Poodle Puppy Availability

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ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>-</B></I><I><B>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B></I></div> <div> <B>Pictures & pedigrees can be seen of all dogs by clicking on  underlined names.  </B></div> <div> <B>You can get back here by clicking on poodle puppy availability on the scrollable list to the left of each page. </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>=============================================================</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Adults available listed near bottom of this page.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="cb51a5a0.gif" border=0 width="282" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>*******************************************************</B></div> <div> <A HREF="d_majestic_casa_strega_legen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D Majestic Casa Strega Legend (Blue)"><B>D Majestic Casa Strega Legend (Blue)</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>and</B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="shimmer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Casa Strega Sterling Silver Shimmer "><B>Casa Strega Sterling Silver Shimmer </B></A></div> <div> <B>are proud to announce the birth of their litter on April 18th 2008</B></div> <div> <B>of 2 males and 2 females. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Picture below taken April 20, 2008 of Shimmer and new pups.</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1318902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>June 20 2008</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13b2f4f60.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>           </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The boys                                                The girls    </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="139001180.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="139201180.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B></div> <div> <B>Male: Casa Strega's Gianinno Mario </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>will probably be blue</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="139efd180.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="13aa0b180.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Female: Casa Strega's Giavanna Marietta    will be blue </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="139ce4180.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="139aea180.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Male: Casa Strega's Giacommo Maximus --- black  (reserved)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13a8ea180.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="13ac180e0.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Female: Casa Strega's Gianna Mariella ---</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>black</B></FONT><B> (SOLD)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Shimmers puppy pictures and those of one litter brother Lucky Shine can be seen on the </B><A HREF="all_about_silvers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ALL ABOUT SILVERS"><B>ALL ABOUT SILVERS</B></A><B> page. Her other litter brother is Sparky seen here </B><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leo Sparkle:Therapy dogs in training"><B>Leo & Sparkle:Therapy dogs in training</B></A><B>   </B><B>Her dam is Cabryn </B><A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gigi"><B>Gigi</B></A><B> de Casa Strega and her sire </B><A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TeAwas Sterling Karakter (Spencer)"><B>Te-Awa's Sterling Karakter (Spencer)</B></A><B>. These pups should be exceptionally nice quality large miniatures. We expect silvers and blues. Possibly black. </B><B>Full price $1,500.</B></div> <div> <B> $300. deposit/down payment for e</B><B>arly re</B><B>s</B><B>ervations are recomended. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Puppies born July 29th  from a repeat breeding of</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sisco"><B>Sisco</B></A><B>'s Casa Strega Piccolo Rosso and</B></div> <div> <B>Casa Strega's  </B><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exotic Shady Lady"><B>Exotic Shady Lady</B></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>One male available. Percy will make a fine companion and family dog. He has the potential to be a good agility dog. </B></div> <div> <B>Pictures taken May 3rd 2008</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="133ae1fa0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><I><IMG SRC="1334eafa0.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I> <IMG SRC="1336fa9d0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </I><I><IMG SRC="1342faaf0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I><I> </I><I><IMG SRC="133efab20.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="178" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1344fab80.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>      </B></FONT><B>Above: miniature </B><B>male  Casa Strega Hot Pursuit  (Percy)</B><B>  fawn red   $1,000</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>        </B></FONT><B>See pictures of the rest of the litter on </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Puppy photo album 1"><B>Puppy photo album 1</B></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Please fill out our </B><A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="application"><B>application</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*******************************************************</B></div> <div> <B> </B><B><U>All our </U></B><B><U>p</U></B><B><U>et puppies</U></B><B> are sold with AKC limited registration and spay/neuter contracts. They may be shown in all performance classes such as obedience, agility, rally and earn a CGC. They may not be shown in conformation classes since they cannot be spayed or neutered in those classes. </B><B><U>Puppies are priced at $1,000 to $1,500. picked up here. </U></B><B>A $300. deposit will reserve your puppy. Remainder due at time of receipt of pup.