Chaconne

Hi All, I'm looking for a groomer in the Maroondah/Whitehorse/Yarra Ranges area who is good with poodles, the groomer I was looking to use is retiring, and my pup's breeder does not know my area at all, and knows of no-one there. I am looking to learn how to groom Chaconne myself eventually, but I want her to be introduced to gromming in the most stress free environment possible, and I would like to learn from a person, rather than just the book. If anyone has reccomendations that would be fantastic :rolleyes:

thanks for all the tips guys! I've borrowed a plastic crate from one of my friends, and will be taking her home in that.. safer, easier to clean if any wees, vomit etc. miss the towels and wont lead to her having any negative associations with her actual wire one thanks

Thats what I was thinking of doing, having someone else with me who would drive of course! Just wanted to make sure that was safe to do, the car is a pretty safe one, and we dont drive like maniacs haha

Hi everyone, I'm very exited at the moment, becuase its only 5 days till i bring my beautiful girl home! I was wondering though, what is the best way for me to bring her home? I have her crate here, but I'm not sure if I should use that because dogs generally need to be indroduced to it (ie. have some food and toys put in there and chance to explore) and I'm not sure if she would associate the confution of leaving the breeders with the crate after that.

oh, more replys! thanks guys :cool: Thanks for the photos poodle_wrangler! that'll help me find what I'm looking for in the store much faster... its definatelly strange that its called a "greyhound comb" I don't remember them having much fur to begin with With the ears getting in the food, whould it help if she wore a snood or something similar while she ate then?

Thanks everyone for your replys I deffinatly will have the crate in my room then, even if my family come to regaurd me as a crazy dog woman haha, atleast I'll have a well toilet trained dog in the end Ok, so a slicker brush and a metal comb? I am planning on learning how to clip and groom her myself, but first I think it will be trips to the groomer every 6 weeks until I'm confident enough.. till then I'll be happy brushing her every 2nd night. Not having to get another kennel is good... our current dog doesn't even use hers much anyway

Hey Everyone, I'm very excited at the moment because after lots of learning here at DOL (I cant thank you guys enough ) and planning, I'm finally getting my toy poodle puppy in 4 weeks! (photos at bottom of post :p ) I do have a couple of questions still though.. With crating, many of the threads say that people have the crates in their rooms while the puppy is being toilet trained, and that they get up every 3 hours to take out the pup, or they have some way of knowing when the pup needs to go, like a bell on their collar so you can hear when they begin to get restless. Now I'm fine with this, but when I was explaining to my family (they didn't know what crating was so I had to explain it) they thought that this was over the top and that I should have the crate in the laundry with the door open so the pup can walk out and go on some newspaper (the crate would be, they suggested, in a playpen lined with newspaper). However, would this defeat the purpose of crating in the first place? Or could it actually help avoid her developing seperation anxiety later? Also, I'm not sure about the size of crate to get.. I'm looking at the puppypower77 ebay site and everything is in inches! Also, with kennels (she wont be living outside, but I want her to have a kennel incase she wants to go in there if I'm in the backyard and she's with me) I was wondering if I should get her one of her own, as we have an older dog (small fluffy bitzer thing but we love her) so we already have a kennel, but I was wondering if she would be territorial about it? she doesn't really go in there much, she likes her snooza bed better... and she shared the kennel she had before this one with her sister (who passed away a few years ago). Final question haha: This is more a poodle people one, but I was wondering what grooming tools you guys find best? As in, what kind of brushes and combs suit the poodle's coat? Sorry about this mammoth post... heres some puppy photos as your reward Her name is Chaconne :p Four weeks old, being held by the breeder Three weeks old Three weeks old again, and very interested in something on the floor Edit: i can't spell haha

Thanks for all your help everyone, it's really really appriciated

I don't have the puppy yet, that's why I'm asking now. She wouldn't be in the crate very long during the day, but it would be her sleeping place so she'd be in their all night.. therefore my question being, does she have to be let out intermittantly during the night or will she be fine while she is asleep?

With crate training I've noticed that time limits apply to how long a dog is able to be inside the crate for, does this appy when the dog is sleeping at night? Do I have to get up and take her out the toilet itermittantly during the night or will she's be alright? Thanks