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HRP · 12-11-05, 05:55

My wife added a 2 month old puppy to our menagerie in June. She is a Standard Parti Poodle and is now 45 lbs at 8 months. If you want to see what they look like, the website is:

http://standardpartipoodles.homestead.com/

These are champion dogs and very intelligent. I use this as info re: dog food.
Don't look and don't show these dogs to your wife unless you want to end up with one of them. The breeder uses

Joy Brand professional Chicken and Rice food

exclusively from puppyhood right on up to "old age" and has absolutely gorgeous and healthy dogs (27 of them with more on the way). We ended up calling the company to find out the nearest distributor.
Website: http://www.joypetfood.com/
It was a feed mill 3 miles away from us and the food is $19.75 for 50 lbs and lasts our 2 dogs 3-4 weeks. Our 90 lb 8 year old Bouvier loves it; my son's 2 year old Bouvier loves it, and his wife's 8 week old Schitzu also loves it. We've found that many breeders use this food and get it for $13 bucks a bag in quantity. Check it out! Oh, and the dog's BM's are firm and easy to clean up. And it greatly improved our Bouvier's "gas problems". You really have to be a bouvier afficianado to live with one (you really can blame the dog!), but they're great dogs. The boo is my dog, I like our poodle, but still feel weird riding alone with her in the car. Some of you really macho guys can probably feel comfortable with it, but I still feel a bit strange. But she is an incredible chick magnet and I'm too old and too married to do anything but enjoy looking. (And so far no men have hit on me.)

For the "cowering thing" socialize the dog. Obedience classes are great for this. Take the "wee beastie" out with you for walks, particularly in parks or areas where there are other people and dogs. Pet stores are also great for this. Our dogs love to go to PetSmart. Handle the dog and play with her so she looks forward to you and your touch. Discipline, when necessary, immediately with your voice. We only use physical punishment for snapping at children (a major crime). Immediately and harshly. And our dogs love kids. The bouvier looks like a muppet; the parti poodle looks like something Barbie would keep.

House breaking: walk the beagle frequently, and give immediate praise when she does her business. You cannot use "delayed" punishment or reward. It has to be immediate. Don't feed late in the evening and it won't hurt to limit water after supper and withold it for an hour or two before bedtime. Also, limit her "living" area. A dog will not foul its own "home" if it can help it. We use child gates propped up aginst the door; they don't like the noise when it falls. You can then gradually expand her "living" area to include more of your home as she stops having "accidents". Our female dogs (and we've had a bunch) were all well housebroken by 4 - 6 months. But it took a lot of walks, praise, and dog biscuits. The males always want to mark their territory, even the neutered ones.

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HRP Registered User HRP is offline Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 333	Detailed answers to your questions (probably more than you wanted to know) My wife added a 2 month old puppy to our menagerie in June. She is a Standard Parti Poodle and is now 45 lbs at 8 months. If you want to see what they look like, the website is: http://standardpartipoodles.homestead.com/ These are champion dogs and very intelligent. I use this as info re: dog food. Don't look and don't show these dogs to your wife unless you want to end up with one of them. The breeder uses Joy Brand professional Chicken and Rice food exclusively from puppyhood right on up to "old age" and has absolutely gorgeous and healthy dogs (27 of them with more on the way). We ended up calling the company to find out the nearest distributor. Website: http://www.joypetfood.com/ It was a feed mill 3 miles away from us and the food is $19.75 for 50 lbs and lasts our 2 dogs 3-4 weeks. Our 90 lb 8 year old Bouvier loves it; my son's 2 year old Bouvier loves it, and his wife's 8 week old Schitzu also loves it. We've found that many breeders use this food and get it for $13 bucks a bag in quantity. Check it out! Oh, and the dog's BM's are firm and easy to clean up. And it greatly improved our Bouvier's "gas problems". You really have to be a bouvier afficianado to live with one (you really can blame the dog!), but they're great dogs. The boo is my dog, I like our poodle, but still feel weird riding alone with her in the car. Some of you really macho guys can probably feel comfortable with it, but I still feel a bit strange. But she is an incredible chick magnet and I'm too old and too married to do anything but enjoy looking. (And so far no men have hit on me.) For the "cowering thing" socialize the dog. Obedience classes are great for this. Take the "wee beastie" out with you for walks, particularly in parks or areas where there are other people and dogs. Pet stores are also great for this. Our dogs love to go to PetSmart. Handle the dog and play with her so she looks forward to you and your touch. Discipline, when necessary, immediately with your voice. We only use physical punishment for snapping at children (a major crime). Immediately and harshly. And our dogs love kids. The bouvier looks like a muppet; the parti poodle looks like something Barbie would keep. House breaking: walk the beagle frequently, and give immediate praise when she does her business. You cannot use "delayed" punishment or reward. It has to be immediate. Don't feed late in the evening and it won't hurt to limit water after supper and withold it for an hour or two before bedtime. Also, limit her "living" area. A dog will not foul its own "home" if it can help it. We use child gates propped up aginst the door; they don't like the noise when it falls. You can then gradually expand her "living" area to include more of your home as she stops having "accidents". Our female dogs (and we've had a bunch) were all well housebroken by 4 - 6 months. But it took a lot of walks, praise, and dog biscuits. The males always want to mark their territory, even the neutered ones.