Miniature Poodles

[echodomino]

Can anyone tell me a bit more about them? What are they like to live with etc? You know stuff like that.

I'm considering coming out of the Jacks as my girls have had another scrap today and I can't cope with it any more. They're both ok now and we are taking even more precautions than normal to prevent it happening again but I want something easier to live with in that respect.

I'm not so bothered about noisy but this desire to take everything on is a no no so no more terriers. I like the mini poodles. I want something to do agility with and if it's good enough I'd like to show it too, but that's not as important as the agility.

Sooo?? Any thoughts?

 

[MACCIMOO]

Hi i dont know anything about poodles but i have a norfolk terrier and she is very placid,they do say the norfolks are the most placid terrier

 

[prose]

All I can say is that I've met a fair few snappy poodles at the dog park. I know it's all about how you raise them, but I wouldn't necessarily put them in the laid-back category. If I was to move away from terrier-loving and take on a toy breed--good at agility, and sweet to all--the Havanese would be right at the top of my list. I haven't met a nasty one, and they're such smart little cookies. From their blurb on Wikipedia:

"The Havanese is a very people oriented dog. They often have a habit of following their humans around the house, even to the bathroom, but do not tend to be overly possessive of their people, and do not usually suffer aggression or jealousy towards other dogs, other pets or other humans.

The Havanese's love of children stems back to the days when it was often the playmate of the small children of the households to which it belonged. Unlike most toy dogs, who are too delicate and sometimes too nervous or aggressive to tolerate the often clumsy play of children, the Havanese, with care, is a cheerful companion to even younger children, and this is no small part of its growing popularity around the world."

Papillons are fun agility dogs, too, though they can be a bit yippy.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I think mini poodles are sometimes spoilt, in every sense of the word, by their owners who don't treat them like dogs. They are actually very intelligent. When I was competing in agility there were some cracking min poodles doing agility, a joy to watch them work. Don't know what they are like to live with I'm afraid.

 

[CAYLA]

I have 3 poodles in at the moment..boarders (one our previous resce) they are fab little dogs as MM says thay are super intelligent dogs, they are very loving loyal little dogs provided they are not spoilt to with an inch of their lifes, they are very quick and agile and playfull the toy I have in at the moment is ball obsessed

I will try and get a some picci before they go home today....not sure why..Im sure u have seen a poodle before

I have a mini, toy and standard.

Another thing...the ones I have are very close they panick if the other cries and they are always checking on one another, and snuggle up together

They are high maintenance in regard to clipping out and have to be done frequently.
I would never have u as a poodle fancier ED

but I dont think they would dissapoint.
Another active full of character toy breed I have had a lot ofrecently are papillons (sp) the7y really are super little dogs andvery active when given the chance

 

[MotherOfChickens]

poodles are fantastic dogs although only really have much experience with Standards. very affectionate and clever. am on the list for one next year

like all small dogs I guess they 'suffer' a bit at not being treated like dogs

 

[Misspoppy47]

We have a toy poodle he is eight months old and he is a lovely little dog,not agreesive,loves my whippet cuddles up to her,only barks when the door goes,he is a sweetie.

He does have to be clipped every six weeks but we have a very nice lady that does him for us,he is fast asleep now cuddled next to my whippet.

He loves all the fuss and sleeps with my daughter

 

[echodomino]

I don't mind the clipping, mum's friend is a dog groomer and I wouldn't actually mind learning myself. It won't be for a while any way but I'm definitely coming out of Terriers. I'm not sure about the Norfolks, and I've heard they have a lot of health problems in the breed. And mum's friend knows someone with 5gens of Norfolks and had a mother/daughter scrap too.

I don't like the Havanese. Snappy I can cope with, you can nip snappy in the bud, it's this in-built desire to take everything on regardless of the outcome. Yipping I can cope with too, it's not the noise that puts me off the Terriers.

Agree MM, it would be spoilt as all my dogs but not beyond being a dog as opposed to a baby. I have seen a lot around the agility circuit, that's where I really noticed them. Love the standards but it's got to be a small dog (not keen on the toys though).

Cala - I have seen them before but I'd still like to see piccies

Paps are sweet but I'm not sure whether they'd be too delicate to live with the HWV??

 

[prose]

Ack. You should just go ahead and get a Boston

They're tremendous little athletes, very intelligent, fab at agility, and are sturdy enough to live with big dogs. Stella barks once at the door and that's it. They're called terriers but they're not actual terriers, and get along with all and sundry. Powerful back legs means that they can turn on a sixpence.

Big dog? You think I'm bovvered

Careful jumper

And bar whippets, faster than 99% of other dogs:

 

[MurphysMinder]

Just to add, I think you can get Mother/daughter aggression in most breeds. And lets face it human mothers and daughters can have volatile relationships too

.Its just certain breeds, like JRTs are more feisty, to start with. I have a mother/daughter who I have to keep separate. It is the pack dominance thing coming out, and what we should have done is leave them to sort it out but you just can't with 2 adult GSDs, or I couldn't anyway.

 

[echodomino]

We've never had it before the JRTs. I agree, I couldn't leave the little'uns to sort it themselves - would probably lose one or both.

It's the being more feisty to start with that's the problem, this insatiable desire to clamp jaws and never let go.

I'm going to do more research and thinking, I'm not looking for a while.

 

[DiablosGold]

My YO has 2 and breeds them, as well as standard poodles.

Since meeting them they have become my favourite dogs. They are happy, friendly lovely little dogs. (and obviously don't moult!)

Would be my first choice of dog.

Seen some out doing agility and fab at that too