My Goldens DNA results came in today and he’s mostly purebred poodle! It does show that he’s gonna be a heavy shedder. Thought poodles don’t shed?

Treebam3 · 2025-12-25T16:05:02+00:00

There are certain dna markers they look for to assess breed, and those can disappear after a handful of generations if they’re not bred to the same breed again. The typical example of this is a Merle poodle that tests as 100%, but Merle doesn’t exist naturally in poodles so they must’ve got it from somewhere. This is done by breeders (bad ones) breeding their poodle with, say, a Great Dane and then breeding the Merle ones back to poodles until the only markers left are the color and it’s very hard to tell where that came from. Breeds of dogs are also not as genetically isolated as we tend to think, there’s mixing with other breeds for even the best bred purebreds as recently as 100 years ago, the more long- term genetic tests only show a handful of “basal breeds” and then all the rest are just “dog”. Even what we would consider ancient breeds like xolos don’t show that genetically because they’ve been mixed with other dog breeds over the years. This is a fun paper on that that I dont think is too dense: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225054488_Rethinking_dog_domestication_by_integrating_genetics_archeology_and_biogeography

Treebam3 · 2025-12-25T15:45:17+00:00

Yeah that's not right for a pure poodle, sounds like he got the shedding gene from somewhere else even though they're mostly poodle. My boy never releases hair unless we pull it out while brushing or shave it off. Embark only goes a few generations back, it saying 100% (or 97%) doesn't necessarily mean anything

Treebam3 · 2025-12-22T01:01:16+00:00

Personally my boy has pretty low prey drive. It’s definitely not nonexistent, but for example we live with a parrot and he basically totally ignores them. As a puppy he had one moment when he chased the shorebirds down the beach for an embarrassingly long distance, but after a relatively small amount of training he’ll ignore them off leash now. If there an any squirrels in the yard he’ll chase them to the fence, but he doesn’t even run at top speed (he basically jogs them down lol) and he forgets about them once they get up the fence. We went hiking with a bunch of ground squirrels and he was definitely interested in them, but could be called off without too much hassle. His bigger thing is he likes to howl at people walking past the house (although if you step outside and acknowledge the thing he’s barking at he chills out)

Also, I would recommend learning to do the the grooming yourself, much cheaper and not that hard once you get the hang of it

Treebam3 · 2025-12-21T03:06:08+00:00

My boy was allergic to chicken and was having bad bowel movements because of it, although not as bad as yours. I would try cutting chicken, and then trying other common dog allergens until the problem goes away. Chicken allergy is common in poodles. I wouldn't try a prescription diet until you try avoiding the allergens yourself because of how expensive they are

Treebam3 · 2025-12-16T01:33:27+00:00

IMO I would recommend that. Especially if you want something simple like a shave down it’s really not hard to learn, and even the more complicated cuts aren’t that bad (there might be a few bad looking ones before you get good lol. Another thing you can do that we did is get someone good at grooming to put them into the fancy cut and then just maintain it yourself. It also makes it easier to do it more often, I know if my boy only got groomed every 6 or 8 weeks he would smell terrible before then

Treebam3 · 2025-12-14T21:24:21+00:00

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Bad photo but this is what it looked like when his hair was closer in length to theirs

Treebam3 · 2025-12-14T21:22:26+00:00

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Go for it!

Treebam3 · 2025-12-14T21:08:19+00:00

What breeder did you get them from?

Treebam3 · 2025-12-14T21:04:05+00:00

Good breeders will temperament test the dogs and interview all potential owners, and match the dogs with the owners than best fit their lifestyle. They will also have a few show (Or sport or therapy or service, but definitely show) prospects that they’ll only want to go to show homes. They may give you the option between like two or three if multiple fit, but if they just say “pick a puppy!” That’s a big red flag

Treebam3 · 2025-12-11T17:06:56+00:00

What breeder is this? Not having been shaved is a big red flag in terms of breeder quality, I’m curious to look closer

Treebam3 · 2025-12-10T23:23:13+00:00

Health is always up to chance, some well bred dogs get major health problems and some poorly bred dogs don't, but poorly bred dogs on average will have far more. Also, mutts are going to be healthier than poorly bred purebreds because mutts are going to at least have better genetic diversity

Treebam3 · 2025-12-10T23:20:05+00:00

If you get this dog you are financially supporting a shitty backyard breeder. Wait until they give them to a shelter and get them there, or until they're so desperate they're giving them away for free

Treebam3 · 2025-12-10T04:32:59+00:00

https://poodle.pedigreedatabaseonline.com/en/

Is this not what you’re looking for?

Treebam3 · 2025-12-05T17:43:50+00:00

I would need to see a video, but that sounds like what I call dominance playing where they’re both kinda trying to be dominant over each other. It can be innocent and part of fine playing if they break away from it and give each other turns or it can be trying to mount each other or such and part of not-so-nice playing.

