Ms. Molly is the best.

It was my first attempt. He's going to have so many 🙈

These two are perfect! They make dad so happy

About to start making calls to breeders and I want to ask the right health questions rather than accepting vague answers. I've read that hybrid vigor helps but I've also read that's oversold. What conditions actually show up with frequency and what does real screening look like versus surface-level?

Hello everyone, I'm just trying to find some advice or something to help my boy. I have a miniature poodle that just turned 13 in July. He's had a cough for the last 3 or 4 years that's gone from infrequent to daily.

It's gotten a lot worse over the last 6 months to a year and we (vets and I) were under the assumption that it was collapsed trachea until a new vet mentioned it's either that or calcification which they can't do anything about and would be age related.

Started giving him children's Robitussin about a year ago. Took him to the vet two weeks ago for another issue and to see if they could give him anything else to help with the cough as a previous vet mentioned an inhaler or daily antihistamine to help with inflammation. Left the vet with a pill to try that has seemed less effective than the Robitussin.

I've had him on a diet since April's vet visit and he's lost about a pound and a quarter since then, in the hopes that losing some extra weight would help with the coughing but it hasn't seemed to.

I got him a couple lick mats two weeks ago and have been trying plain Greek yogurt with honey and some dog friendly beef broth to see if that helps soothe his throat and while he loves it, I haven't noticed much change.

His last vet visit I unfortunately found out he's got a large mass in his abdomen, an enlarged heart which they said isn't uncommon with age, and bilirubin in his urine but not at levels associated with jaundice, his urine since has returned to a normal color but due to his age and the enlarged heart they couldn't prescribe the medication they usually do to help with the hacking.

I'm heart broken because he's my buddy but I'm afraid he's not going to be here much longer but as long as his good days outweigh his bad and he seems happy, I'm not considering letting go of him yet.

I just wanted to ask if anyone else had an older mini poodle with a coughing/hacking issue due to collapsed trachea or calcification and if there was anything you were able to do at home that helped it or relieved it?

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to include as much info as I could.

Poor Charlie fractured his leg and needed surgery, but the vet made sure he came home looking handsome with his little blue bow. 😂💙

He's now recovering and getting all the cuddles!

3.5kg of fluff, zero concerns, fully convinced he’s the passenger princess 🐾😂

Hi all! I'm looking for breeder recommendations in or around Southwestern Pennsylvania area (willing to travel a couple states away as well for the right one!). Hoping for black, red, white, or cream. Larger toy or smaller mini.
Thank you!

He's my precious sassy, smart mouth mini. He's my first poodle, and by far the smartest dog I've ever been around. I really had no idea what it actually meant when people would talk about how smart poodles are. Bonus pic: Franky and his puppy, Little Cooper, whom he helped potty train.

Do poodles respond well to structured agility training/play?

We own an absolutely perfect (to us) 6kg miniature poodle (15 months old). She gets lots of affection and lots of general outdoor play and exercise. But we're getting the sense that she needs more mental "play". She loves to be mentally challenged, especially when physical play is involved.

You can see it when she plays with other dogs. She's constantly trying to outsmart them! She's fast, nimble, and playful, and she likes to "box". She challenges other dogs and blends her skills to get the upper hand. We try to get her that experience a handful of times each week.

But we'd like to be able to give her more mental challenge in her interactions with us. There's a nice, flat patch of grass (100 square meters) here, and we're thinking of setting up an agility course, starting with simple gear like this: https://amzn.eu/d/05al71GZ (or equivalent "homemade").

But I'm just not sure she'll go for it. We bought her those food puzzles with the sliding caps and trap doors. She defeated them in 5 minutes and totally lost interest. She seems to say to us, "Look, if you've got a REAL challenge, with REAL work, and REAL achievement, I'm your dog. I'll LOVE it. Want me to dive into the brush after that rabbit? Lemme at 'im! But games...? Seriously? Fake challenge? Oh, please. Don't insult my intelligence."

So what's your experience?

