r/poodles

Hi! My wife and I will be bringing home our new standard poodle puppy at the end of this month and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for items we should purchase as well as a high quality food brand for this breed. I’ve mostly raised Great Danes so this will be a new experience for me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! We are so excited 😊

I'm not sure if my mini poodle might have allergies? He always is scratching at his face in the morning, rubbing his face against different furniture, and then rolling on his back.

I need a little solidarity from those of you with poodles high on anxiety 😅 my 5yo standard has been an anxious dog straight from the womb (literally what our animal behaviorist vet told us 🤦🏻‍♀️). We have done allll the things to help her and she’s been on Prozac for years now.

Three years ago, we (myself and partner, because it fully takes two people) decided to groom her ourselves because she would get so so anxious at the groomer. I actually enjoy the grooming process and she has calmed a lot around it since we started back then. But the FRONT PAWS! 😓We have tried loads of desensitization, but NOTHING helps with the front paws. NOTHING! 😭😭😭😭

She had gotten a fair bit better over the past few years…but in the last 6 months she has regressed SO much and I’m at my wit’s end. We just fully shave her on a 10 because we live in the southern US and we don’t even care what the cut looks like anymore, it’s all about utility.

Any advice for shaving the front paws of an extremely uncooperative dog?

Also, please be kind - I’m not looking for general training advice or chastisement. You will never truly understand what having a biologically anxious dog is like unless you personally have one.