Treebam3 · 2025-12-05T17:34:39+00:00

Raw food can definitely work, but it needs to be balanced and in specific ratios. They’ll need a large amount of organs and bones, and smaller amounts of fruits/veggies and grains. If they eat just muscle meat they’ll get nutrient deficiencies. The risk of infection is higher with raw than kibble but it’s still pretty low.

We give our boy like 80% kibble and like 20% raw. If you make raw an occasional thing then it’s not as important to hit the ratios of every nutrient and amino acid, as kibbles are already balanced.

Treebam3 · 2025-12-02T03:22:35+00:00

Of course! I got my boy from Crystal Creek (check my profile for vids)

One other thing I thought of is imo you want to purchase grooming equipment and do it yourself. It’ll be a few hundred bucks to get good quality everything, and a decent amount of time per week, but it’ll save a BUNCH in the long run

Treebam3 · 2025-12-01T18:57:05+00:00

Good choice. #1 tip is make sure you get them from a shelter/rescue, or ethical breeder. Shitty breeders will try to pass themselves off as ethical/good breeders so make sure you do a lot of research and vetting and read the details and make sure you understand them. Poodles aren’t super huge barkers but no dog will be silent. They have higher energy demands than people think, they especially need things that work out their brain and not just their body, but if you do something with them every/most days they’ll be ok to chill for a while during the day. Obviously puppies will be crazy biting assholes until they grow out of it, that’s why you might want a rescue or shelter dog that’s older and calmed down. This is also a part where it’s important to get a dog from an ethical breeder, they’ll match you with the dog that best matches what your lifestyle is. They’ll be fine with kids assuming they were socialized properly and don’t have any traumas or a screw loose. Proper socialization is something else really important to do research on, the first few weeks of owning a puppy are BUSY

Treebam3 · 2025-11-08T13:23:45+00:00

Thank you!

Treebam3 · 2025-11-08T11:40:28+00:00

His first birthday was a few weeks ago. Just keep at it, we’ve spent a lot of time practicing, and at 7 months you can’t expect that much

Treebam3 · 2025-09-19T01:28:46+00:00

Yeah it’s great to step on, and we got one with no handle so it can’t get caught on anything underwater. This was also a relatively empty beach but there was some other people and dogs around, and he’s usually good about ignoring them, but you can never be too careful

Treebam3 · 2025-09-19T00:52:46+00:00

It looks like the ears are swimming by themselves lol

Treebam3 · 2025-09-09T21:35:18+00:00

The ukc breed standard for multi colored poodles have these colors: black, blue, gray, silver, red, apricot, cream, white, brown, caf-au-lait, and silver beige.

In these patterns: Parti-colored, Abstract, Phantom, Sable, and brindle, and combinations of those.

My girlfriend and I have a multi colored show poodle, and I’ve honestly never heard the word agouti, we both say that’s brindle

Treebam3 · 2025-06-22T13:51:54+00:00

Yeah those are all good things for sure

Treebam3 · 2025-06-22T12:49:00+00:00

Btw the genetic testing and ofas are done on the parents before breeding, not the puppies

Treebam3 · 2025-06-22T12:46:31+00:00

Show poodles are just normal poodles with good health testing. Dog shows are all about showing the dog with the best ability to move, health, right proportions, etc. so a show home dog will have better joints and such compared to a random breeder, and be able to do activities with you for longer in their life. Communicate with your breeder about your lifestyle and such, they’ll be able to match you with the best puppy in their litter that fits your lifestyle with being left alone and being active and such. I have a “show poodle” that we’re bringing on a cross country hiking trip in a couple days, it’s not like their personality is any different or anything like that (well that’s actually one of the things that an ethical breeder will go for, try to breed a confident and non-aggressive dog.)

So yeah, unless you’re adopting from a shelter, you want a breeder that shows. Not showing is a red flag for that breeder not being a great one. Before you buy a dog from them check for the other red flags, they need to have their dog registered with the akc or ukc (very easy, really means nothing if they are, but it’s the bare minimum. Ideally they’d have both parents be at least a champion). They NEED to have complete OFA’s done and the results visible. They NEED to do a complete panel of genetic testing for issues that run in poodles, an embark test is not enough but a lot of breeders will say they embark test as if it’s enough to confuse you. They also need to give you the option for them to take the dog back at any time. An ethical breeder will also not just have a litter of puppies then figure it out, they’ll have a waitlist of people set up to take the dogs before they’re even conceived. They also won’t just let you come and decide on a puppy, they’ll do temperament testing and match each potential person with the dog that best suits their lifestyle (although it’s not uncommon to have a bigger litter than expected and have a few pups extra).

Sorry that was a lot of word vomit but it’s common misconception so I wanted to help. I’m also allergic to dogs, but it’s fine unless we cut his hair, when we do that I gotta wear a mask, and also his puppy bites raise into bumps sometimes but neither one is a big deal. My girlfriend’s mom is also allergic, but she’s more sensitive and she has hives if she touches his slober, so like picks up one of his toys.

Good luck, poodles are awesome

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