Standard poodles and kids... experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a shih tzu, Havanese, or Llasa apso. Also hypoallergic, but bred to be companion dogs. Not as smart as poodles, though.

M

I have two standard poodles – agree that they are very high energy, can be fairly territorial, and you need to be prepared for the grooming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get a shih tzu, Havanese, or Llasa apso. Also hypoallergic, but bred to be companion dogs. Not as smart as poodles, though.

M

I have two standard poodles – agree that they are very high energy, can be fairly territorial, and you need to be prepared for the grooming.

Territorial? I haven’t read about that with poodles.

[Anonymous]

Standards can be mixed with small kids. My family has had several. One out of, maybe seven? Had to be re-homed for being aggressive and biting a kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Standards can be mixed with small kids. My family has had several. One out of, maybe seven? Had to be re-homed for being aggressive and biting a kid.

Agree. Our standard poodle was the sweetest boy. Not an aggressive bone in his body. That said, he was very exuberant and that scared little kids. We had to train him not to jump on kids. What helped is that he had an "place" (a cot). We would sent him to his place when we needed him to calm down - such as when someone rang the doorbell.

To the person who said SPOOs are territorial. Mine was not at all. IF he got out, he would only wander as far as two houses away and a neighbor could come and take him by the collar and return him home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^. I am the above poster and I should share, via my research prior to adopting my mini, I was considering another standard poodle and concluded that if I get a standard again I would contact Piccolo Poodles as their dogs are beautiful and the breeder is the type I look for

Thanks, PP! Appreciate the rec. I've started researching std. poodles and am hoping to find one that breeds for temperament, and doesn't dock tails/remove dewclaws (at least no docking tails). It seems in some ways the AKC breeders for conformation and breeding for temperament are mutually exclusive.

I got one of my current Standards from an unconventional but reputable and ethical breeder who breeds for temperament and offers docked as well as not docked tails. We are VERY happy with our poodle from her. She is worth calling if you want to see what a breeder who is really going for temperament and would sell undocked tails is like. She has very limited litters per year since she breeds at her house and her puppies are raised in her home with her kids. Her website is down right now but you can find her on FB. https://www.facebook.com/ravenrockstandardpoodles

Our sweet girl is from here, too. The Harry Potter themed litter. She is perfect in every way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^. I am the above poster and I should share, via my research prior to adopting my mini, I was considering another standard poodle and concluded that if I get a standard again I would contact Piccolo Poodles as their dogs are beautiful and the breeder is the type I look for

Thanks, PP! Appreciate the rec. I've started researching std. poodles and am hoping to find one that breeds for temperament, and doesn't dock tails/remove dewclaws (at least no docking tails). It seems in some ways the AKC breeders for conformation and breeding for temperament are mutually exclusive.

I got one of my current Standards from an unconventional but reputable and ethical breeder who breeds for temperament and offers docked as well as not docked tails. We are VERY happy with our poodle from her. She is worth calling if you want to see what a breeder who is really going for temperament and would sell undocked tails is like. She has very limited litters per year since she breeds at her house and her puppies are raised in her home with her kids. Her website is down right now but you can find her on FB. https://www.facebook.com/ravenrockstandardpoodles

Our sweet girl is from here, too. The Harry Potter themed litter. She is perfect in every way.

Mine is from that same litter! She is a fabulous dog!