Emily-By

I went hiking today with my dogs and a few friends and it was wonderful, I ran into an elderly gentleman who had a black standard poodle, and he was a Giant! The nice gentleman informed me that Yes, he was a pure poodle and that he was just the odd one out of the litter. He was the runt and turned into this 32" (yes 32") monster, he was lovely and very well behaved, but it got me thinking how easy would it be to get another poodle of a similar size, my husband is less that over joyed at my new found love in the breed, he prefers great danes, and when he saw this dog(Oliver) the idea of a spoo didnt seem so aweful to him.

Oh how i wish i had got a photo, he was in a German clip, and just... gosh breath taking!

jak

He must have been amazing,

There is a black standard in Clyde (where our holiday house is) and he is the same. I think he was the runt also.
When I first saw him, I couldn't believe it, just HUGE!!!

spoofan

It might look great but standard poodles are not supposed to be this big.
A spoo this tall would likely be prone to many health problems down the road.

Great Danes are beautiful dogs.
A friend of mine is obsessed with the breed,but sadly they die quite young.
He has had many and the oldest lived to be 7 years.

cbrand

Yikes! At 32" I hope he has had a prophylactic gastropexy done. That is just bloat waiting to happen.

Even though we technically have no outside height limit in our standard, that dog is seriously over-sized and will probably have health issues because of it.

On top of this, a dog that size is simply less athletic than a more typically sized poodle. I would be willing to guess that my 21".... 35 lbs Standard bitch can run faster, jump higher and jog longer than a poodle that size.

You need to explain to your husband that bigger is not better.

Mandycasey'smom

I would just like to say that I am not so sure about all these comments.
I go to another board and their are a few poodles that are quite large and over 80 lbs
I don't recall reading health issues other then regular aging.

Aidan

I believe I have heard larger than normal Standard Poodles called "Royal Standard Poodles" here is one website I found: http://www.redroyalstandards.com/

It doesn't seem to be an official name but that might be a way of finding one.

The problem with breeding dogs bigger (or even smaller) it can lead to health issues. You can find people selling King Shepherds, basically a HUGE German Shepherd weighing at around 120lbs etc... or giant alaskan malamutes and while they are beautiful you are going to run into problems later on it's almost impossible to avoid.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't look for one but just be aware of the possibility.

Aidan

Oh and this is Cosmo, he is an 85lb huge standard poodle I groom every few weeks, he's a wonderful boy!

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Purple Poodle

A "Royal" poodle is no different then a "Tea Cup" Poodle; its just a marketing ploy to make people want over sized dogs.

I groom a couple of "royal" standards and they are sway backed, have bad hips/elbows and ear problems.

Anyhoo, big dogs are great but get one thats suppose to be that big

It would have been a site I'm sure!

Emily-By

What would be on the healthy side of big?

Purple Poodle

Well my female Standard is about 55lbs and she is bigger then her half brother. I would say for a large Standard no more 65/70lbs. I would make sure the sire and dame passed hips and elbows with flying clolors.