</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Shipping </U></B><B>via airline when weather permits: $350 includes air fare,crate,vet check & interstate health papers.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B>puppies must be paid in full before shipping.</B></div> <div> <B>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Our puppies are de-wormed twice and are up to date on vaccinations according to their age when they leave here. </B></div> <div> <B>We start them at weaning on 3 meals daily of  yogurt ,raw ground beef, ground chicken, raw eggs and  free choice feeding of dry Innova Evo. At 6 to 7 weeks we add raw chicken necks once daily. </B></div> <div> <B>We start letting our puppies go to their new homes between 9 and 10 weeks of age. They are raised using </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.breedingbetterdogs.com/achiever.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.breedingbetterdogs.com/achiev"><B><U>Bio Sensor "Super Dog" program</U></B></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>They spend their first 2 weeks in our bedroom then come downstairs to a 5' x 9' x-pen fenced area in our dining room where they are in the center of all that goes on in our household. Here they get used to our other dogs, cats, family and visitors and are well socialized when ready to leave. In good weather they spend part of every day in the fresh air outdoors in their own special fenced play area. See live links at bottom of this page for information on feeding and supplements.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>All our sires and dams are certified Optigen </B><B>Genetically Normal/Clear</B></div> <div> <B>Significance for breeding: Genetically Normal/Clear dogs can be bred to any dog and will produce no pups affected with the prcd form of PRA.</B></div> <div> <B>See  Information about DNA blood testing for PRCD the major form of PRA in</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>miniature & toy poodles here :   </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.optigen.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.optigen.com/"><B>Optigen diagnostic testing</B></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>With careful testing and breeding we can produce all normal unaffected progeny now  and all breeders can completely eliminate this genetic defect in two to three generations. </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>There are many things one can test for. Most tests are not definitive and only tell you if the dogs tested are normal or not at the time of testing. They do not tell you if they will show up later in life or if the progeny of these healthy</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>normal, tested dogs will have these problems. It will be wonderful when the day comes that there are DNA tests for all the problems such as epilepsy, diabetes, etc. Only then will we be able to bred them completely out of our beloved dogs.</B></div> <div> <B>One thing to remember for everyone is that no matter how much testing and researching you do there is no way to guarantee that every dog you breed will be healthy. Testing is one of many tools that help to give a breeder higher odds of producing healthy dogs, we are working with genetics and there are so many variables that perfection in any area is impossible. Even though much is "known" about genetics much much more is not and genes have the ability to mutate to make things even more difficult. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We do the best we can to provide you with the healthiest dogs possible, both mentally and physically.</B></div> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <div> <B><U>In the US we have three sizes of poodles.</U></B> </div> <div> <B>The </B><B><U>toy</U></B><B> which is </B><B><U>under 10 inches</U></B><B> at the withers</B>  </div> <div> <B>The </B><B><U>miniature </U></B><B>over </B><B><U>10 inches and under 15 inches</U></B> </div> <div> <B>The </B><B><U>standard</U></B><B> which is </B><B><U>over 15 inches.</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We feel it is easier to explain the projected sizes of our puppies using the European size standard which has four sizes of poodle as follows:</B> </div> <div> <B>Toy-Toypudel: Under 28cm (10.92")</B></div> <div> <B>Dwarf-Zwergpudel: 28cm to 35cm (10.93" to 13.78")</B></div> <div> <B>Miniature-Moyan-Kleinpudel: 35 cm to 45cm (13.79"to17.72")</B></div> <div> <B>Standard-Grosspudel: 45cm to 62cm (17.73" to 24.18")</B></div> <div> <B><U>We are specializing in the dwarf and miniature sizes.</U></B><B>  We also do not dock tails, but leave</B> <B>them natural as is required by many European countries & Australia.</B></div> <div> <B> After much deliberation, we have decided to stop docking tails. As of Jan 1st. 2003, all our puppies will have their tails natural, the way they were born. The way they were meant to be.</B> </div> <div> <B>Many European countries and Australia now outlaw tail docking. </B></div> <div> <B>For people interested in showing their dogs internationally, the tails must remain </B></div> <div> <B>In this country,</B> <B>tail docking is allowed. It is still preferred by the U.S. show community in spite of the fact that you take a 3 to 5 day old puppy, cut off the top part of his tail putting him under much stress at a time when he is needing all his strength to get a start in life. </B></div> <div> <B>Finally, a few U.S. breeders are leaving their dogs tails natural. </B></div> <div> <B>=========================================================== </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The dogs below have their tails natural & undocked</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12698d7e0.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">        <IMG SRC="846747b0.png" border=0 width="116" height="123" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">        <IMG SRC="8597c7d0.jpg" border=0 width="124" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                       </B></div> <div> <B>         </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B> Casa Strega's Princess Regina       A German Black & Tan        </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tassmania's Cruella de'Vil </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>                         The two pictures above right were taken  from pages I found on the web.