‘Poodles’ Category
Your Poodle may someday find herself face to face with a wasp, bee, yellow jacket, spider, or other stinging or biting insect. In most cases, the encounter is benign. But dogs can and do get stung by these critters, and it not only hurts but can cause a severe reaction and illness as well.
The sting of bees, wasps, and yellow jackets swell and are painful. That’s usually the extent of the damage, but dogs who are stung repeatedly could experience shock from the venom. Additionally, just as some people are highly allergic to insect bites and stings, some dogs are allergic and react severely to bites and stings.
When it comes to insect bites and stings, the best advice is to identify the attacker and call your veterinarian. Ask for instructions on what to do at home to make your dog comfortable immediately.
The vet may advise you to apply a paste…
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The Poodle’s coat consists of two types of hair. The outer coat should be thick, wiry and curly. The undercoat must be soft and woolly to provide warmth. Puppies, however, are exceptions. Poodle puppy coats are soft and fine with little or no curl, but often with a slight wave.
As the dog matures into adulthood, the coat develops a thick, curly quality. The best way to judge a puppy’s potential adult coat is to look at the parents. If they carry good coats, their
puppies will likely possess them too.
Ever since the first hunters trimmed their retrieving dogs to prevent drowning, the Poodle hairstyle has been a favorite topic of conversation among dog people. Initially, Poodles sported either a Continental clip or an English Saddle clip. Now, hundreds of years later, these are still popular as they are required clips for show dogs.
Puppies under one year of age are shown in…
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Although training is most effective when started early in the dog’s life and practiced consistently while he grows up, that doesn’t mean it’s too late to train an adult Poodle. The downfall to starting training later in the dogs life is that you then have to break bad habits as well as teach new commands. With a young puppy, you’re starting with a blank slate and you can teach the new behaviors before he learns bad habits.
If you’ve ever had to break a bad habit (smoking, for example), you know it can be difficult. However, with most Poodles up to about eight years of age, you can, with consistent training and lots of patience and positive reinforcements, control most bad habits.
If your dog is older than eight years of age, your success at changing bad habits will be much more limited. You can teach new commands – sit, down,…
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Do you know what it takes to make your Poodle a happy camper? You might be surprised because the answer is simple: Just you!
To be truly happy, Poodles need people. You could say that a Poodles primary “happiness requirement” is to be loved and wanted by a human. They want nothing more than to please their owners and be with them as much as possible.
Its quite simple. What’s best for a Poodle, what will make her heart sing, is a loving, attentive owner who can lavish her with attention and include her in daily activities.
Daily activities are a biggie for your Poodle. She wants to be with her owner constantly, so much that she will usually follow you around the house.
I have two Poodles and they both follow every move I make in my house – from the living room to the kitchen, from kitchen to bedroom, from bedroom…
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All dogs, including Poodles of all sizes, need training to learn how to behave themselves. When your Standard Poodle learns to greet people by sitting still, he won’t jump up on them. When he learns what the word “stay” means, he will learn to be still and to control his own actions. Your Toy Poodle can learn to walk nicely on a leash instead of being carried all the time. In addition, once you learn how to teach your dog, you can train him to follow the rules necessary for good behavior.
Does your Poodle insist on being the center of attention? Does he bark at people outside your yard? If he gets out of the yard, does he refuse to come when you call him? Does he raid the trashcan? Does he jump on your guests? These are not unusual behaviors for a young, untrained dog, but they are unnecessary,…
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Although tiny dogs have been around for hundreds of years, only comparatively recently have breeders developed a “true-to type” Toy Poodle, one who will faithfully pass on his desirable characteristics from generation to generation. In America, Toy Poodles were treated as a separate breed until 1943. At that time, the AKC gave in and agreed they were just like the other Poodles, only smaller.
Toy Poodles are excellent pets for apartments and for elderly people, since they require little exercise. A mature Toy Poodle will weigh between 6 and 12 pounds, and will get along perfectly well with half an hour of outdoor exercise a day. Of course, they may race around the apartment like mad.
Toy Poodles are easy to pick up and carry from one place to another, and as long as they are trained properly, they are as compliant as the other sizes. Small children, however, must be constantly…
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