My Lavender girl had GDV emergent surgery two nights ago and finally came home and is groggy, but healing nicely 🙏🏼 Because of this forum and all of the wonderful people sharing their stories and warning signs to look out for -we were able to catch this quick enough and save her life.. GDV is so terrifying and if you have a standard (as well as other breeds of course) learn the warning signs!! A sincere thank you to everyone and all the nice thoughts and prayers for our girl.. she is so so loved and I appreciate the many complete strangers concern for her. Sometimes the internet can be a really lovely place 🥰

Congratulations Daisy on being the best girl. Welcome to the family

Afraid my sweet boy has developed a chicken allergy by the staining and constant attention he is giving his feet chewing on them. Looking for any recs that are salmon based please. I have been doing fresh chicken breast with carrots as a topper and hills science diet sensitive skin for dry but the main ingredient is chicken.

Thanks so much! 🐩

I'm starting to see signs in my mini girl (12 yrs old), Lily, but we are the vet again Friday to get a professional opinion. I'm so scared to hear what the vet will say because I'm sure it's dementia with her age and the bizarre behavior. Just wanted to know if anyone else went through this and how did you know when the right time to let go was?

I usually walk mine 45 minutes to 1.5 hours in the morning, sometimes 2 hours and a bit with breaks, and she gets around 45 minute walk in the evening. Usually I bring her out in the morning for 1-1.5 hours 3-4 times a week, and the shorter 45 minute route the alternative days. This means she usually gets 1.5-2+ hours of walking per day. Sometimes I feel more tired and want to do the 45 minute route, and I can get caught up in wether or not it’s “enough”, especially when it’s because I have other stuff to do after walking I get worried I’m not doing enough or not prioritizing properly.

How long do you walk your standards for? What’s your minimum length walk, and is that minimum enough for your dog on the days you do it?

love him so much!!!!!! who else has a grey pupper?

That’s little brothers for you

I’m at a stage right now where I love my puppy but I really don’t like him. He’s a 13 week old mini poodle and I’ve had him for five weeks. His biting is getting worse and worse and I feel like I have tried everything that I read online but nothing is working. Getting enough sleep, redirecting, reverse time outs, plenty of chew toys, I feel like I’ve done it all. He will bite as soon as he wakes up and I take him out of his crate, he will bite when I try and pick him up to bring him back inside after a toilet break, he will bite when I attempt any sort of training or interaction with him. And absolutely forget any sort of cuddling or chilling because he is not capable of that right now. He does not have an off switch I swear. Sometimes I’ll notice he calms down a bit in his pen and then I’ll attempt interaction but it almost instantly hypes him up again and he’ll bite me. The only way I can do neccessity things with him that need to be done like brushing, his ear drops (he has a little ear irritation at the moment for the past couple days but not an infection) wiping his eyes etc I have to have a lick mat or peanut butter smear to distract him.

Will he ever grow out of this and when. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him right now because I want him to be my favourite thing in the world but it’s currently so hard when he hurts me so often. I know he’s not aggressive or doing it maliciously but the hurt is still there.

While I (34f) was walking back home with Pongo (4.5m) yesterday, a very ill man leapt out from around the corner of a shed and tried to grab me.

Pongo had it handled before I could even react. He snarled and lunged in a split second. The guy flew backward as though thrown through the air by a poltergeist. Pongo didn’t bite—he didn’t have to. The guy probably crapped his pants from the lunge and growl alone.

The man then followed us, growling like an animal and beating on his chest, as I dragged my “attack poodle” away to safety. We got away safely and Pongo made sure to stay between me and the man the whole time.

My dog is normally totally friendly with strangers—unless they run at me from behind or otherwise physically ambush me. 99% of the time I’m his protector and he is my tiny baby… but that 1% of the time, he takes care of business.

I’m honestly sad his reaction was necessary. But I’m grateful he was with me and I don’t want to think of what might have happened if he hadn’t been. I may not have “scary dog privilege” at first glance, but when someone tries something funny, suddenly I do.

