"Desert" Defined

The "desert", to which the club refers, is geographically located in the low desert of southern California, also known as the Coachella Valley and usually referenced as Palm Springs/Palm Desert/Indio.

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Club "Whelping"

​​​​In 2003, two friends, Meg Doolittle and Donna Jiaras, regularly walked their standard poodles, Jackie and Cookie, down El Paseo in Palm Desert, California every morning. One day the idea of a standard poodle club came to light ... "wouldn't it be nice to connect with othe​r standard poodle lovers and have them join us on walks?" The Standard Poodle Club of the Desert was founded.

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Club Mission

Standard Poodle Club and Rescue of the Desert and Greater Palm Springs ​is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. ​​​​Our mission is to create a social club for our members and their standard poodles and to support the rescue and re-homing of surrendered or abandoned Standard Poodles. We are actively involved in local programs such as...

"Loving all Animals" GDD "Guide Dogs of the Desert" *Animal Samaritans' No Kill Shelter for dogs and cats ​

"Loving all Animals" GDD "Guide Dogs of the Desert" *Animal Samaritans' No Kill Shelter for dogs and cats ​

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“Animals have come to mean so much in our lives."