They have beautiful hairdos and are the best show dogs for their elegant appearance and innate performance ability. Poodles make very affectionate family dogs and are known to be very talented.
These dogs are usually purebred, but you can always find them in rescue shelters, often mixed with other breeds like the Maltese. In fact, Maltese dogs are fairly similar to the poodle, making them a helpful alternative. These dogs are very intelligent and are also easy to train, ensuring that they are wellbehaved for their owners. They need to be kept busy and too much free time can leave them with destructive behavior.
The different types of poodles are primarily separate into three categories – standard, miniature, and toy. Unofficially, there is also the teacup breed, which is rather small and isn’t even as big as the incredibly tiny toy poodle.
Toy poodles are about 10 inches tall while the miniature ones are 11 to 15 inches tall and the standard ones are about 15 to 22 inches long. Female poodles weigh about 45 to 60 pounds. Even though the males have the same minimum size, they can become a little heavier than the females when they are fully grown, reaching up to 70 pounds. The variations in size depending on the type of poodle that the user gets, considering how small that the teacup and the toy poodle can be at their full size.