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Compare Poodle
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Size and lifespan
- Typical lifespan
- Poodlefrom 12 years
Exercise and care
- Exercise
- PoodleModerate: typically around an hour a day
- Grooming
- PoodleDaily
- Shedding
- PoodleTends to shed little
- Training
- PoodleUsually eager to learn
Living with others
- Children
- PoodleOften good with children, with supervision
- Other dogs
- PoodleUsually sociable with other dogs
- Cats and small pets
- PoodleOften lives with cats when introduced carefully
These are typical breed tendencies from reviewed sources, never a promise about an individual dog. Read each guide for the detail and ask the breeder or rescue about the dog you are considering.