My wife bought a Minature Poodle today

[USAwx1]

That LOVES to sh!t all over my floors. HELP ME

Advice needed and lots of it from anyone who might have experience w/ this type of dog. Thanks.

[CajunMama]

I have a toy poodle....definately an "alpha" dog! How old is the dog? Poodles are highly intelligent and very trainable. I would suggest some type of obedience school. I did that with Buster but I was the lazy one so he didn't learn all that much!

[Skywatch_NC]

You'll have to talk to streetsoldier as he has an apricot poogle named Annabelle...she be a 'ho.

Eric

[Josephine96]

LOL about the dog being a hoe.. lol

[Skywatch_NC]

LOL about the dog being a hoe.. lol

Yes, Bill describes his pooch w/ that moniker...I've always wondered what ho means, too.

Eric

[Josephine96]

LMAO! I can't believe he'd consider his dog a ho lol

[Skywatch_NC]

Probably meaning hound...although a poodle family breed is obviously not a true hound.

Eric

[USAwx1]

I have a toy poodle....definately an "alpha" dog! How old is the dog? Poodles are highly intelligent and very trainable. I would suggest some type of obedience school. I did that with Buster but I was the lazy one so he didn't learn all that much!

The Dog is 6 months old, and NOT trained. Obedience school is a thought for both the dog AND my wife.

[Brent]

The Dog is 6 months old, and NOT trained. Obedience school is a thought for both the dog AND my wife.

HAHA... ROFL!!!!

[stormie_skies]

LOL Awwwww, you know he will grow on you, they always do! Congrats on the new family member! I have a new family member too .....hes a Boston Terrier and only 10 weeks old.... and as you can see, hes already making trouble

[Opal storm]

That LOVES to sh!t all over my floors. HELP ME

Advice needed and lots of it from anyone who might have experience w/ this type of dog. Thanks.

Yeah..um,here is some advice,GET RID OF IT!!!!!!I'm not trying to be mean but it's the truth,I had one of those things once and I almost killed myself .Those poodles are crazy!You and your wife might like a cat better,cats just sit around the house all day and do nothing

[Skywatch_NC]

My best friend Ken (now lives in CA)...when he was a kid he and his family had a mutt...all it did was crap around the house.

Was kind of hard to go over to his house for visits and if you did...had to dodge 'em like patties in a pasture!

Eric

[streetsoldier]

Annabelle (she be a ho') earned that name because, when "people food" is present, she is absolutely SHAMELESS!

"I'm HERE...you got PEOPLE FOOD! GIMMESOME!" She rolls over like the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, "Gimme some belly...gimme some EAR..." BRAZEN li'l hussy...ANYTHING for "people food"!

Other names we have for her are..."Best of Ho', Thing of Things and Ho' of Ho's, Fluffball, Lady Astor's Pet $#!+, Her Royal Poogleness (she lets us live here, and signed the leash)," etc.

Anyway...poodles are among the three most intelligent breeds, and your miniature poodle is eminently trainable; a good obedience school should help immensely, but you have to stick to it.

[Stephanie]

I would make sure that you take your dog out after each meal, once or twice during the day and before bed. Get into a routine with him/her. Obedience school would be a definate plus.

Stormie skies - your Boston is ADORABLE! I have one too - Rudy.

[mf_dolphin]

You'll have better luck with the poodle! At least they're trainable

[USAwx1]

That LOVES to sh!t all over my floors. HELP ME

Advice needed and lots of it from anyone who might have experience w/ this type of dog. Thanks.

Yeah..um,here is some advice,GET RID OF IT!!!!!!I'm not trying to be mean but it's the truth,I had one of those things once and I almost killed myself .Those poodles are crazy!You and your wife might like a cat better,cats just sit around the house all day and do nothing

IF I suggest that I will be the one that "GOES". LOL

[Lindaloo]

Was just about to say that USA. lol.

Poodles are extremely intelligent. Did not know the puppy was already 6 months old. So the need to start the training is now. Although with an older puppy this should be easier. Steph said it best though. You should get the puppy on an eating schedule then take him/her outside after every meal. Be sure you reward the puppy with treats everytime you see him/her use the bathroom outside and say "good girl" or "good boy" ALOT!!

Obedience school is okay but you have to go with the dog. Some of us who work find this does not fit into our schedules.

[Skywatch_NC]

Unless there are some professional dog obedience instructors out there who would come to your house for a reasonable fee...surely there are some.

Good luck!

Eric

[j]

oh boy...I hate to say it, but you are in big trouble my friend.

I was just a youngster of 13 or 14, but I can remember THAT dog clear as day.

It was an Apricot Poodle named Cricket. Cute little Cricket had bowel trouble which ultimately became the anal explosion of the century. We had a rule in our house, first one up had to clean up the s**t. So...needless to say, on the weekends, I wasted away half my weekend waiting for somebody else to get up first. It became a battle of wills of who could stay in bed the longest. I became an expert at holding my own bodily functions while waiting for my poor unfortunate sister to make her way to the bathroom, most assuredly dodging mammoth piles on the way. Only then could I non-chalantly make my way to the kitchen, excused of s**t clean up duty. I would laugh, my sister hated me, and the dog became public enemy #1.

In the end, there was an incident to end all. This time we were all up watching TV when the dog started spinning in circles at the back door...s**t flying in all directions in a radial pattern. It was on the kitchen cabinets, on the walls, all over the back door.

THere wasn't anything the Vet could do (they actually could not find anything medically wrong with this dog) and Cricket went down early. I felt bad as did the rest of the family. My Mom had another poodle named GiGi who had no problems holding it till she got outside.

Good luck!

[USAwx1]

oh boy...I hate to say it, but you are in big trouble my friend.

I was just a youngster of 13 or 14, but I can remember THAT dog clear as day.

It was an Apricot Poodle named Cricket. Cute little Cricket had bowel trouble which ultimately became the anal explosion of the century. We had a rule in our house, first one up had to clean up the s**t. So...needless to say, on the weekends, I wasted away half my weekend waiting for somebody else to get up first. It became a battle of wills of who could stay in bed the longest. I became an expert at holding my own bodily functions while waiting for my poor unfortunate sister to make her way to the bathroom, most assuredly dodging mammoth piles on the way. Only then could I non-chalantly make my way to the kitchen, excused of s**t clean up duty. I would laugh, my sister hated me, and the dog became public enemy #1.

In the end, there was an incident to end all. This time we were all up watching TV when the dog started spinning in circles at the back door...s**t flying in all directions in a radial pattern. It was on the kitchen cabinets, on the walls, all over the back door.

THere wasn't anything the Vet could do (they actually could not find anything medically wrong with this dog) and Cricket went down early. I felt bad as did the rest of the family. My Mom had another poodle named GiGi who had no problems holding it till she got outside.

Good luck!

Sorry to hear about cricket. I would probably feel the same way about Honey as she is VERY affectionate dog. I just can't deal with having my brand new marble floors covered with crap. And i get stuck cleaning it up because it freaks my wife out. I mean she wanted the dog so badly, and went out and spent hundreds (total bill came to over $450) on shots and vet's visits to get it in shape, she SHOULD clean up the crap.

She bought it from the SPCA (didn't tell me she was going to buy it, or spend that much on it, and i had no idea about it). They apparently were going to put it down if somebody didn't take it.