About Eden Standard Poodles

A little about us

Eden Standard Poodles is located in Snellville, Georgia about 30 miles from Atlanta. We are the founder of Eden Kennels. This is about 10 minutes from Stone Mountain Park. I have been a Professional Pet Groomer for 35 years. I was the owner of A-Woof A-Whinny & A-Purr-r Pet Grooming Salon that was located in Snellville, Georgia for 18 years. I have also worked with several vets in the area in the last 25 years.

In the 70's and 80's I bred and raised toy poodles and minature schnauzers. In the late 80's it was time to raise a couple of kids. I have a son, Kevin, that is 24 and a daughter, Susie, that is 21. When Susie was 13 she fell in love with a clients Standard Poodle puppy named Linus. Susie had earlier been diagnosed with a brain tumor. We had to deal with lots of ups and downs during this time. The client ( a really wonderful friend ) gave Susie a black Standard Poodle puppy that we named "Hope". This was the beginning of Eden Standard Poodles. Since this time God has done many miracles in our lives. Susie's tumor has stopped growing, Praise God! Susie blessed us with a beautiful grandson in January 2006.

We have now added to our Eden family. Our dogs live in the house with us. We usually plan one litter a year. We also have three cats. It is a real zoo sometimes around our house.

Our goal at Eden is to breed healthy, beautiful and well adjusted puppies. We are breeding for disposition as well as beauty. It is important to us that the parents of our puppies are healthy and love people. We will not breed a dog that does not get along with childen or other pets. There is a hereditary factor in temperment so we are very careful about the dogs that we choose to add to our breeding program. All of our puppies are well socialized. The puppies are picked up and played with from birth till they go to their new homes. They live the first 2 weeks in a small nursery that doubles as my grooming room, there they have peace and quiet with Mom. When the puppies are between 2 and 3 weeks old they are moved to our kitchen. We have a exersize pen that they stay in. This gets them used to all of the sights, sounds, and smells of homelife. We start them on food at 3 to 4 weeks of age and they really start to grow and develop their own personalities. We start crate training them in pairs at about 6 weeks of age. They adjust really well to the crate and are usually accustomed to sleeping in it at night when they go to their new homes.

Feel free to contact us and come and meet our K-9 family. Our cats think they are poodles too. Check out the family pictures site. I have to tell you that I have met some of the nicest people in the world in the last several years. God has blessed me beyond words. I want to thank all of the people that have purchased a puppy from Eden Standard Poodles. I pray that the Light of the Lord will shine upon all of you. May God richly bless each and everyone of you. I say this from the bottom of my heart.

One of Joy's girls has gone to Virginia to a wonderful lady that is ready to take on a new bundle of licks. This little girl even helps with the Laundry. She picks it up and puts it in the washer!

My wonderful sister and brother-in-law have their new little girl. Her name is Loreena. She is growing into a wonderful little lady. My sister is progressing well from the horrible tradgey that left her in a wheel chair. Thanks to the Lord and the love of her husband and family she is still with us and still has her sense of humor. You can read her story at http://thearmstrongs.org.

We have two little boys that have gone to Wisconsin. They are living on 23 acres and will have many new friends to play with. There names are Noah and Moses. These boys have really grown into beautiful dogs.

And on a sad note, one of Faith and Seth's pups passed away New Years Day. He was owned by a wonderful lady in Conneticut. I am telling this sad news for two reasons. The first reason is to pray for comfort for Joanne because she is heartbroken, the second reason is to tell his story so that he did not die in vain. Cole was a normal, healthy and awsome puppy. The day before New Years he apparently ingested a foreign object and it preforated his colon. Please let this be a reminder that puppies will be puppies and we have to make sure that they don't have any thing dangerous to chew on. This puppy possibily could have ingested a squeaker out of a toy. Joanne was a great, responsible pet owner so this shows that it can happen to anyone. Beware of rawhide bones and anything with squeakers.

Joanne has a new puppy to cuddle with now. His name is Buddy and he is a real beauty. We want to thank the George's for taking Joanne her new puppy when they drove down from Maryland to pick up their new baby girl, "Molly"