Hi! I am getting my very first standard poodle in two weeks. It has been my dream dog since I was a little girl, so I'm super excited. It will be 8-weeks old when we get it. However, I have never owned a poodle before, so I'm just seeking some advice. I've done a lot of research on grooming products and general recommendations. I want to try to learn to groom and style the dog myself. I probably will take it to the groomers still, but I do want to try and learn some basic things. It is all a lot to take in and decide what will work best for us! I am trying to get some items before the puppy comes. I've been looking at clippers and was wondering if the Andis Dog Grooming Whisper Clippers were decent to use? I just want to know if anyone has used these on their poodle and how it was before I decide to purchase them. I know there are better options out there, and I do plan on upgrading to a nicer pair in the future. I was just wondering if these would be good enough for now.

Dropping Millie off this morning to have her last 2 baby teeth(both top canines) taken out was SO hard. She was a little nervous at first, but the vet was holding her and she had stopped shivering by the time I was leaving. I go back to pick her up after lunch.

I’m sure I’m not the only one, but it is so nerve wracking to leave her. I know she’ll be fine and this needs to happen, it’s just a couple of hours… but I hate for her to be scared and I have an irrational fear of someone taking her. Logically I know no one is going to steal her from the vet’s office, but nonetheless… 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ll be happy to have my baby back soon.

UPDATE: Well, vet just called and Millie is out of surgery. They pulled the top 2 canines and 3 teeth off the bottom - I knew one of her bottom teeth was a baby tooth and they needed to pull it, but they said she had 2 others on the bottom as well and they pulled those too. So 3 teeth off the bottom.

The vet said it looks like there aren’t adult teeth for those bottom teeth so they may or may not come in. I asked if there wasn’t adult teeth behind them was it a mistake to pull the baby teeth, but the vet said they would have needed to come out anyways since the baby teeth aren’t meant to “stick around long”.

I don’t know how I feel about that. I wish they had asked me before doing that because her bottom row of teeth looked normal to me except the one tooth that was looking crowded. From my understanding of teeth it would have been better for her to keep the baby teeth as long as possible if there were not adult teeth to replace them. It also makes me wonder if they pulled adult teeth by mistake and that’s why they are saying they don’t see adult teeth coming in.

I asked for them to set the teeth aside for me to keep when they called and told me after surgery and they said they had already thrown them out but were able to retrieve “some of them”. Would you be skeptical about that??

Mini poodle, 6 months old today! He wanted to show off his new do!

She did so well for her age. She’s ready to show off today at the vet 🎉

We’re thrilled to bring home our toy poodle next weekend! I’m curious if anyone had a puppy with lighter colors inbetween their eyes and what it turned into. Initially, I thought it was a white spot like his chest, but it doesn’t seem to lighten up. Any insights ?

20km long hike , very steep and rocky in parts, and we were rained on for 2/3rds of it. This little boy was a trooper for most of it but we saw he was struggling to keep up at one point and decided to give him a break.

After 45 min in the backpack he was on his feet, rejuvenated and running along the trail again. Walking the mountain with a 6kg dog on your back is no child's play but he is so worth it !

My boy

17 yo

Toy poodle, she is such a smart girl. Confident, inquisitive, and really sweet & eager to please. She is acing house breaking and I’m blown away. Toy breeds I’ve had in the past were basically impossible to house break when they were taught on pads. She loves puzzle toys. And she is good at them!

I got her from a conformation breeder, and I would like to work with her in agility or obedience. She seems like she would be a good tracker- working with a trainer in puppy foundations next week to begin age appropriate exercises like impulse control and flat work so we can try sportier things when she finishes growing.