Your Canine Sports Home in the Country :: The Poodle Farm

Here at the Poodle Farm, we are committed to the idea of performance and versatility. All canine sports are welcome here, with a fully fenced and gated agility ring outdoors or inside our heated training building. All breeds are welcome, it isn't an exclusive club for poodles!

Please join in our support for Agility, Rally, Scent Detection and Obedience activities including training from introduction to advanced skills and special events. We remain a facility open to clubs wishing a dedicated venue for registered competition with CKC and CARO affiliations.

2026 marks a change for us as we focus on our events, facility and services. It marks an end to almost 2 decades of providing locally-manufactured equipment and training tools for a wide variety of canine sport and therapeutic activities. Thank you to all our customers for the support they have shown over the years, it has helped immensely in the development of The Poodle Farm.

Made it past Thanksgiving, no snow yet. Just wrapped up the final Scent Detection trial for 2026, a beautiful day. Preparations are underway for the end of season. Final cabbage harvest proceeds on the farm down the road, most of the corn and soybeans have been combined and trucked off to the elevator. And in my own garden the squash are picked and curing for storage, and the kale harvest has begun. Pretty soon everything will be picked and packed away for the coming year.

We have our schedule for CKC events in 2026 all finalized and approved. One more Scent Detection event in October, and the CKC Obedience and Rally weekend starts October 31 with the BDKOC taking the reins this year. Check out the Events Calendar for more details.

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We now resume our regularly scheduled programming. The coat went unclaimed, so perhaps it will find its way into the hands of some poor unhoused person in Brantford. No shortage of worthy individuals who will be in need of warm, waterproof and trendy winterwear this year.

Speaking of winter, we have had a couple of frosty mornings now. And a handful of mornings where you can see your breath. Just a reminder, anytime between Thanksgiving and Remembrance Day is a good day to do the seasonal tire swap. We certainly aren't asking for early snow, we might not even see early snow. That doesn't mean we won't see snow, and the reservation slots vanish once flakes hit the ground. So pick a day that is convenient for you, plan some other things like Christmas shopping around it, and get the winter tires mounted and installed.

Also around the corner is the seasonal clock swap. Early this year, the first Sunday in November is also the 1^st of November so we get to go back to Standard time. Different this year -- Montreal, Toronto, Thunder Bay, and Winnipeg will all have the same time showing on the clock. That is a big chunk of Central Canada that will be in the same time zone. Perhaps there is a case to be made for Ontario to stay on Eastern Standard time in the Spring, and not move the clock forward. Maybe a letter writing campaign to Premier Ford is in order.

Our second CARO Rally trial is in the books for 2026. Another actually nice, though still long, day. We are again happy to be able to help prospective new CARO Judges meet their shadow judging and mentoring requirements, extending our pool of talent with certification for all levels of judging. Results (unofficial) in PDF format for the Regular Classes and Working Classes are now available. Check in your CARO portal for your own official results and report any discrepancies.

Poodle Poetry & Pynky

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