About the Breed
Standard Poodles are intelligent, elegant, and athletic dogs, originally bred in Germany as water retrievers but later refined in France. Known for their distinctive curly coat, which is hypoallergenic and often styled in unique cuts, Standard Poodles have a dignified appearance but a friendly, playful nature.
Disciplines: Obedience, Agility, Hunting and Retrieval, Therapy and Service Work, Trick Training, Scent Work.
Traditional Breed Specific Genetic Tests:
✓ Chondrodystrophy (CDDY and IVDD Risk) with or without Chondrodysplasia (CDPA)
✓ Congenital Methemoglobinemia
✓ Degenerative Myelopathy (Common Variant)
✓ Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Poodle Type, Variants 1 and 2)
✓ GM2 Gangliosidosis (Poodle Type)
✓ Hereditary Cataracts
✓ Multidrug Resistance 1
✓ Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures
✓ Osteochondrodysplasia
✓ Progressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration
✓ Progressive Retinal Atrophy, Rod-Cone Dysplasia 4
✓ Von Willebrand Disease I