA / Eye CERF testing as well
as Addison's Screening for the parents is provided with
each puppy purchased. |
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| ServUsCanines -
Assisted Living Dogs Needed
 I
would like to thank Susan Fleisher of Ca. for introducing
Sabina Hower of ServeusCanines of Pa. to me, so that she and I
could embark on a joint effort to get more Standards as
assisted living dogs. I donated my first dog to this wonderful
program and urge others to do the same. These non-profit
organizations who help provide the training at no charge to
people in need of service dogs and are having difficulty
finding Standard poodle puppies from genetically tested
parents, with breeders willing to donate to the program. We
here at Rebelstar will begin donating dogs with correct
temperaments to this worthwhile cause each year so that they
may help someone who desperately needs a service dog, but the
price is beyond their means. You can contact Sabina at
Serveuscanines@aol.com
for more information. |
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August
2004 - Before going to visit Jenna.
This is Jenna in Action. Jenna is
 Barbie and
Gideon's daughter and is with Alan Waterman where she will be shown to Championship
title, beginning this fall.
CLICK HERE to see
more of Jenna.
August 2005 - "OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS HOW I FELT
BEFORE GOING TO VISIT JENNA." Things have changed!
CLICK HERE
to see more on this story on the Trust and
Deception page. |
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