Posted on 01/24/2007 3:42:37 PM PST by word_warrior_bob
Jakey is getting a baby brother! Feel free to give me name ideas, pure bred Standard Poodle, champion bloodlines, I got him here, http://www.parrishill.com/
I read you shouldn't take the biggest or smallest of the litter, but I also read how to "test" a puppy. Even though he's the smallest puppy he was relaxed when I held him, relaxed when I put him in the cruk of my arm and looked me in the eyes for a long time. He was alert and looked when I clapped and he was the only one who cocked his head to say "what" when I talked to him. He held his own with the other puppies without being too rambunctous. He allowed me to hold him out with no other support and didn't squirm and looked me in the eyes, he allowed me to put him on his back and played and swatted at my fingers. He did all the right things you want from a puppy except he was the "runt" of the litter. I was assured that there should only be a difference in height of all the puppies of about 2 inches anyway. I'll post more pictures when I get him in 3 weeks, in the interm I will visit and handle him as much as possible so that the move is less stressful for him. On to the pictures!
great thread...thanks for headsup. Your new baby is adorable & the other pix & comments on the thread show how many doggie FReepers there are. (fome of us are canine & Feline FReepers)
Not that I don't love ANY dog, I do, but until you've actually owned a Standard Poodle you really have no idea how smart they are.
They say that the average dog has the intelligence of a 3 year old child, you said a 5 year old, that's exactly the difference, my poodle is like a 5 year old child in curiosity, intelligence, etc. he just can't speak English but he can "talk".
The amount of communication you have with these dogs is mystical, he has a large vocabulary and if you use a phrase he's not familiar with he will cock his head and say "what", then you repeat it and show him a few times what the new word or phrase is and he gets it.
Hmmm...no soy and no corn.
I like that.
[Ibizans shouldn't have either of those items]
I'll check around and see if anyone here carries it.
My puppy is never going to eat dog food, he will eat a "raw" food diet with all of the same things we eat, except he will have a perfect nutritional balance, unlike us!
She's concerned about the diseases that can be transmitted through raw meat and bones, or through spoilage or poor sanitation.
Be very careful in selecting, storing, and preparing anything raw. Food grade - no butcher discards. And remember to clean your work surfaces thoroughly after the raw meat sits on them.
.. . iow, you'll have to use better-than-human food prep protocol, because cooking kills a lot of germs. So no pork, no bear meat.
Remember that back in the days of dogs running wild and eating raw food, a LOT of them died. They were just wild animals, not family pets, and if one - or a dozen - died, nobody missed them.
You should be able to go to the mfrs website and find a store if one's near you. Or you can order on line.
Moppet. It was the first thing that came to mind. What a cute dog.
Adorable!
Most vets aren't up on nutrition but what you say is right.
Poodles are a little different than most dogs as they have very sensitive stomachs and are succeptible to bloat and other problems. One of the top breeders of show dogs in England has always kept her dogs on a raw diet with only great results for many years. The same thing goes for my breeder and many others who breed top of the line poodles.
You are right, there will be no butcher scraps, there actually is a place 5 minutes from me where my breeder used to get the meats for the dog when she lived by me many years ago.
I'll be doing the prepping, so no issues there. The recipe is roughly-Green Beans, cauliflower, kale, etc. put in a cuisinart, you add raw meat to it, changing meats all the time and freeze it into sealed portions in the freezer. So the freshness shouldn't be an issue. The meats they can eat are chicken, lamb, beef, venison, maybe another, I forget.
I will ask her about your questions here and if I can cook the meats to be on the ultra-safe side.
Just like if you're going to be a vegetarian, you have to be serious about it.
This vet is a good vet. I've been going to her since 1977 (and now I drive all the way across town - she didn't move but we did). She works dogs in performance (agility) - in fact, she has poodles.
Remember that back in the days of dogs running wild and eating raw food, a LOT of them died. They were just wild animals, not family pets, and if one - or a dozen - died, nobody missed them
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They were likely must more succeptible to eating tainted or diseased meat as well I would imagine. If they get hungry enough they would eat a carcass that was dead for a while.
I wouldn't mind talking to your vet if you want to freepmail me her number and if it's ok with her.
Believe me, I am super protective and paranoid about my dogs and I'm reading as many books and researching as much as I can. I want to know the pros and cons to the raw food diet as I'm a super skeptical person about anything "holistic" and stuff like that for humans.
But if this breeder and the breeder in England have been using this feeding method with good results, I don't think it will be a problem -- so long as you're aware of the dangers of spoiled or tainted raw meat and guard against it.
I'm going to see my vet this week (Ruby is due for her second lepto vaccination, had a bad reaction to the first one, so we're giving it all alone with a prophylactic dose of Benadryl and watching her like a hawk!) and I'll ask her about it.
You've got that right, I am virulently pro science and pro growth for pharmaceutical research, etc. So many people have no idea how much money and time go into developing new drugs. Drugs have gotten better and better and the opposition to the companies have gotten louder and louder, go figure. I might be taking a position with a company that helps promote new drugs which have gotten to stage 3 in development. You work with the leading doctors in the field and science to determine the benefits and detriments of the drugs and comparison to similar drugs, etc. I would like to specialize in one of the last great frontiers in science and medicine, the human brain. Before anti-depressants etc. many lived horrible lives before these drugs were developed. Most people who are "homeless" are struggling with undiagnosed mental problems. I'm interested in doing a study with some of these people and seeing how many who have mental issues can become productive members of society with the proper medication.
It is absolutely marvelous to see the suffering modern pharmaceuticals have alleviated -- all the way from Pepcid for tummyaches and Claritin for sniffles up to the major psychiatric drugs. My son has severe ADHD (he's not one of the kids in the penumbra whose teachers THINK he has it) and he can actually function in school with the help of one of the new non-amphetamine medications. My husband was a martyr to asthma - nothing really worked - until the new Advair inhaler came out. Now he can run with the dogs, ride his bicycle, and practice aikido without fear of bringing on an attack. He still carries his old inhaler "just in case" but he's never needed it. It's like a miracle!
And you're right - the human brain is the great frontier right now. I have friends who would be dead if it weren't for anti-depressants . . . I know sometimes they're misused and have serious side-effects, but people forget the great benefits. Like folks railing against vaccinations who don't remember the polio or measles epidemics and all the poor kids born deaf or blind because of German measles . . .
That's why they are such great companions. They read body language very well, and their vocabulary is phenomenal.
I always start out a pup with learning their toys. Every toy has a unique name/color. Then I ask them to bring me "blue doggie", or "silly squirrel", or "red ball". It's amazing that they can bring you exactly what you ask for.
I hope you enjoy every minute with your new guy, he's so darn cute, and as another poster said, "puppy breath, nothing better".
We need to see some pictures of your current poodles!
He's got those intelligent poodle eyes.
Do you see in my puppy pictures how "Sonny" is always looking at me, he even looked at me when he was nursing. I held other pups too, but he's going to be the biggest people lover in the litter I think.
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