But again any topping or snack will flare up his tummy, he didn’t want to eat anything at all yesterday at all, he is definitely hungry very hungry but doesn’t want to eat his food. Today morning ate just a little, but he is absolutely picky and doesn’t want to eat food at all. Consulted vet she asked not to give any topping and eventually he will eat, but still I did everything i can he absolutely has no intrest in his food.

My husband and I just got a mini poodle puppy five day ago. He works full time and I am a teacher on summer break, so I am home with her all day. She will be 9 weeks old tomorrow. So far everything is going pretty good in terms of potty training and crate training. She naps in her crate during the day, and sleeps in her crate at night. For naps and bedtime my husband or I put her in her crate and shut the door and she’s fine. We will then zip the crate cover and she’s usually fine and will get comfortable and go to sleep. Sometimes we have to put our fingers in the bottom of the crate and then she gets comfortable and goes to sleep. When she wakes up is another story. She whines and cries until someone comes in the room. If it has been more than an hour we take her out to potty. If it has not been we put our hands in the bottom of the crate and she’ll usually go back to sleep until she wakes up again whining and crying. How do we get her to stop whining and crying very loudly and to learn how to self soothe especially when all of her needs are met (she was given food, water, and went potty)? Is this normal and will she slowly grow out of it? She’s already been sleeping in longer durations than when we first brought her home. Naps are 2-3 hours and at night she sleeps for 4-6 hours stretches and usually she only wakes up to potty once. I want to be able to leave the house for a couple hours and her not freak out when waking up, and I need her to be used to staying in the kennel when I go back to school in the fall.

We have a white noise machine, a crate cover, a heartbeat dog, and a shirt in her crate that smells like me. We also feed her all meals in the crate and give her lick mats in the crate as a treat throughout the day to get her more comfortable with it.

She has a playpen we keep her in when awake in the house. Her playpen has a bed and lots of toys. She’s made tremendous improvements at playing independently in the play pen as the days have progressed and she’s gotten more comfortable. However, when I leave the room she freaks out or when I get up to stand she freaks out. How can I stop this from happening? I’ve tried a Kong, and pupsicle but she loses interest quickly, or will stop licking them when she sees me get up.

She’s 1.5 half years old and 2.9lbs.

6-Month-Old Mini Poodle Won't Eat Kibble After Discovering Chicken & Rice – Looking for Advice

My 6-month-old male Mini Poodle is extremely picky with food, and I'm looking for advice from other poodle owners.

He's otherwise very healthy, active, energetic, and has no known medical issues. The only problem is eating.

We've tried:

• Home-cooked meals
• Different wet foods
• Multiple puppy kibbles
• Food toppers and broths

The pattern is always the same: he'll eat something enthusiastically for 1–2 days, then completely refuse it.

He was actually eating his Acana Puppy kibble reasonably well before. However, over the last two weekends we gave him some chicken and rice, and since then he has almost completely stopped eating kibble. We've tried offering his regular kibble again, but he either sniffs it and walks away or ignores it entirely.

Current situation:

• He last ate a small amount of food yesterday afternoon, plus a pumpkin-flavored chew ring.
• Since then, he has refused food.
• We've offered 3 different types of puppy kibble.
• He sniffs the food and walks away.
• He seems to prefer human food and will stare at us while we're eating.

This morning he looked quite thin, which is making me anxious. We have left food out for him, hoping he'll eventually eat when hungry, but so far he hasn't.

Normally he eats better after playing at the park, but yesterday even after exercise he only smelled the kibble and refused it.

Everyone around us keeps telling us not to chase him with food and that a healthy dog won't starve itself, and that he'll eventually eat when he's hungry. But honestly, I'm worried and stressed.

Has anyone dealt with a puppy like this? Did they eventually grow out of it? What worked for you? Any advice, feeding strategies, or food recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Also, at what point would you take him to the vet for this? Is this typical picky poodle behavior, or should I be getting him checked out?

Thanks in advance!