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The multi-colored Standard Poodle is the total package: pretty, playful, and proud. These family-friendly dogs have good looks and even better personalities. They’re smart, sensitive, and make wonderful companions. The multi-colored Standard Poodle’s classic coif will catch your eye, but their sweet personalities will capture your heart. Full-grown, they typically weigh 45-70 pounds and stand 18-24 inches tall.

Multi-Colored Standard Poodles are generally excellent with children of all ages. Multi-colored Standard Poodles are family-friendly dogs that get along well with children and other animals. They may snap or get rough with little kids, but socialization and training help curb these bad behaviors. They're fairly vocal dogs that bark regularly.

A Standard multi-colored Poodle needs much more activity than its miniature or toy relatives. They enjoy long walks and outdoor exercise, like swimming and playing catch. Standard multi-colored Poodles are also fond of retrieving, as they were originally bred as hunting dogs. Overall, their exercise needs are high.

Multi-colored Standard Poodles have frizzy, wooly coats that are of course, multi colored. There are three popular Poodle grooming styles: the puppy clip, continental clip, and English saddle clip. Dogs with the puppy clip have a shaved face, throat, feet, and tail. Grooming-wise, this breed is fairly high-maintenance. Multi-Colored Standard Poodles are considered hypoallergenic, which can be a plus for allergy sufferers.

Multi-Colored Standard Poodles are best suited for apartments and smaller homes. They enjoy spending time inside and outside and are content in an apartment or home setting. They are highly trainable and eager to learn.

France has been officially recognized as the Poodle’s country of origin, but the Poodle’s earlier ancestors came from central Asia. The German variety has probably influenced the modern breed most (‘Poodle’ is German for ‘splash’ or ‘puddle’). In 18th and 19th century Europe, the Poodle served a wide variety of purposes, including duck hunting, guiding, and later circus performing, from whence the modern grooming style likely arose. The Poodle became a popular pet for the French aristocracy, and in time was officially adopted as the national dog. Poodles were imported to America in the 20th century. They slowly rose in popularity and eventually became the country’s most popular dog. Famous Poodles include author John Steinbeck’s dog Charley, subject of the book ‘Travels with Charley: In Search of America’, and Weird Al’s Poodle Bela, who…uhm… sat on his head for the album cover of ‘Poodle Hat.’ Full-grown, they typically weigh 12-55 pounds and stand 10-15 inches tall.

Standard Poodles are generally excellent with children of all ages. The Standard Poodle gets along well with other animals, other dogs, and children. Standard Poodles are highly adaptable and make good watchdogs. They're moderate barkers — they'll alert you when something's up but aren't excessive.

The Standard Poodle requires substantial amounts of exercise. Standard Poodles require long walks and outdoor activities such as swimming or playing catch. The Standard Poodle is fond of retrieving, as it has origins as a hunting dog. Overall, their exercise needs are high.

The Standard Poodle has a distinctive fine, frizzy, wooly coat similar in texture to sheep’s wool. Solid white is most common, but the coat may also be solid grey, brown, apricot, or black. There are three distinct grooming styles for show Poodles: puppy clip, continental clip, and English saddle clip. Grooming-wise, this breed is high-maintenance. Standard Poodles are considered hypoallergenic, which can be a plus for allergy sufferers.

Standard Poodles are best suited for apartments and smaller homes. They are highly trainable and eager to learn.