Poodle (Standard)

The Standard Poodle is a full-sized, athletic water retriever, not just a show-ring haircut. Standards are intelligent, elegant, active, and versatile, with a dense curly coat that requires real maintenance. They often fit families who want a trainable sporting companion and are realistic about grooming.

Living with a Standard Poodle usually means living with a smart dog that notices patterns quickly. Many are affectionate, playful, athletic, and sociable, though some are reserved with strangers. They need exercise, training, grooming cooperation, and mental work. A bored Standard may become barky, anxious, or inventive.

Health planning should include hips, eyes, endocrine disease, skin, seizures, and GDV. Local data flags hip dysplasia, bloat/GDV, Addison's disease, PRA, sebaceous adenitis, and epilepsy. Standards also have von Willebrand's disease and cardiac concerns in some lines. Addison's can be vague at first, so unexplained vomiting, weakness, appetite loss, or collapse needs veterinary attention.

Standard Poodles are usually intelligent, active, people-oriented, and trainable. Many do well with children and dogs when socialized, but they can be sensitive and do best with fair, reward-based training. They need calm greetings, recall, leash manners, grooming cooperation, and a real off-switch. Alone-time is easier when exercise and predictable routines are in place.