Poodle is a lively, alert and graceful dog breed with good body proportions and vigorous movements. Also known as the poodle, it has a wide range of colors and ranks second in IQ in all advertisements. Because the poodle is cute and charming in appearance, docile and does not shed hair, it has been very popular in Japan, South Korea, and China in recent years, especially the red poodle whose appearance resembles a teddy bear. fans.

According to the height of the withers, poodles can be divided into four types: standard dogs, miniature dogs, toy dogs, and teacup dogs. The only difference between them is the size of the body. The shoulder height exceeds 35 cm for the standard type; the height is between 28-35 cm for the miniature type; the toy type is between 28-30 cm for the shoulder height; the shoulder height of the giant poodle is generally between 40-60 cm; the particularly small quilt Commonly known as the teacup type, the shoulder height is less than 20 cm. There are many colors of poodles: beige, chocolate, burgundy, white, black, gray, and even flower poodles are more common colors!

1. How to feed the poodle

How many meals a day the poodle eats, and how much each meal is eaten is the concern and worry of every owner. If you feed too much, you will be afraid that your stomach will not digest, and it will easily lead to obesity. If you feed too little, you will be afraid that it will starve and lack nutrients and will not be able to grow up healthy. Regarding the question of how many times a poodle is fed a day and how much it should eat in each meal, parents really need to study it carefully, because after all, this is a major issue related to the health of dogs.

Attention, poodles have different eating habits at different ages. And it is precisely because the gastrointestinal and physical conditions of different ages are different, so the diet of poodles should also be different. First of all, parents should formulate a suitable diet according to the age of the poodle and its gastrointestinal digestion.

The first stage: During the period from birth to weaning, the poodle receives the nutrients its body needs through breastfeeding of. At this time, parents do not need to prepare other food for the puppies alone, remember that the nutrition of the bitch must be strengthened during this period. At this time, the bitch will feed the poodle puppies. As a parent, you only need to observe patiently. Of course, when necessary, you should take the initiative to guide the bitch to feed the poodle.

The second stage: After the successful weaning, which is about 2 months old, the poodle's diet should be small and frequent meals. , Guaranteed to feed about 5 meals a day. At this time, the gastrointestinal function of the puppy is not strong, and the ability to digest hard food is not enough. Therefore, in addition to eating small and frequent meals, you should also choose some soft, nutrient-rich foods to feed. Note that if you buy puppy dog food, you must also soak it in warm water or milk powder to soften it before feeding the puppy.

The third stage: Poodles from 6 months to about 1 year old can be fed 3-4 meals a day at regular, fixed and quantitative times. Adult poodles, parents can feed it 1-2 meals a day. When the poodle grows to 7 or 8 years old and has entered the aging period, the feeding principle should also be to eat small meals and frequent meals, and the food selected should be highly nutritious and easy to digest. Good to keep feeding about 3 meals.

Second, the daily care of the VIP

If you are ready to raise a VIP, then you must be mentally prepared to raise the VIP, but It takes some of your time to do the daily care! You must know that there are no ugly poodles in the world, only lazy dogs and mothers!

VIPs are proud of their curly hair, and in daily life , Healthy and reasonably styled hair is very important, so it is best to comb the poodle's hair every day to prevent skin problems caused by curly hair knots, and it is necessary to do regular grooming and trimming.

The first tool to comb the poodle's hair, you can use the most common special tool for dog grooming. Many novices do not have a fixed order in the process of combing their hair, and they think which way to comb. This makes it easy to drop some key parts. We should do it step by step, first groom the dog's tail, then the hind legs, then the body, then the front legs, and finally the poodle's head. In this way, some details will be covered. )

During the grooming process, the free hand can hold down the dog's un-groomed fur. Do not use excessive force during the operation, so as not to scratch the dog or cause the dog's disgust. If you encounter those knotted hairs in the process of grooming, you must not be hard, which will cause pain in the dog. For the specific method, you can press the root of the hair with the other hand and comb it with a needle comb. If it is really difficult to comb, you can cut it with scissors.