is skin issues a common threat?

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akbirdy

Discussion Starter · #1 · Sep 15, 2009

I'm new to spoos... you might have seen some of my other threads and realized just HOW new to poodles I am. Hehe.

I recently told a family friend who breads shnauzers that I was interested in getting a standard poodle. She really tried to discourage me saying that their skin is so thin that when she's had to transfer poos they would lay layers and layers of cushion to avoid some kind of skin issue and the poodles would still arrive with (heat spots? I can't remember).

Is a standard poodle's skin that sensitive? I thought maybe she was just "sold" on her breed and maybe that's why, but while looking at spoo's videos on youtube i noticed a spoo that when the sun caught his coat jsut right you could see shiny patches of skin all over his body, like patches of fur had fallen out? I realize this is only ONE poodle and ONE persons opinion, but thats why I was interested in hearing from REAL poodle owners.

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akbirdy

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Discussion Starter · #6 · Sep 15, 2009

Thanks all!! This puts my mind at ease. I really had a gut feeling that this information on the skin issues might have been blown out of proportion. Plus I think she was trying to lean me towards schnauzers, her favorite breed

I am a novice when it comes to puppy's and all, other than family dogs we owned growing up. I just got done reading, The Art of Raising a Puppy by the monks of New Skete. Any more poodle oriented books or other great ones anyone can recommend?