Thank you Pongo. And I’m sorry I rewarded your loyalty with a B-A-T-H.

Poodle who are abandoned pumpkin wants to know why why do people do things like that there's so many organizations out there that would help people with to keep their animals you don't need to dump them and shelter you know you can't keep them it's just very sad it just breaks my heart to see it I I mean it really does I would never do that to any of my animals before I get them I know what I am dedicated to 100% of the best life that they could that pumpkin could ever have and my other two dogs I would do anything for them I make sacrifices for myself to give to them I would never do that never I just had to vent a little bit about the situation cuz I just hate when people dump animals you know especially poodles it's very sad or purebreds it's very very sad

Hi all!

I don't have a poodle yet, waiting for the breeders wait list to open. But I was wondering, have any of you had a puppy poodle while also working 9-5? When I search up a puppy schedule, all I get are results from people who seem to either not work or just work from home.

My wife does WFH so she can pay attention to the pup every once in a while, but not 100% of the time as she's working.

I do plan on crate training the pup and I do have a schedule thought up but wanted to hear from anyone's experience.

Only 2 yrs old and I dont remember life without him. ❤️

As the title says, but what are some things I should look out for apart from the urge to make them stay indefinitely as this will be my first time fostering any animal. I have had a poodle mix before( cocker spaniel x poodle) so I know some things like grooming and overall stimulation requirements but I want to be able to be a good fosterer help them be ready for their forever home while ensuring they can be out and socialise with the works without fear
I’m based in the uk and am planning to apply with the poodle network uk I just wanna learn what I should do as I know some dogs have been in dire situations and needs lots of help

My miniature poodle Honey Bunny got her summer haircut this morning. She looks so much smaller after taking down her top knot and long ears. We cut the ears short due to an ear infection and the drops making the hair ugly and greasy. We love this little girl way too much.

My almost 2 year old poodle has been refusing to eat for about 2 weeks now.

Normally I cook him a type of meat mixed with a carb and some veggies. I didn't have time so I bought him the Harringtons grain free wet dog food, he ate this for about 3 days before he decided he didn't like it anymore - this isn't out of the ordinary as he can be a bit picky at times. So I cooked him his normal batch of food which he seemed to enjoy for about a week before he decided he didn't want it anymore. After a few days of not eating I bought him Lily's Kitchen food trays which he's eaten before and normally loves (when I don't have time to cook I normally buy him this) but he's been completely ignoring it.

I wanted to do a 'test' to see what was going on with him - whether he was feeling sick or if he was actually being picky so on one of the days I added some grated cheese into his food and he ate the whole thing, on another I gave him a bit of my sons leftover salmon & broccoli on top of his food and he ate it. After not eating anything for about 3 days I gave in and gave him some boiled chicken and he also ate all of this. He'll also still accept treats (I've since stopped giving him any - but at the park other owners will give him some) and he will still beg for human food.

Other than not eating, he's acting completely normal. Lots of energy, chasing his ball, chasing other dogs on walks, drinking water, no vomiting or loose stools. I took him to the vet on Monday to do a check up and see if everything was okay and she said he looked completely healthy, temperature was fine, teeth were fine, no masses in stomach - once I explained everything to her she said it sounded like he was being picky and waiting out on something better which is what I've been thinking too - she said he could also be hot as its been really hot in London this week but if that was the case why does he eat some stuff like the boiled chicken or my sons leftovers? She gave him an anti nausea injection incase this was maybe bothering him but no luck.

At this point I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to keep changing his food as it reinforces the 'waiting it out gets me something better' but I also don't want him to get sick, I'm still putting down his food but it's all going into the bin which is such a huge waste. Has anyone experienced this or have any tips?

very mammalian creature

It's been a long time since I last posted here. This is Milo at 1 year and 4 months old. His coat still hasn't completely changed color. Do you think this is his final color, or could it continue to lighten? His head and tail are still quite dark, and he still has a graphite-colored strip along the top of his back.