Five years ago I was going to enter Peabody in his first Parade of Champions at PCA. When I heard he had to have a proper poodle haircut I was going to drop the idea because I didn't want to change his look. Then a poodle friend reminded me that a professional ball team shaved their heads in honor of people undergoing chemotherapy. Cancer patients loose their hair in a much more traumatic way so why couldn't Peabody loose his for that short time and collect pledges and put the money to good use.

I had gotten acquainted with Jacqui Webster over the internet. I knew she had cancer and had lost all of her hair due to her treatments so Peabody and I went to our very first PCA, he got his hair cut and went in the Parade of Champions. We collected over $1200 for the American Cancer Society. Many who pledged did so in honor of a loved one in the same situation. We did our pledge in honor of Jacqui.

The following year I met Charlotte Mitchell at PCA. We put our heads together and the PCA Performance Poodle Silent Auction was born.

Also check out "Travels with Floyd" to learn more about Jacqui and Flying Floyd!