I got my first poodle in 1986. It was a miniature grey female, an excellent show and brood bitch, starter of my love story with this wonderful breed - poodle.

Our kennel "GENTLY BORN" got its official registration in 1994. Today, we breed toy and miniature poodles of all colors: white, black, brown, grey, apricot and red. Since that time, we have finished about 100 champions.

In 2007, I got two poodles with an unusual harlequin color and they became a beautiful addition to our range of poodle colors.

Our kennel applied to the National Poodle Club of Russia with the initiative to register the harlequin poodle color as official color recognized in our country. We showed our harlequin poodles. Mrs. Y.N. Shchuko, President of the National Club, supported this initiative and we began a minute work to achieve this goal. Mr. B.Peterburs, the VDP President, kindly put at our disposal the documents that they use in Germany. The National Poodle Club Presidium applied to the Russian Cynological Federation (RKF) to get an authorization of breeding and showing these poodles at the official shows in Russia.
In January 2008, the RKF officially recognized two very attractive poodle colors - harlequin and black & tan, based on the actual German standard.

The first official litter of harlequin poodles was born in my kennel. It is registered in the Russian Stud Book. The first official showing and presentation of the harlequin poodles was on April 12, 2008 in Moscow at the National “DELTA-PAL” Club Show. 5 harlequin poodles were showed – 1 standard poodle, 3 miniature poodles and 1 toy poodle. All of them got the highest marks from highly qualified judges E.Yerusalimskaya and N.Maslennikova.

The first Champions of Russia and of the National Poodle Club are my miniature poodles Chess King, Krasota Gently Born and the standard poodle Gvendolin Glorius Souvenir.

The unusual ornate color of harlequin poodle becomes more and more popular in Russia. Recently I got 3 more puppies from leading breeders of USA and Germany and I keep one girl from my first litter for breeding purposes. I will start to show them soon.

The leading Russian magazines « Cat & Dog » and « Drug » published some promotional articles about the harlequin poodles and their show results.

Our first harlequin poodles are already 2 years old and I am sure that this interesting and attractive color will have a great future!

Elena Trofimova