My girls are breeding dogs and will never have nice coats once they've been bred, until after they retire. If you want to see what they're capable of producing though, go to the PAPILLON GALLERY page and see the awesome coats and ear fringe that you can expect from your Strawberry River Papillon!

We now sell mainly to pet homes.   We do not sell our puppies or dogs to breeders we don't know personally.  This helps keep them away from the puppy mills and unscrupulous "backyard" breeders, and keeps our lines from being bred to dogs with poor quality pet lines.

The Papillon is energetic, curious and intelligent. They are very athletic and love to explore. They excel in agility! They do require alot of human companionship & attention. The papillon HAS to be well socialized from a young age AND THIS IS CRUCIAL! They make a good watchdog but they can bark excessively if allowed.  Paps can be difficult to housebreak but not always. Pap pups have small bladders so be consistent and confine your pup during housebreaking and take them out often! Stay outside with them to make sure they use the bathroom several times instead of spending their time outside playing.  Don't fool yourself & think it will be simple to housebreak a papillon, they're smart and sneaky. They know it's best to hide in the house to do their business! Most people usually end up crate training, and believe me, this is NOT cruel. Much crueler is the owner who "gets rid" of the dog because they never managed to get it housebroken!

Many people do not know that papillon pups usually blow their puppy coats at around four months of age and have a skimpy coat until their adult coat starts coming in, which can be as early as six months of age.

Except for the first picture, Captions are ACROSS from their pictures.  Reuben stays with my mom, as does Abby, Lexi (Abby's daughter), and Hope.  Elvis, Flash, Sarah, Bella, Merry, Joy, and Tiara live here with us.

INT CH S R VAL-HI FLASHY MOTION DETECTOR "FLASH" (July '09)

Flash (born late June '08) has so much energy!  His sire is CH Promenade Top Ace Of Val-Hi, dam is Val-Hi Grace In Motion (daughter of AKC CH Namaste Tantric Sprit).  Breeders are Anita Patterson & Bee Beeson,  Thanks you guys for an awesome boy!   He has 41 champions in his five generation pedigree! Flash is currently out showing, his third time in the ring he took Best Of Opposites over a finished champion!  Unfortunately he lost his win when they realized I had accidentally entered him in the wrong puppy class!  It figures I would screw things up somehow!  Update: Flash won two days in a row in Amana Iowa, he went Best Of Breed, Best Of Winners, Reserve Winner, and Best Of Opposite!!