Why Do Poodles Have Those Interesting Haircuts?
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.
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When Your Poodle Gets A Bug Bite
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.
When Is It Too Late To Train The Adult Poodle?
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.
What Makes A Poodle Truly Happy?
Do you know what it takes to make your Poodle a happy camper? You might be surprised because the answer is simple: Just you!
Training Your Poodle
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.
The Toy Poodle
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.
