Hello from Quebec

[Poodlemama]

:) I'm a proud Mama of two beautiful miniature poodles
Java 1 year old (December 24, 2005, brown) and Angelina 1 1/2 (July 4, 2004 apricot), we live in Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec (very small and peaceful village). I work as a secretary and as a groomer on week-end, I'm would like to chat with other dog owner, that are gaga about their dogs like me.

Happy Holiday

[Aussie Red]

Hello to you and nice looking pair. You came to the right place for ga ga owners lol

[Maxy24]

hi and welcome to chazhound!!
Everybody here is crazy about there dogs you have sure come to the right place!
Feel free to explore the site and ask questions, we love to answer all your dog questions.

By the way your dogs are gorgeous!

[Poodlemama]

How many many dogs do you have , and what breed are they ( by the way I forgot to mention my first language is french, so excuse my misspelling ) seem to me that you have a nice group

[poodlesmom]

Welcome from another poodle home!:) I have 2 standards, Farley & Chloe.

[Momof2Pups]

Hi there, and welcome to Chazhound! :) You certainly came to the right place!

[Giny]

Sweet mother! Your dogs are beautiful! Welcome! :)

[Brattina88]

Welcome to Chazhound! :D your poodles are beautiful! I haven't seen an apricot in a while . . . ;)

[~Jessie~]

Welcome to the forum :D Your poodles are adorable- my parents have a toy poodle!

[Poodlemama]

Welcome from another poodle home!:) I have 2 standards, Farley & Chloe.
;) Thank you very much for your welcoming

[bubbatd]

Welcome to our group !!! I was originally from Quebec....Thetford Mines ... and have many friends near you !

[Poodlemama]

:D
Thank you to all of you for nice welcoming notes,it's my first experience on a forum, love it.
Angelina & Java are saying thank you for all the compliments that they reveived.:p and all your dogs are so cutes.
Thank's again

[Poodlemama]

Welcome to our group !!! I was originally from Quebec....Thetford Mines ... and have many friends near you !

I was born in Thetford Mines, spend 15 years in Florida and came back to St-Ferdinand, small world

[bubbatd]

Were you parents from there ??? Where did you live there ??

[Poodlemama]

Well my dad was born in Thetford, my mom in Germany, They lived in Quartier Mitchel, I was raise there and Black-Lake, I'm 45, maybe whe have commun friends?

[bubbatd]

Could be !!! I left there over 50 years ago . I really didn't know too many French people . Though one of my best friends , Mugette Villaneuve lived in Black Lake . I lived on Coleraine Ave.

[Poodlemama]

My aunt spoke english, Her Last name was Mathers, regarding Coleraine ave, I don't know, maybe they change the name of the street, Black Lake don't exist anymore it became Thetford Mines. A lot of things have change & some did not change at all. My sister reside in Thetford, she bred Cinese Crested dogs ( hairless & puffy ) they are very funny dogs. I will ask about Mrs. Villeneuve to my dad, maybe He know her.
You have to let me know about you, look like you own Golden Retreiver
It been a nice surprise to chat with a Thetfordoise

[bubbatd]

I went to school with a Mathers....can't remember her name though . Small world !! Yes, we were one of the first families in Quebec to own a Golden ...back in 1949 . The whole town knew Point ! ... my maiden name was Jenkins .... my Dad was General Manager of the Asbestos Corporation . The Grey Matter just kicked in .... it was Shirley Mathers.

[Poodlemama]

My grandfather & dad use to work at the Asbestos Co. now it almost closed, what a pitty.

[Red_ACD_for_me]

Welcome to Chaz!!!

[Denaluvscorgis]

Hi....welcome to Chaz!!!:)

[Kase]

Hi and welcome to Chaz :).

[bubbatd]

What was your grand-dad's name ?? Yes, it's so sad how the mines have suffered !!! I still have some wonderful veins of abestos from the Beaver Mines . My school and church were " eaten up " by the growth of the pit .

[bubbatd]

My last high jacking of your post !!! We used to drive through St. Ferdinand to our favorite swimming holes ... either St. John de Brebeuf or Reed's Mills ... and the Mental Institution we drove by there always haunted me . Even more so today as my wonderful grandson has Down Syndrome ( Trisomy 21 ) and all I can think of is how many back in the 1940s were put into institutions . Is it still there ?? The jail bars and screams really bothered me .

[bubbatd]

Spoke to my friend in Quebec and it was Grace Mathers....not Shirley .

[Poodlemama]

Well small world in did, Grace Mathers was my aunt, sadly she died 15 years ago, she was married with my oncle Denis and lived in Quartier Mitchel, my oncle was the driver of the president of one of the mines, can't remember.By the way the mental hospital in St-Ferdinand is close ( 4 years ), in the last 10 years the quality of life of the residents was way better then before. Now it's standing with nothing in it, to much bad memories.

[bubbatd]

Wow !! Yes, I went to school with Grace.....still have our class picture . Did he drive for Mr. Penhale ??