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The dogs below have their tails docked.</B></div> <div> <B>              <IMG SRC="15f64630.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="99" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="16164600.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="17964630.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="99" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="166645d0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   </B><A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Casa Stregas Sara"><B>                                                                                                                </B></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Interesting information about front dew claws</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>This is information discussing dew claws that I read on a genetics list. It is copied on this site with permission of the author, Liisa Sarakontu.. </B></div> <div> <B>Front dew claws are not really dew claws.(genetic aberations or ativisms), </B></div> <div> <B>but functional if evolutionary reduced fingers for handling objects. </B></div> <div> <B>They are thumbs. Dogs can use them to grab things like bones to chew. A Karelian bear dog I used to know used them very effectively when he didn't want me to walk away from him (he was always leashed outside, owned by a neighbor when I was a kid), He really "hugged" one of my legs with both forelegs and the nails of his thumbs prevented me from leaving him especially during summer, when I was barefooted.</B></div> <div> <B>I have heard to say that foxes can use their thumb nails to help climbing a chicken wire fence, and Stacy Pober (I think) said that slow motion film shows how greyhound thumbs touch ground when a dog is running top speed and prevent the wrist to </B></div> <div> <B>twist too much. </B></div> <div> <B>So dog thumbs shouldn't be routinely amputated.  Back dew claws are more or less unnecessary and they don't exist on any wild canid. They are often just partially attached to leg and so more prone to tearing.</B></div> <div> <B>Liisa</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> It is time we took a stand against fads that are not good for our dogs, but are strictly </B></div> <div> <B>for cosmetic purposes or the convenience of people.  Joy Cenicola. </B></div> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  <IMG SRC="25e2c260.gif" border=0 width="300" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     </B></div> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <div> <B>We encourage every pet owner to do basic obedience training and if possible to continue with  more, such as  training and showing for </B></div> <div> <B>CGC, rally, obedience & agility titles,working therapy dogs, etc.  This is useful and fun for both you and your dog. It will make them much better companions and strengthen the bond between you. There are links to information on these sports and more on  </B><A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LINKS OF INTEREST "><B>LINKS OF INTEREST </B></A><B> page.</B></div> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>JUST A PET</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"We only want a pet" This phrase is heard so often. I think what most people do not understand is that "just a pet" has to be as close as possible to the written breed standard as the show dog. The most important thing that makes a good pet is over all good health. This includes mental health (good temperament and personality) as well as physical health. For good physical health a puppy needs a strong immune system. Proper structure and movement are also neccessary so the bones and joints do not develop problems later in life (such as hip dysplasia or loose patellas) . </B></div> <div> <B>"Just a pet" should be the dogs in a well bred healthy litter that may have minor faults in structure that are </B><B><U>strictly of cosmetic value.</U></B> </div> <div> <B>Perhaps a slightly rounder eye than desired in the breed ring, or a tail carried slightly lower or higher than perfect. It may be a personality conflict since sometimes the most perfectly structured and moving dog just does not have that moving out strut your stuff look at me aren't I beautiful attitude needed for the "show dog" to be truely competitive, yet is the ideal mellow pup to be the perfect family companion. </B></div> <div> <B>"Just a pet" should not be a dog of inferior breeding, poor conformation, poorly raised or of bad temperament, but should be as well bred, socialized, properly fed & carefully nurtured as the finest show dog to give you the best possible family companion. We at Casa La Strega do not breed dogs specifically to show, We breed beautiful healthy dogs for you to enjoy as family companions, obedience,rally & agility competitors and to work with as therapy dogs. We do the best we can to provide the healthiest dogs possible, both mentally and physically. for those of you who want "just a pet".</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>****************************************************************************************</B></I> </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>ADULTS AVAILABLE</B></I></div> <div> <B>It is with heavy heart and many tears that we are looking to place the following gals and guys in special loving forever homes.</B><B>We will have all the bitches spayed and males neutered and teeth cleaned before they go. </B><B> </B><B>To see pictures and pedigrees</B><B>  </B><B>click on the links next to the names and birthdates. Our age and health make it impossible to do right by so many and so we reluctantly let them go so they will have a better life in homes where they will get individual love and attention, giving us more time and finances to better care for those that are staying.