Despite its elegant appearance, and its fancy-looking coat, the Poodle is a ‘light-hearted’ breed of dog that is friendly, high spirited, happy, and home loving. It can make an ideal companion animal. The Standard Poodle is considered to be good with children and good family pets. Poodles are often underestimated for their intelligence by people unfamiliar with the breed. Poodles are smart, eager to please, and are versatile – they excel in obedience training and canine sports and can master many tricks. They seem to enjoy showing off and have been featured in circus performances. Poodles can be energetic dogs and require up to 1 hour of exercise per day. As an intelligent breed of dog, they would also enjoy any form of exercise that encourages mental stimulation, for example, being given the opportunity to explore off lead (in a safe environment), agility training, obedience training and dog parks. They also make great emotional support dogs. The early Poodles were water-loving dogs that were used as retrievers for duck hunting and were also used for sniffing out truffles. Their long dense curly coats, or corded coats, were somewhat inconvenient when the Poodle was swimming through marshes after felled birds. Poodles were therefore often clipped in a variety of ways to minimize tangle and mess, and free up movement, but at the same time continue to offer some protection to the body and joints. These early, practical, clips were the prototype for the more decorative clips
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Four Aces Poodles
of Northern California
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I grew up wanting a poodle; it only took me 59 years to finally have one!! My boy, Schatzi, is an amazing creature!!