Go to Petfinder.com and under "animal" it says "breed." If you enter your zip code and click on the Breed List it will bring up all of the breeds and just scroll down to poodle. This will bring up poodles in your area. Most of these are poodles that are currently in shelters and some shelters have a separate listing for dogs that are being fostered.

I looked for months and months at Petfinder for poodles. Then one miraculous day I was at the shelter with my daughter turning in some paper work on a cat she had adopted and we just strolled through the kennel area on a whim. There was my sweetie, Ripley!!! It may be that just routinely checking local shelters may turn up that very special poodle. I know you won't find many but they do turn up occasionally. I hope that you and your stepmom can find just the perfect poodle for her grandmom. Somewhere out there a sweet little one is also looking for her too. Keep us posted, OK?