Horsefeathers! Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 We've decided to go and meet the Standard Poodle I've been agonizing over. I'm still unsure of the name, but I'm hoping that when I meet him, it'll be a little easier to decide. Anyway, I just thought I'd update with the fact that we are at least going forward with meeting him and potentially bringing him home. I've seen him only once, but never had any interaction with him as I was there to pick up ANOTHER Standard (the one with seizures), but I feel like if I drive the hour to visit him, he'll likely come home with me. It will probably be next week as this lady and I have a hard time coordinating our schedules. We have said for years now that we have eight dogs only because we don't want nine. Wish us luck! :-? K, it's a race to see who can acquire the most dogs! So far, I'm winning (if you can call it that :o ). Quote
Carolk9s Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Go HF! Hope it all works out just so. Quote
alicat613 Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Ooooh a new little fluffball! Standards are such cute pups!! Good luck! Quote
sheltielover Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Good luck, HF!!! Hope all works out for you! :D Quote
behle Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 HF - Congrats on your imminent arrival! Good luck on selecting a name! :D Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted September 10, 2003 Author Posted September 10, 2003 Thanks, all! Tomorrow (Wednesday) morning is (tentatively) set for me to go meet him and probably pick him up. I may not have to wait out another week after all. Woo hoo! :-? Oh, K? You still have me beat. I forgot to take into account how many kids you have. You're still WAY ahead of me with mouths to feed. 8) Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted September 10, 2003 Author Posted September 10, 2003 K, uh..... no (but thanks for offering :o ). Well, P____ is here! I already know I'm going to love him. He is, so far, everything I love about my Perry. Awesome disposition, isn't chasing my cats (hasn't as much as given them a sniff... whew), is getting along fine with my other dogs and is just as friendly and lovable as can be. Oh, he is wonderful. He's too good to be true so far... gave him a bath, blowdry and brushout and he was a perfect gentleman. I'm just waiting to see his dark side. He has never been housetrained, so we'll see what kind of battles we have there. So far, so good, but I've been watching him like a hawk. I think he and Perry are going to be great together. Perry really only seems to relate to other Poodles and he has already been trying to play with P____. He NEVER tries to play with any of my other dogs... only other Poodles he sees. I reckon it's from spending the first three years of his life in a Standard Poodle kennel. I never knew dogs could recognize breeds(?). So Perry basically has his own dog :-? . I think it's great that he's trying to play. I know this is a former kennelmate of Perry's, but we believe they are also siblings. How cool is that?? I have brothers!! He's never been a housedog in all his four years, but P____ is stretched out in here fast asleep, as if he's lived here all his life. :iloveyou: :lilangel: Quote
Rowie-the-Pooh Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 Congratulations HF!!!!!!!! 8) Your an angel you! Saving this doggie's life! And it's so cool that they could be brothers! Wohooo! So things are going great, eh? I'm so happy for you! :D Way to go! KEEP US UPDATED! :wink: (And that's an order) Quote
courtnek Posted September 11, 2003 Posted September 11, 2003 I can relate to that. My foxhound (Laurel) was raised in a kennel with other foxhounds all around. She seems to have taken to Freebee ok though, although Freebee isnt a kennel raised dog. Congrats on your Standard!! I like them much better than the miniatures (probably because my neighbors had a really nasty one for many years) Are you cutting the fru-fru cut, or just letting him go au natural...... Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted September 11, 2003 Author Posted September 11, 2003 courtnek napisał(a):Are you cutting the fru-fru cut, or just letting him go au natural...... You mean like this??? :lol: Well... no, but I love that trim and intend to try it on one of my Standards one day (I did it on my Toy over and over and over and.... until I FINALLY perfected it and could do it in my sleep). They are both kind of foofy right now, but have no patterns or puffs or anything. However, I DO love to play with the pattern (fru fru) trims and will be putting them in something kind of fancy-ish before too long as the weather cools off (I kept Perry pretty short for the summer). It's good practice for competition. Besides, there is just something therapeutic about cranking up the music, grabbing clippers and shears and carving out a masterpiece! 8) Anyway, P____ is just plain too FAT to try anything fancy right now! :o Quote
courtnek Posted September 11, 2003 Posted September 11, 2003 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: YEAH, thats the cut I meant..I guess I should caLL it a "SHOW CUT" but Fru-Fru is SOOO much more descriptive... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: It;s just me, but I always thought of that as a "girls cut", I dont think I could do it to a male.... Does it serve a hunting purpose? or is it show only? They were retrievers originally, and I just cant see how that cut would help.... Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted September 11, 2003 Author Posted September 11, 2003 Actually (since you asked :lol: )... It DOES serve a purpose. That's called the continental trim. The purpose of it was to clip away excess hair that weighed the dogs down in the water, but leave hair to cover their vitals and their joints. That's basically where that pattern came from. However, that's the really extreme version of it. Poodles that still work and are shown in conformation are shown in the same pattern, but with much less hair (called the historically correct continental). They don't have the tied topknot and all that. THAT dog could never be kept in that coat and work, too! As a matter of fact, working Poodles who are shown in conformation MUST be shown in that pattern, in the hcc. That's a working pattern taken to an absolute extreme. More useless facts, lol. :D Quote
DogPaddle Posted September 11, 2003 Posted September 11, 2003 Oooh Oooh I maybe can answer this one. The froo-froo cut used to be less extreme and left thicker clumps of fur around the joints, head, ears and chest to keep the dog warm when it did water retrieving in cold weather. Since then it has become more stylistic and extreme. Don't let the froo-froo fool you - Standerd Poodles are excellent sport/hunting/gaurding/protection dogs! Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted September 11, 2003 Author Posted September 11, 2003 That's ok... you're much more concise than I am. :) Quote
courtnek Posted September 11, 2003 Posted September 11, 2003 More useless facts, lol. thank you. There is NO SUCH THING as a "useless fact" I didnt know until I asked.. you guys are THE BEST!!!!! Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted September 11, 2003 Author Posted September 11, 2003 I found a picture of some of the working showdogs. Same pattern, but much less extreme. Is this a little less fru fru? :lol: Quote
DogPaddle Posted September 11, 2003 Posted September 11, 2003 Somewhat less fru-fru. Is this a grey poodle or a white poodle or has someone died it - I have never seen a poodle with more than one shade in its coat. Quote
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