WHat do you think?? Do you like them with their hair cut every hich a way or not? I like them with all their hair!!:D
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WHat do you think?? Do you like them with their hair cut every hich a way or not? I like them with all their hair!!:D
Well, had my first Poodle in '78......had many more since. I have to say I do not like those fancy cuts that leave them 1/2 naked and 1/2 fluffy. BUT as their hair grows, it needs to be attended to. I prefer them to be givien an all round clip....shaved on the face and around the bum............as this makes them comfortable.
I do not have any Show Dogs................I have only got my dogs to love. and only have saved dogs to love. Never have any of my poodles been groomed for the sake of being a 'show off'. Regards Mich.
i like poodles when they're partally shaven. maybe with alittle fur on their head, ears and tail. like in this pic. :D
Sorry, my computer would not allow me to view your photo.......but do know of the clip you are talking about. Yes it is a cute clip. A long time ago I used to get mine done in the "Lamb Clip" which was a little puff on the head, and what looked like legs from the hip to the paws.......clean face and bum and a puff on the cropped tail ( that was when they used to crop the tails).
I liked that, it was neat, tidy and the dogs were comfortable.
I like them all natural. I understand the cuts for the shows and stuff, but I don't like them at all!!
I think Pam's Bella looks perfect.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/fc365926.jpg
Yes I agree, and it is not one of those fancy show cuts........and the dog looks nice and the dog is comfortable, which is the main thing where I am concerned. .
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kfamr
[B]I think Pam's Bella looks perfect.
:o Thank you KayAnn. :) I was watching Breed All About It a couple of weeks ago and they were highlighting the poodle. They mentioned something that maybe non-poodle people don't realize. Poodle's fur is the most like human's hair. For example if you shaved another dog down to their skin, when it grew back in to the regular length of that dog's coat it would stop growing. Not so with poodles. If it is not cut it will keep growing and growing and growing and growing just like ours! :eek: The problem with that also is that it mats, so you have the possibility of a very horrible looking, miserable feeling dog (as Ripley was when I first saw him at the shelter). I have always kept my dogs in the puppy clip. It is so easy to manage. I do admit to loving the fluffy head and puffy tail tip though. Other than that, just give me plain! :)
Oh, I couldn't agree more. You have to think about the comfort of the animal, and I know, like you, about the horrible matty hair! !
Also the Poodle if left without clipping........it is so very painful for the dog. People who have never owned or rescued one have no idea. When they vote for leaving them natural......you know they don't know anything about them. That is all I can say! ! ! !
Bella's fur always looks so soft and silky! :D
Bella does look perfect:) ;)
Here is Ashlee's friend, REBA, she is a redhead:)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...f/fc8756e1.jpg
GASP!!! REBA IS GORGEOUS!!! AND I LOVE HER NAME!! :)
She is gorgeous! I too like the name.
My neighbors and best friends that used to live across the street have two poodles. They're both the smaller kinda, one is black and the other is red. Seabastion and Captain.;) We call em Seabass and Cappy though. They're both getting so old now, and Seabass lost his vision. Sweetest little puppers though. :D
Oh! Wow! Reba the Redhead, what a beauty!
I just love that white Poodle in your picture. So tell me, how did it happen to have the "Rose Brown" nose? Everytime I see that picture, my heart melts. Regards Mich.
Mich - That my Bella. :) She is 2 1/2 yrs old, and she had a jet black nose as a puppy. I don't know where the black color went! :confused: Maybe she wore the color right off sniffing with her nose to the ground all the time in the yard! :rolleyes: LOL!
:D Thanks for the replys!:) But--the poll results won't come up!!:confused: Could someone tell me the results??I agree that poodles should cut their hair----but----not all the way. Onlky trimmed!:p
Well, she is beautiful........but then I am biased - - - I must have been a Poodle in a passed life, as I love them so. Who can resist a face llike that in a pound?.......well I can't.
i like the clips in the pics. :D
That picture of Bella is gorgeous!! She is such a beautiful lady.
Mich--I voted and said leave them natural, and no, I don't know anything about them, except that they are a very intelligent breed. The only poodles I even "know" are Pam's Bella and Ripley, and Aly's dogs. So you are right, I know nothing about them.
I prefer them to look like Bella, and not like this:
http://members.tripod.com/zpoodle/skyler2.JPG
thanks freckles!great pics:cool:
I was not pointing the finger at anyone. I don't know who voted what!
I myself voted " depends" and I have had Poodles for many years.
So, if you feel I have offended you in any way in what I have said.......please don't, as I did not mean to. I am not like that.
I could not hurt people. I am sorry if I have. O.K.?
Some Aussies have different ways of saying things ( I am one ) so pull me up next time, O.K.? Regards Mich.
NO!! I wasn't offended, just clearing up my statement!!!
I enjoy learning about poodles, because I used to dislike them, but hearing stories and seeing pictures on Pet Talk has changed my mind!!!
