First and foremost, we at Marquis Diamond Standard Poodles, Brian and Susan Cook are breeders. We are exhibitors second, as beauty & brains in our standard poodles are developed and time allows. The American Kennel Club has granted us “Breeder of Merit” Status which means we have met a specific criterion for this title not granted to ALL BREEDERS. Copies of our county licensure and our most current AKC inspection results are on our CONTACT page for review. Our standard poodle adults are FULLY genetically tested, results are quantifiable by the Orthopedic Foundation Registry, www.OFFA.org and can be individually accessed for each of our poodles, along with their stats, on our BOYS and/or GIRLS pages. 

The requirements by the American Kennel Club for the Breeder of Merit status states we as BREEDERS have produced a specific number of standard poodles that have achieved title in the American Kennel Club performance events offered; we as BREEDERS agree to ensure that all of our offspring are AKC registered following them leaving our home; and we as BREEDERS meet and/or exceed the minimum health testing requirements for our breedable adults as set forth by our parent club, the Poodle Club of America (PCA). More general information on health testing for our breed is outlined on our GENETIC page.  

Our # 1 goal for our offspring is to strive for good health, even disposition and pray for beauty. Our detailed contract information on our puppy guarantee for health and longevity of life is outlined in full format at the top of our AVAILABLE page. Over the years, our poodles and their offspring have been involved in showing and achieving titles in different clubs such as the American Kennel Club (AKC), United Kennel Club (UKC), International All Breed Club (IABCA), various hunt clubs, and the Canadian Kennel club (CKC); however, the American Kennel Club (AKC), is the venue most of our activity with registration and performance events has been established.  

We have been RAW Feeders for 4 generations (10 years) and manufacture/grind in our home, a biologically prepared, hormone free, RAW diet for our standard poodle adults and puppies. We do not feel feeding RAW fits into everyone’s lifestyle, but we strongly recommend reading more about it on our RAW food page to learn our process. All of our puppies are reared on a raw diet and leave our home microchipped, Avid microchip chip registration PREPAID, AKC registerable, with a full puppy layette, new bed, complete vet record with an extensive puppy rearing information packet and a RAW/processed food kit. We use the Bio Sensor method to stimulate/develop our puppies in their first 2-3 weeks and Volhard Temperament and Wing Retrieve test our puppies in their 7th week of life. Their results are also published and copies of the testing with their performance pictures are prepared and placed in their information file that accompanies them to their forever homes.  

We breed for ourselves and as we cannot keep them all, we offer companion and/or performance puppies for placement. We respect individuals that are seeking a poodle pup for conformation exhibition purposes and at times, we have offered pups for this venue on private treaty; however, that is not our main goal for our offspring in which we place. We remain available to offer referrals to other breeders for a purchase of an AKC conformation show prospect. Our puppies are placed on a Spay/Neuter agreement and not FULL REGISTRATIONS. Our puppies are not placed with breeders soley for reproduction purposes.  

We strongly believe in the Standard Poodle being the Total Dog and on our Working Dog page and Now Showing page, we have many examples of the accomplishments of our standard poodles. This breed can be anything one wishes for them and as such, we can say, standard poodles are the “Total Dog”. Training and development of your standard poodle puppy are paramount for achieving that total dog outcome. 

We NEVER SAY NEVER at Marquis Diamond Standard Poodles. We do not offer a prospective companion or performance family something in a puppy which we cannot guarantee. We cannot say as breeders we are producing the bigger and/or better version, richer color/darker points that hold as our dogs age, better conformation/trainability or anything “magic” that will render our dogs PERFECT making them better than any other breeder can produce. We have been active with the standard poodle breed for many years with our companion dogs, performance prospects and most current, as AKC Breeders of Merit. We do not and CANNOT promise our offspring will be anything more than what we describe them to be at the time we offer our pups for placement. Mother nature is a brutal force to contend with and couple that with all the elements that are present in a breeding program, there are many factors that are to be considered when meeting a group of puppies that are offered for placement. That is from ANY BREEDER. 

We want to stress that we do the best we can, we stand behind our dogs, we offer lifetime breeder support to all that have our offspring, a full puppy wellness genetic guarantee and, again, we NEVER SAY NEVER…..Our years of experience and continuous ongoing training, research, and trying harder each year we breed our standard poodles, we have created a line of dogs that have brought us great pride, some very impressive titles, and many of our puppy families wonderful, lifetime companionship with their Marquis Diamond Standard Poodle. We have personal and professional references upon request. 

Please take a moment to look over our website pages and read our information. We are both Service Retired from the State of California completing our career paths. We are now home with our dogs each and every day, rarely leaving together at the same time. Our life’s work is now with our passion for the Standard Poodle and all of them that share our home and our lives. We are able to ship our puppies via commercial airlines, we can accommodate private charter, at times we travel to meet pup families on the road and as always, all are welcome in our home. We do ONE THING and WE DO IT WELL…… We Breed AMAZING Standard Poodles and strive to only get BETTER as time goes on. We remain available for calls and/or emails as we just may have that special puppy to share with you.  

This is our Boy that started it all for us in the American Kennel Club. AM/CAN CH Pinafore Diamond Boulavardier. We had a lot of firsts with our Boulie. Boulie was the first standard poodle we purchased from Penny Harney at PINAFORE. Boulie was the FIRST AKC PUPPY American Champion for not only Marquis Diamond Standard Poodles but for Penny Harney at PINAFORE. Boulie is pictured with handler Terri Meryers and Judge Eugene Blake. This was Boulies Final Major, denoting him as a NEW AMERICAN CHAMPION, October 16, 2004 at 11 months old at the Sandemac Kennel Club. Boulie finished in 5 weekends as an AKC champ. It was a proud accomplishment for all of us. We published Champion Boulie in the Poodle Variety Jan-March 2005 which was our first Breed specific publication for our lineup. Boulie is now retired and our resident SR Champ, doing whatever He wants to do.