Luci

Greetings from Tennessee!

I am bringing home my new toy poodle just after Christmas. She is a little red/white female, 8 weeks old... she'll be 11 weeks when I get her. I am new to poodle puppies so am looking forward to reading here and getting advice, and making new friends.

Happy Holidays,

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Luci's Mom

lily cd re

Welcome to you and Luci. You are going to have a great 2013 with your baby!

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Catherine
Lily AKC: CGC CD HIT CDX RN RA RE RAE NAJ; APDT: RL-1; CPE: CL1-R, CL1-H
Peeves AKC: CGC BN

MollyMuiMa

Welcome to you & Lucy! Puppies are so much fun and a lot of work too, but we are here to help you in getting over all the bumps in the road....just post lots of pic of baby Lucy as she grows!

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schpeckie

Hi Luci's Mom, and to forum! Glad you joined us and we love to see pictures when you get Luci!
Sylvia & the Girls!

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Abbe gails Mom

Big welcome to you ,and baby Luci. Many poodle people here, they can tell you pretty much anything that you need to know about a new baby poodle. So welcome, your at the right place.

Luci

Thank you ladies for the welcome, I appreciate it!

I can't wait to get my hands on Luci in a few weeks! She's such a cuddle bug. I know I'll have questions about house training and plenty of other things too, so I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again soon!

Speaking of which, any advice on crate training and size of crate before she arrives? I've been given a nice crate which I know is too large for her as it's for a medium dog, but was hoping it might work anyway. I can always get another, but maybe some of you can share your experiences with them.

Thanks again!

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Luci's Mom

lily cd re

If the crate has a divider you can use it with the divider placed so that Luci doesn't have more room than to stand up turn around and lay down again. You want the crate to help you housebreak and since dogs normally won't want to rest in pee or poo this is why you make the crate area so small.

Since you have some time to get ready, go to dogstardaily.com and download (for free) Ian Dunbar's book "What to do before you get your puppy." He is an awesome positive reinforcement method person who really has great techniques for puppy training.

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Catherine
Lily AKC: CGC CD HIT CDX RN RA RE RAE NAJ; APDT: RL-1; CPE: CL1-R, CL1-H
Peeves AKC: CGC BN

kukukachoo

Welcome to the forum from myself , Dude , and Diasy !
I can't wait to meet your new addition!

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Luci

Do you know if they make dividers for crates that don't come with one? I guess I could make one somehow and attach it to the crate wire on the inside...

Thanks!

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Luci's Mom

lily cd re

I'm not sure about that, but there are plenty of places to look for one online. I got my soft crates (for travel) from a site called dogbedsandcrates.com......maybe there.

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Catherine
Lily AKC: CGC CD HIT CDX RN RA RE RAE NAJ; APDT: RL-1; CPE: CL1-R, CL1-H
Peeves AKC: CGC BN