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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: blades on May 16, 2016, 08:31:54 am
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This is Jack, 9 week old Miniture Poodle. Collecting him this coming Saturday... Cannot wait :excited:
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OMG he is gorgeous.
I have a miniature poodle and he is the best dog ever. I'm sure you won't regret getting him.
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he looks beautiful, all the best with it all! :thumbsup:
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What a cutie! Feel free to share pics and stories :)
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:excited: :excited: Enjoy - he looks like mega time wasting material :innocent:
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Thank you everyone... I will take more pictures once we've collected him and back home :thumbsup:
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Some more pictures... We have decided to call him Jack instead of Angus. It just seemed to suit him better and he has taken to it very well. First night went very well, we set up a large cage in our bedroom, his bed covering one half and paper the other half. Put him in the cage at bedtime, 5 minutes of crying, turned the TV and lights off and it was as if we had turned him off. He slept right through until 5am... Not a sound ????
Night number two, much the same except he woke up at 3am needed a wee and a poo. Let him out, did his business and then back in the cage and back out like a light. Our fingers are crossed and we are touching wood that this continues :fc: . It's been a long wait for me as I'm allergic to dogs, cats and horses. I'm fine with sheep and alpacas. I cannot believe how I'm not affected by Jack. If you have allergies to dogs... try a poodle! I have to say, when you see the perfectly groomed poodles at Crufts, with Pom poms etc I would never have seen myself choosing a poodle, but now, coupled with being allergy free around him, his scruffy looks and seemingly well behaved and quick learning temperament... We are delighted with our choice.
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And another one!
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What a brilliant start! Jack suits him. He's a smasher. :love: :dog:
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and another one
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Blades, are you sure you want to keep him? He would make a nice friend for my Archie .........
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He is lovely! I once had a Standard and soon learned how to clip her, like everything it's easy when you know how.
What a good little chap to let you know he needed to go out!
Out of interest you might like to know why show poodles are clipped as they are.
They were used as gun dogs in France many years ago when they were all brown! The clipping was done to let them dry more easily but the coat left on was to keep them more buoyant in the water the bit over their loin to keep their kidneys warm. Even the ribbon in their top-knot was traditional, so the owner could spot them in the undergrowth.
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I think hes a beaut! poodles are one of the least shedding dogs, cant remember why though. You have made a very good choice as theyre quick to learn, love doing tricks and are very obedient. All the best with him and I love the name jack.
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Very cute, congratulations! :)
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An early start for Jack this morning... Jobs done, he's shattered now!!
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Very sweet.
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I hope you dont think I am an interfering busybody at all but I was watching a programme about dogs on iplayer (the right puppy for you I think its called) and in it they say about behaviour in dogs that if dogs are continually picked up and stroked and cuddled they develope aggression, very interesting. They said it was the most common in little breeds. Just thought I would share this info. They also do a section about poodles which is very interesting too. :) He looks sooooo cute and fluffy, wish I had one ;D
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I hope you dont think I am an interfering busybody at all but I was watching a programme about dogs on iplayer (the right puppy for you I think its called) and in it they say about behaviour in dogs that if dogs are continually picked up and stroked and cuddled they develope aggression, very interesting. They said it was the most common in little breeds. Just thought I would share this info. They also do a section about poodles which is very interesting too. :) He looks sooooo cute and fluffy, wish I had one ;D
Yes I watched that programme with great interest and I agree about constant picking up etc can spoil a dog. To be honest, in Jacks case he will get some cuddles from my wife but he's looking as if he's bonded to me as he's out with me around our smallholding most of the day. At just 9 weeks, I aware of him needing plenty of sleep, so currently we go outside, work for an hour then come in and he has a sleep. It gives me a chance to catch up with paperwork that normally I try to avoid >:( ?. I was milling timber this morning and he was happy to sit in the sun and watch from a distance. I'm keen for him to be comfy with machine noise, tractors etc.
So far so good? :thumbsup:
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Delivery for Jack... His bed has arrived!
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Jack's bed is very similar to the one Archie has. I know Jack will love his.
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Im glad to hear it he looks like he is settling in really well. :thumbsup: with everything it sounds really lovely, he looks so cute. I always wanted a poodle are they quite exspensive to buy or are they as much as you would pay for a collie pup?
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My poodle is 4 years old and we paid £450 which is quite reasonable.
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Im glad to hear it he looks like he is settling in really well. :thumbsup: with everything it sounds really lovely, he looks so cute. I always wanted a poodle are they quite exspensive to buy or are they as much as you would pay for a collie pup?
We paid £625 for him, KC registered with a couple of champion grandparents. I think with all the poodle mixes happening out there, the price has slowly become high.
Realistically, he could earn himself a good living mating with any young lady to produce a 'doodle' of some kind ha ha.
One thing we noticed while searching... There seems to be quite a few standard poodles available but it took us a few months to find a quality litter of miniture poodles from a home environment. We we able to visit with Jacks mum and dad and saw his siblings. He came from a farming family so was already used to chickens and the like. Some of the so called breeders we contacted about puppies of 8, 9 and 10 weeks old gave poor excuses as to why the mum could not be viewed. Assuming these were connected to puppy farms we gave them a wide berth.
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Blades, I notice that Jack has a white stripe. Is he a parti poodle?
As far as I am aware these originated in America and have mixed colours. I was offered one recently, a farmed puppy, he looked in a real state. He was sitting in a bare crate, with several other puppies, sitting in their own excrement. I would have loved to have him, even if it was just to get him out of those conditions, but the owner wanted £1000 pounds for him and said he would have no trouble getting that.
I hope he and those other puppies found good homes
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Hi Bionic
I had a read of the Parti Poodle website and it explains the definition as -
A Parti Poodle, is a poodle that is predominately white broken with irregular patches or spots of a second colour.
Based on this I'm assuming Jacks not one?
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Hi Bionic
I had a read of the Parti Poodle website and it explains the definition as -
A Parti Poodle, is a poodle that is predominately white broken with irregular patches or spots of a second colour.
Based on this I'm assuming Jacks not one?
Ah yes, I guess you are right. The one I was asked to buy was white with a black ear and a couple of other spots of black