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FEMALE </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>Shay   Apr 2003   </B><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exotic Shady Lady"><B>Exotic Shady Lady</B></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Shay has had 3 very large litters for a miniature, 6 pups in each litter and so she is being retired and will make some lucky family a great companion. She was spayed & teeth cleaned April 18th and ready to go after May 3rd. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>MALE </B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Mo  Jan 2001 </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Casa Strega Mahogany Masquerade"><B>Casa Strega Mahogany Masquerade</B></A><B> (light apricot) </B></div> <div> <B>will be available to a carefully selected home within driving distance of us. He will be neutered and teeth cleaned before leaving here. </B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Gypsy, Lucy, Dakota, Molly, Little Joe,Hattie, Lola and Caress are thriving in their new homes.  </B></div> <div> <B>Shane is now happily settled in his new home in Germany</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dogs staying. </U></B></div> <div> <B>These in black are too old or have problems making placing them inadvisable and so they will stay here with us.</B></div> <div> <B>Pretty   Oct 1993       </B><B>Otto   Aug. 1994    </B><B>Bonnie   Aug 1994</B><B>   </B></div> <div> <B>The Pro Dec 1997</B><B>    </B><B>Rosebud   Apr. 1999   </B><B>Love June 1999</B><B>        Roxanne March 2007 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Females staying for our breeding program</B></div> <div> <B>Gigi   Sept 2002        Sara   Apr 2003       Maggie   Oct 2004       </B></div> <div> <B>Jazz   Nov 2005    Fanny   Sept 2005        Shimmer  April 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Fudge July 2007</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And the boys to compliment them</B></div> <div> <B>Sisco   Oct 2003   Spencer   Dec 2004     </B></div> <div> <B>Jersey    Aug 2005   &  </B><B>Blue   Nov 2005 </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and a wonderful black & tan pup from Germany. We will soon have his page up with new pictures, pedigree etc. Here he is at 6 weeks. He was born Mar 11th and arrived here at 11 weeks of age.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1387f32c0.jpg" border=0 width="243" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1389072c0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><B>For you're enjoyment, there are many of our puppy pictures on :</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Puppy photo album 1"><B>Puppy photo album 1</B></A><B>  </B><B>& Puppy photo album 2</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SEE THIS</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0066" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.dogaware.com/dogfeeding.html#co-ops " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dogaware.com/dogfeeding.html#"><B>  site for helpful info  on feeding & dog foods</B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>More helpful feeding info following</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Here is the home page for</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.b-naturals.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.b-naturals.com/">http://www.b-naturals.com/</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >where you can find a wealth of helpful information about many health problems and supplementation for them and/or every day good health.check out the newsletter directory. Also a list of the newsletters with short course on canine nutrition  and info on feeding raw, etc.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/2006/05/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/200"><B>http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/2006/05/</B></A></div> <div> <B>The links on this page do not seem to work but if you go to the upper left and click on the individual dates from the drop down  menu you can access them.The newsletter for RAW DIETS is </B><A HREF="http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/2006/05/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/200"><B>http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/2006/05/</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> If you cannot find a local source for your raw chicken, pork & beef,try here. </div> <div> <B>This is where we get our raw food. </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pepspoultry.com/store/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pepspoultry.com/store/"><B>http://www.pepspoultry.com/store/</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is a great group to join and learn lots about feeding your dog. </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9Nutrition/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9Nut"><B>http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9Nutrition/</B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>You can go to any page on this site from the navigational list on the left of this and each page.</B></div> <bR> <div> Poodle Puppy Availability  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >|   </FONT>  <A HREF="http://www.casalastrega.com/id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casalastrega.com/id4.htm">AKC reg. miniature poodles</A></div> <div>  <A HREF="http://www.casalastrega.com/id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casalastrega.com/id52.htm">Miniature Poodle Puppies</A> |   <A HREF="http://www.casalastrega.com/id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casalastrega.com/id4.htm">Miniature Poodle Puppies For Sale</A>  | <A HREF="http://www.casalastrega.com/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casalastrega.com/index.htm">Miniature Poodle Dogs</A>     </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.casalastrega.com/id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casalastrega.com/id4.htm">Miniature Poodle Dogs For Sale</A> |    <A HREF="http://www.casalastrega.com/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casalastrega.com/index.htm">Miniature Poodle Puppy Available</A>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>