r/StandardPoodles

I would appreciate if someone can explain the correct temperament of a standard poodle? If a breeder says that it takes some time for one of their dogs to warm up to some people but after she remembers all her friends, is that a red flag? The sire of the litter is titled and has both his AKC bronze grand championship as well as sport titles while the dam has her BCAT. What would you ask the breeder about temperament to ensure the best possibility? The breeder uses ENS/ESI plus puppy culture. Puppies are independently evaluated at 7 weeks of age.

Like the title says, just curious.

My (almost) 2 y/o spoo is skinnyyyy. He plays nonstop, seems to have unlimited energy😅 We are currently feeding Hill’s Science Diet and he does well on it, I just don’t think he eats as many calories as he burns. He just got groomed and his hip bones are more prominent than I would like. I supplement with wet food when I don’t feel like he is eating enough, I just think he needs a higher calorie food because he just doesn’t eat that much, so I would like for him to get more calories in the small amount of food he does eat. Any advice? Any food recs?

I currently own a moyen size poodle who is a healthy weight at 25lbs.

I love going on adventures but with my size and being a woman I do not feel particularly safe going solo. I do know if i had a larger dog I would feel more comfortable.

I have pondered many breeds that do truly have scary dog privilege but time and time again there is a quality of them that discourages me from the breed. I also do genuinely hate dog fur and would rather pay for the grooming than deal with shedding dog fur. But I also genuinely love poodles.

II just keep coming back to the poodle. I just wonder if a standard poodle would discourage strangers or if they would stick up for me should I be approached by someone I don't want to engage with.

I am just in the education phase and really digging into the pros and cons of owning a other dog. My poodle does love other dogs and yes there is no guarantee that they would be buddies, it would be nice to have a regular buddy for him to play with. But if the large reason for me to want another dog and in particular a larger dog is to deter other people from me and help me feel safer I want to know if that is something that would be accomplished with a standard poodle.

I do genuinely love poodles and I just am in awe of standards. But I am also aware of additional work and costs with have another dog let alone a larger dog with more expensive vet and grooming bills. So just thinking long and hard about it and trying to do my due diligence.

I have a slicker brush and a comb that I have been trying to get my 7 month puppy to tolerate since she came home at 10 weeks old. At first it seemed like she thought they were a game. And I’m still certain that sometimes she thinks that. But I can’t comb or brush her without her constantly trying to run away and trying to eat the comb/brush. There’s no aggression in her response. I took her to a behavioral groomer because her first groomer said she was aggressive and the behavioral one said she saw no aggression but did see what the other groomer was likely talking about. As our current groomer put it, “she has no patience and would rather cut her tongue on scissors than sit still long enough to be groomed.” Even with tons of high value treats I can’t get her to let me brush her. I’ve tried meaty bones, spray cheese, freeze dried goodies, chicken, all kinds of things.

Does anyone have advice? This is going to be the rest of her life and I would have thought she’d just resign herself to putting up with it at minimum by now. The only time she seems to want the slicker is when my cat wants brushed with it and even then it is very brief.

I have a 7.5 month old small standard poodle, he currently weighs a bit over 20lbs and is 17 inches tall. He came to me with a jumbo lambchop toy that he has loved to fight, wrestle, hump, etc since the day I got him. OG lambchop was retired in September after multiple holes had been patched. Lambchop 2.0 lasted about 3 weeks before she had multiple holes. He doesn’t intentionally rip her apart; she just can’t handle his style of play. Anybody got any replacement recommendations that are big like 20+ inches and also light weight that he can fling around that will hold up better? I tried the frisco jumbo monkey plush but she is too heavy for him to fling around like he wants to.

Hi all! We have a five month old standard poodle who has been an absolute joy for the past three months. We’ve had our rough moments here and there but we’ve been blessed with an easy puppy—no chewing, housebroken almost immediately, and just generally fantastic temperament aside from being super mouthy with us.

He has always had a sensitive stomach, starting with his vaccines. Like clockwork, he would have weeklong bouts of nighttime vomiting and diarrhea after each puppy shot. Unfortunately for us, the vet advised that breaking up the vaccines would probably just result in more bouts of diarrhea. Hills I/D wet food, Fortiflora, and pumpkin would eventually perk him back up.

I figured that the worst of his GI issues were behind us at four months…until teething happened. His appetite went away, he kept pawing at his mouth, and then the GI issues returned. Like clockwork, we’d be up 3+ times a night running to the backyard for the poosplosion. I legit did not realize how one little puppy could be so full of poop.

After a few days of his bland diet (we knew the drill and didn’t need to call the vet yet), his poop firmed up. But the second we slowly introduced kibble back, the diarrhea returned with a vengeance. Off to the vet we went.

Turns out that not only can swallowing saliva and blood from teething cause GI upset, but if you have a sensitive puppy, the sheer pain from teething can result in stress colitis, per our vet. 🙃 The good news is that he’s almost finished teething. The sensation from his molars and canines coming in is just too much for him.

Our pup’s case is more psychosomatic, but it’s so interesting how much these things can affect them.

Here’s hoping the metronidazole kicks in soon and that this story helps some other paranoid first-time owners. Has anyone else had this experience too?