Forming a Pleasing & Consistent Whole

Way back when I was in elementary school, my family purchased our first show dog.  She was a well-bred, beautiful Samoyed named Ch Paymaster Stormproof Cotton.  Cotton was the beginning of my mother's Trailblazer Samoyeds.  Fifty years later, Judy Mears is still well respected in the Samoyed community.  Mom taught me a lot about dogs, but most importantly how to be an ethical person who gives back to the dog show community in every way she is able.

Over the years Trailblazer has had top winning and top producing Samoyeds - teaching me how to be a humble winner who is proud of her dogs.  There have been more than 30 Trailblazer litters - teaching me about pedigrees, genetics, birthing, death and that there will always be a lot of things out of the control of the breeder, but we can alway learn.  Mostly what growing up with Samoyeds, taught me is all of life is about the relationship you build with dogs and with people, but in the end it is all about the dogs.

In 2008, Mandie and Davin were the parents of the first Harmony Poodle litter and it was a great one.  Mandie had six puppies - a big litter for a mini.  Those six puppies became - Ch Harmony’s Highland Debut, GCh Ch Harmony & Lyrx The Race Is On!, GCh Ch Harmony Basso Profundo at Mountain Rose, Harmony’s Baritone BN, CD, Harmony Thank Heaven for Little Girl CGC, and Harmony Just Jenny.  We were, and still are, very proud of this first litter. Debby went on to produce Ch Harmony Milago Romance CA.  Derby produced Ch Midnight King Mowgli. Solo produced Jamonica's Springtime in the Rockies RI CAA CGC TKN and Ch Marjonlie Miss Saigon.

We anguished over the discussion to start over and prayed for guidance.  Luckily God answers prayers.  Starting over meant buying a girl to be our “new” foundation bitch.  We can’t have an unlimited number of dogs, so buying a new girl meant having to find perfect homes for at least a couple of our current dogs.  Davin had already gone to live with the person who owned his son, Derby, but Derby had come to live with us for me to show.  So we had Mandie, her two puppies, Debby & Derby and Debby’s son Romeo.  Debby was the first to find the perfect home, but over the next year Mandie and Derby also found wonderful homes.  Mandie has since come back home because of the death of her person, but believe me when I say these three dogs found their perfect people.

Through our interactions with Ann Kennedy and her daughter Katherine Kennedy Vigil, we already knew we wanted to start over with a Clarion bitch.  Clarion not only produces some of the nicest Poodles in the world, but those Poodles are bred by two of the most knowledgeable, giving women I’ve met.  In 2013, just after finishing her championship at the Poodle Club of America National Specialty, Ch Clarion Arcadia came to our house and became the foundation of our line of Poodles.

Arcadia produced three litters of puppies. All have been outstanding.  In 2014, by Romeo, she produced Harmony Clarion Jelly Bean MX MXJ MJB. In 2015, by Ch Clarion Dark Side Of The Moon RE NA NAJ NW2 she produced GCh Ch Harmony Clarion Stairway To Heaven RA CGC TKN. In 2016, by GChB Ch Clarion Karadale Better Together she produced Ch Clarion Harmony Millbrook Mocha Latte and Ch Clarion Harmony Palaunu. She is retired from breeding and enjoying Rally training with her grand puppies.

In 2017, Faith, Polly and Eleanor came into our lives. Polly is an Arcadia daughter, Eleanor is a TJ daughter and Faith is a cousin to the other girls.  These three beauties have been the foundation of what is currently "Harmony Poodles".  Faith has produced Ch Harmony Clarion Purple Rain and Ch Harmony Clarion A Song In My Heart. Polly has produced Ch Harmony Clarion Journey Into Mystery and Eleanor has produced Ch Harmony Clarion Happiness Amplified. We have high hopes for the puppies out of these girls as well as the future generations of Harmony Poodles