Well, I am very happy.Thank you. I have met lots of people who don't know much about them. You have to have one to know one....... but looking at your photo's I think you have your hands full at the moment. You have a lovely 3 dogs there. Regards Mich.
That's basically how i was with most smaller breeds. Pet Talk has changed my mind about smaller breeds, and cats!! :D ... not so much Rats....... yet....maybe lolQuote:
Originally posted by lovemyshiba
I enjoy learning about poodles, because I used to dislike them, but hearing stories and seeing pictures on Pet Talk has changed my mind!!!
I like the way poodles look with longer hair and the way they look with the puppy cut. I don't like the standard cut on the poodles I think it looks funny. I know that it serves a purpose, I think it's supposed to keep the organs warm for when they used to hunt or something like that. But I think they look so cute when they have a normal haircut.
Now I am not too sure on this.....where they originally come from and all that. I thought they came from Russia, but was told that "Pudel" is german.....so..........( "Pudel" was the original name )
They were hunting dogs, and the front was kept bushy and long so as not to harm the dog while it was thrashing around in the prickly bushes to either retrive the game or show the owner where it was.........but don't quote me on this please.
Regards Mich.
Mich we're both a little right on this one. Here's what I found.
"The Poodle was originally used as a hunting dog. While he was very effective on land, the poodles mobility when retrieving in the water was seriously impaired by his extremely dense and curly coat. The huntsmen shaved the poodles rear hindquarters to allow for greater freedom of movement in the water, leaving puffs of hair on the hip joints and ankle joints. The puffs of hair (now called pom-poms and bracelets) were left to help keep the joints warm. The hair was left long of the front half of the poodle to keep the vital organs warm when they swam in cold water."
Here's the website Poodles
Hey, Mate !!! Thank you..........I am so very glad you know so much about their past.
These dogs you and I are talking about were of the Standard Size also.
Do you know if they originally came from Germany? Or where is their origin???
Thank you once again. Regards Mich.
5 yes
4 now
4 depends
0 sometimes
I really didn't know their orgin so I just looked it up and LOL I still really have no idea. But this is what I got.
"Poodles are one of the oldest known breed to man. It's true origins goes back so back it is really impossible to pinpoint a certain time or place. Early as 30 A.D. Poodle-like dogs appeared on carvings in Roman tombs and on Greek and Roman Coins. We know that the first printed reference to the poodle was Conrad Gesner in 1953. The fifteenth century refers to Poodles in both writing and art, from France, Holland and Italy. The art of that time portrayed the Poodle in trims similar to todays traditional show trims. The three countries that contributed most to promoting the breed were Russia, France and Germany. The Russian Poodle was described as being somewhat Greyhound-like in body type. The German Poodle had a more thickset and had a wooly coat texture. It was here that the two different coat types -- curly and corded -- were noted. Where the Poodle got his name; Pudel (Canis Familiaris Aquatius), or "water dog" in Germany; the Caniche (chien canard). or "duck dog" in France; in England, the Poodle, "splash in water"; when they became popular in Holland and Belgium they were know as "Poedels" all these names have been given to the breed we know as the Poodle. All of the Poodle's ancestors were good swimmers. The first documented reference dated 1642"
My goodness...........that is so interesting. Thank you so much for that. Regards Mich.
Mich ~ Actually Bella came from a breeder. Ripley is my little "pound pupster!" LOL! He had been picked up by Animal Control as a stray and when I first laid eyes on him he was a massive ball of tangled long black fur and mats. His feet were about 2 1/2 times their size and I had to lift a 2" flap of hair hanging over his eyes to even see his eyes. The shelter shaved him to the skin to make him more comfortable. When I brought him home he looked like a drowned rat! :D (No offense to owners of ratties out there! LOL!)Quote:
Originally posted by Mich
Well, she is beautiful........but then I am biased - - - I must have been a Poodle in a passed life, as I love them so. Who can resist a face llike that in a pound?.......well I can't.
I keep my Poodle boy in a teddy bear cut. He used to have long ear hair, but we're keeping it short now due to yeast infections :(
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fdc59121.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...d/fca99fa4.jpg
Hehe Reece is so cute.... We need some new pictures of him!! Simba says he's dying for some of that sexy Lolly pictures!:p ;) :cool:
Haaaaaaaaaahaaahaha! Ok, I'll get to working on that :)Quote:
Originally posted by Kfamr
Hehe Reece is so cute.... We need some new pictures of him!! Simba says he's dying for some of that sexy Lolly pictures!:p ;) :cool:
I don't enjoy the look of the regular "show" cut. I know why it is cut like that, but I think it looks kinda funny :o
I like it when it's cut a bit shorter than an irish water spaniel :)
http://www.animalforum.com/dbreed/im...pdspiwater.jpg
Bella's is very nice :)
I like when poodles have a puppy cut. :)
Unless you brush a poodle constantly, you really can't leave them "natural." Poodles fur grows very long, tangles easily.
I think its best for the dog to groom them short. I also like Bella's cut as well as Reece's teddy bear face. I think poodles look weird without a bit of puff on the haid and tail.