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I was instilled with a love of all things dog since I was a little girl by my mother. My happiest memories include helping my mother raise American Cocker Spaniels and participating in performance sports with my childhood pets. I have participated in dog sports since 9 years old, with my first dog, a black American Cocker Spaniel Pepper in Agility, Obedience, and Juniors, and many more since then including a couple of English Springer Spaniels, Shetland Sheepdog, mutts, and more. In addition to breeding, I also work as a professional dog trainer and own my business Better Friends Dog Training.
Standard Poodles didn't come into my life until I was an adult, when I met and married a man severely allergic to dogs! Knowing I couldn't live without dogs in my life and with my husband's never-ending support, we began looking toward Poodles. In 2011, we brought home a 1 year old Standard Poodle mix from the shelter we named Yoshi. He quickly earned his BN title, but unfortunately our performance career ended quickly as he was diagnosed with several autoimmune disorders. The following year, we brought home our next Poodle, Sully, a 9 year old blue Standard Poodle from another animal shelter. For three years, we immensely enjoyed our “Poodley boys” as they were nicknamed. In a heartbreaking turn of events, after months of caring for our Sully boy after as he lost function of his rear legs, we finally said our goodbyes. The following year in 2017, tragedy struck again and we lost our Yoshi boy to a rare genetic condition at just 7 years old.
With both our “Poodley boys” gone we knew we needed another in our life. Although we treasure the time we had with our boys and how they came to us through adoption, our children were growing older and we wanted a healthy dog from a known background that could grow with our family for years to come and to avoid all the heartache we experienced with the preventable genetic and autoimmune health issues we experienced with our first Standard Poodles. That is when we came to the decision that we would get our next Poodle from a reputable breeder, and we began our search. A month later, we came across a litter of puppies at Element Standard Poodles, and we immediately made plans to go see them. We picked out our puppy and brought her home in June 2016, and named her Miya.
In 2017, Miya was purchased as a pet and my performance prospect without a thought of breeding her. She turned out to a be a fabulous performance partner, earning her first title at just 7 months old. We were enjoying her so much, and having lost another one of our adopted dogs to kidney failure, we started looking for our next poodle. We came across an available male looking for a co-ownership home from Shyre Poodles. We drove down just before Christmas in 2017 to get him a few weeks later and named him Wall-E after one of our children's favorite movies. Wall-E was a fabulous puppy and was showing a lot of promise as a performance partner, too. The following April I took Wall-E to his first UKC show and Miya came along just for fun with the permission and support from her breeder. They both finished their Championship in one weekend! The show bug officially had bit me! Although still uncertain if my goals for Miya included breeding her, with her breeder's permission and encouragement, I pursued her Grand Championship and Top Ten status. That is when the idea of having my own breeding program began to grow with the help and support of my mentors and friends. In 2019, Miya's breeder granted me full registration and breeding rights on Miya. Since the show bug biting me in 2018, keeping true to myself, I have dived headfirst into the deep end. I have become passionate about all things Poodle.
We have been blessed with several more additions to my growing breeding program from friends I have made along the way. In 2018 we brought home 6 month old Seairsha from New York. After she finished her championship and health testing, we placed her in a quieter guardian home with good friends. In 2019, I was offered a little cream boy that was in need of a show home; I was not looking for another stud but he was so loveable, I couldn't turn him away. We kept searching for another female to add to the program until I saw a 1 year old adult female looking for a home; Wishes became the next addition to Ghibli. Finally, the last addition to my program, Novel, came to me from my very first dog show friend, Kim at MyTyme. I was anticipating a female, but fate decided I needed yet another stud dog with an all male litter.
We are excited and proud of the foundation of our breeding program and cannot wait to place wonderful, healthy Poodles into deserving pet homes.
Miya earning points toward her 2019 Rally All-Star Ranking.
Miya finishing her UROC title.
Miya showing off her good looks.
Miya in the Best in Show ring.
Wall-e in his first puppy trim.
Wall-e earning his URO2 title.
Wall-e during obedience practice.
Wall-e participating in AKC Rally.
Tasha with her dogs Snoopy, Yoohoo, and Misha.
Tasha with her 2012 crew, Yoshi, Misha, Pepper, and Sully.
Yoshi and Tasha after earning Beginners Novice Title.
Tasha and Yoshi at Rally trial.
Tasha with Snoopy, adopted Labradoodle.
Tasha training Ponyo, adopted "Moyen" poodle, to bow.
Tasha with Misha, Pepper, Yoshi in 2010.
Tasha with her Cocker Spaniel Fudge in 2009.
Misha and Tasha at 2009 Ohio State Fair
Misha and Tasha at an Agility Demonstration
Misha and Tasha 2008 Ohio State Fair winnings.
Misha and Tasha after a show.
Tasha and Misha competing UKC Premier Obedience Juniors.
Tasha and Misha competing UKC Premier Agility Juniors.
Pepper and Tasha 2011.
Pepper and Tasha at 2015 UKC Premier
Tasha & Pepper doing an agility demonstration.
Tasha & Della after agility show.
Tasha with Bopp & Pepper, picture with the judge.
Tasha and Bopp celebrating after a Q!
Tasha & Pepper dog club trick competition with her best friend Kelli & her dog Ebony.
Tasha & Pepper with her twin, Tessa & Brownie after CPE Nationals 2001.
Tasha and Pepper competing in agility, 2000.
Earliest photo of Tasha and Pepper, 1999
WHAT DOES GHIBLI MEAN?
Ghibli means wind. More specifically, it is a type of wind in the Sahara desert with a profound effect on North Africa's climate. When I began thinking of a name for my breeding program, I was immediately drawn to the idea of wind because of its diversity and it's symbolism. My mother, Wendy, is the person responsible for instilling such a love of dogs in me. Her sacrifice in allowing me to use the little black Cocker she brought home for herself and instead letting her become my dog, and her decade of dedication in taking me to all my training classes and dog shows with my childhood pets had a tremendous impact on my life and set me on the trajectory that led me to here.
Although my mother set me on this trajectory, I wouldn't be at this place without my husband's never-ending support and encouragement, and he is the one that suggested the name Ghibli. As our babies turned into toddlers, and with my husband's love for Japanese anime, the films from a Japanese animation studio, called Ghibli Studios, became a household favorite of our family. We very much enjoy sitting down to cuddle on the couch to enjoy these films. Some of the qualities that endeared our family to the films included how serene and peaceful the animation and movie themes were and how most of the films were centered around strong female characters. When my husband bought me our foundation dam, we named her after the director of favorite Ghibli Studio films, Hayao Miyazaki, hoping she too would become a strong, female character.
Naming this program after the ghibli winds is my way of paying homage to my mother, my husband, and my foundation dam, who have all made this possible.
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