Par Annette
Poodles
About Us
Our Story
Annette Hull
Our Founder
Annette Hull and her husband Bruce Hull began breeding & showing purebred West Highland White Terriers in around 1968. At that time they were living on their 40,000 acre sheep and cattle property ‘Garlands Station’ at Bourke in Far Western New South Wales.
Annette’s first show dog was a West Highland White Terrier call Cadwit Cassanova aka ‘Snoopy’
Snoopy attained multiple Australian Champion status. Snoopy was successfully shown in NSW and Victoria. Anne and Bruce could be regularly seen travelling “down the line” to regional dog shows, and to Royal Shows in Sydney and Melbourne. In those days, they family travelled in relative comfort. Annette’s little boys Scott and Greg travelled in the back seat while the show dogs were in dog crates strapped to the roof of the car!
Anne was very successful because she had an exceptional eye for detail. Annette was a perfectionist. Annette knew how to present dogs for the show ring. Anne knew what she was after in a dog, and she knew how to produce a dog to win.
For almost 60 years, Annette had owned and bred dogs. Some of the breeds that Annette owned included: West Highland White Terriers, Beagles, Dachshunds, Pugs, Pekinese, Fox Terriers, German Shepherds, Kelpies, Blue Heelers, Chihuahuas, Bichon Frisé, and Poodles. Today, Par Annette Poodles focuses on Miniature and Standard Poodle puppies, and also Miniature Cavoodles.
Sadly, Annette succumbed to Leukaemia on 5 July 2019. Before her illness, Annette was a super active 73 year who loved all animals (except green frogs and snakes! Many years ago, while living in the bush, Annette boiled a frog in the jug and inadvertently poured and drunk a pot of tea before realising why the tea tasted strange! She was not keen on snakes either because they would like to kill puppies and baby chickens).
Bruce stoutly insists on the family continuing Annette’s legacy by continuing to breed fine quality puppies in her honour.
Par Annette Poodles literally translates to mean “Poodles By Annette”. Bruce, along with the help of his son and granddaughter, has been able to continue the tradition and strives to produce the best possible puppies for family pets and companion dogs.
Bruce Hull
Our Founder
Bruce Hull grew up on “Garlands Station”. “Garlands was originally owned by his Grandfather Jack Hull who traded a “Demreadnought” bullockwagon and a team of bullocks worth £85 for original 20,000 acres in the early 1900s.
Bruce has always had an intimate connection with livestock and dogs. Bruce successfully showed Champion Shorthorn cattle at Sydney Royal Show. Bruce also had champion working dogs.
Bruce’s favourite Australian Kelpie sheepdog was “Rocket”. Rocket was one of the most renown sheep dogs in Western New South Wales. In 1967 Bruce was managing “Euroli” an 80,000 acre Sheep Station on the NSW and Queensland border. Bruce amazed his grazier father Walter Hull with his dog training prowess when he left Rocket at the far end of a 10,000 acre paddock alone with a mob of around 200 sheep. Bruce went to meet his father at the sheep yards where his father was making sure the yards were sheep proof. A couple of hour later, Rocket arrived at the yards with the 200 sheep – plus another 700 more! Rocket had picked up every other sheep in the paddock on her way, and had mustered an astonishing 1000 sheep single-handed!
Bruce always claimed he fell in love with Annette the “first time he laid eyes on her”. After getting married Bruce went from preparing cattle for showing to preparing dogs for the show scene. Although, Bruce credits their dog’s success entirely to Annette, he cheekily claims it was because he fed a diet of freshly killed Kangaroo to the dogs which was the real reason for having Champion dogs.
Now, Bruce suffers from Supra Nuclear Palsy which some have attributed to the type of sheep dip chemicals used on the farm. Bruce’s mobility has deteriorated, and at 85 years of age, Bruce is mostly confined to a wheelchair. Nevertheless, Bruce loves sharing the joy puppies bring to others.
Four generations of loving dogs
Par Annette Poodles has been breeding and loving dogs for four generations. Annette’s son, grand daughter, and great grandson have taken over the care of the dogs to help Bruce continue Annette’s legacy of breeding beautiful Poodle puppies. Nowadays, Par Annette Poodles’ focus is to breed the rarer coloured Standard and Miniature Poodles as well as Miniature Cavoodle puppies. So, Par Annette Poodles are committed to breeding Apricot, Red, Cafe Au Lait, Parti and Phantom coloured Poodles and Cavoodles.
Moreover, Par Annette Poodle Puppies are also bred for characteristics such as: intelligence, trainability, and companionship as well as ensuring that puppies are gentle and well socialised. Annette always maintained that a breeder should only breed puppies from dogs who have perfect dispositions and who are perfect with children!
Puppies are raised as members of an extended family of standard & miniature poodles, plus children, grandchildren, and grandparents.
Par Annette Poodle Puppies
All our puppies are sold with a full Vet Health certificate, vaccination record, are microchipped and are regularly de-wormed. Puppies are raised in Dubbo. We can deliver puppies at no cost to Dunedoo, Mudgee, Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange, Molong, Blue Mountains, Penrith, Richmond, Merriwa, Singleton, Newcastle, Gosford, Avoca Beach. Otherwise, you may collect your puppy from Dubbo or we can help you arrange delivery at your expense by road or air transport to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin. Transport is also available at your expense to most other Australian or international destinations.