Poodles?

[Jessika]

Before there is any blood. I'll just drop it.. its not worth my time.

I do apologize as I'm honestly not trying to start anything, I'm just confused. Because I hear from everyone that puppies need to be five or six months before being fixed yet you can adopt a 10 - 12 week old puppy from the shelter who is already fixed???

[Flatcoatluver]

I do apologize as I'm honestly not trying to start anything, I'm just confused. Because I hear from everyone that puppies need to be five or six months before being fixed yet you can adopt a 10 - 12 week old puppy from the shelter who is already fixed???

yeah almost every dog we have at our shelter at that age is fixed. But i'm not trying to start anything either but just saying our shelter does that too.

[dab_20]

OK PEOPLE back to helping this person about poodles....

[Majestic]

I got this info from some website:

for mini poodle:
-Is conveniently-sized, light and graceful, athletic and agile
-Has a curly coat that doesn't shed (one of the best breeds for allergy sufferers)
-Comes in a variety of colors
-Is lively and playful
-Is one of the brightest and most attentive of all breeds, so intuitive, and such a skilled reader of body language and expression, that he often appears telepathic
-Excels at obedience and agility competition
-Is usually polite with strangers and sociable with other animals
-A careful search to avoid all the highstrung, neurotic Poodles
-Timidity or skittishness when not socialized enough
-Emotional sensitivity to stress, tension, or loud voices
-Monthly clipping of the curly coat
-Barking
-Health problems

Standard poodle
-Is medium to large, combining sturdiness and athleticism with elegance and grace
-Moves with a light, graceful, springy gait
-Has a curly coat that doesn't shed (one of the best breeds for allergy sufferers)
-Is lively and playful
-Is one of the brightest and most attentive of all breeds, so intuitive, and such a skilled reader of body language and expression, that he often appears telepathic
-Excels at obedience and agility competition
-Is usually polite with strangers and sociable with other animals
-A careful search to avoid all the highstrung, neurotic Poodles
-Vigorous exercise requirements
-Rowdiness and exuberant jumping, especially when young
-Destructiveness when bored or not exercised enough or left alone too much
-Skittishness or suspiciousness in some lines, or when not socialized enough
-Emotional sensitivity to stress, tension, or loud voices
-Monthly clipping of the curly coat
-Barking
-Lots of serious health problems


Goodluck

[dab_20]

its true poodles appear to be telepathic. when i play with molli, everyonce in awhile i will take the toy and tell her to sit. well i will take it and right before i say sit, she sits. sometimes i tell her to speak, and right before i say it she will bark. what smart little psychics (sp?) they are!

[Horse Lover]

I was wondering also I've heard from T.V. that poodles are least seen in the vet office (other than check-ups) I was wondering if it was true

[Pam]

I was wondering also I've heard from T.V. that poodles are least seen in the vet office (other than check-ups) I was wondering if it was true

Most of the things that send them there are from poor breeding. (i.e., in the case of the little ones, usually toys, it may be luxating patellas, or knee caps). Also tartar build-up and tooth loss is a problem with the smaller ones. The toys, however, do live quite long lives. My little Pumpkin made it to 17. The scariest health problem for the standards is the risk of bloat. I lost one due to bloat and always have a little fear about it in the back of my mind with Bella.

[dab_20]

well it's sad if that is true. they are a very common breed. i take my poodle to the vet. its true, toys and minis have tartar problems. molli had severe tartar when she was only 11 months old, so i brush her teeth daily and give her a greenie.

and her puppy teeth hasn't fallen out yet, (she's over a year) so she has to get them pulled the same time as her spay.

[Horse Lover]

Oh! Thanks people i just heard that comment from tv so i decided to ask if it was true.. it all depends on breeder right..

[Vette]

Yeah pretty much depends on the dogs genitics,, and the dog in general.

Kirby almost died on me a few years back. he had the dog version of AIDS. not sure how got it.. whether he ate something to make his emmue system to go haywire or what.. but its when their body stops making enough red blood cells. and the become very very weak. and his gums were pasty white.

and he was put on storid pills to boost his emmue system. and was on them for quite a while. at least 2 or 3 months. and we had to slowy take him back off them. and there was no gurantee that the pills would correct the problem. there was a 50/50 % chance that he could revert back stage one.. and be on steroids for the rest of his life.. or come through all the way and not have to be on any medications

but i also think he helped to heal himself by having a strong will to live.
he was so very close to dieing.. all he had to do was give up

[dab_20]

thats sad! for such a little dog, what a fighter!