Any poodle people here?
What kind of temperment do the various poodles (standard, miniature, etc) have?
Do they get along with other dogs? cats? kids?
Do they need to be professionally trimmed, or can you keep them comfortable and clean with clippers?
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best disposition of any dog I've ever known. He doesn't yap, doesn't nip or bite or growl, and is playful but easygoing. He gets along wonderfully well with other animals, and feral cats come to visit him at his fence. He loves to be cuddled and kissed. He never whines, or behaves in ways we wish he wouldn't. He has no bad habits.
He was a foundling. So glad he found us that cold winter day a few years ago. No one claimed him, so we did. He's a treasure. We think he's between 5-7 years old.
As you can see (he's that dark mass of fur leaning on me) I adored him.-
He fought occasionally if a male dog surprised him, once on the front door step and my brother flung the doormat at the dogs to break it up. He usually got along with other dogs if outside of his territory.
He sometimes tried to hump legs, funny but kind of embarrassing to me and my friends when I was ~8! Other than that he seemed fine being around my three older brothers, me, and our friends.
We never had a cat, but I think if cats and dogs are introduced properly, or at a young age, they can be friends.
We had a local groomer trim him about once a year, but also had clippers and my mom and dad gave him an all-over puppy cut once in a while. Probably using clippers a little bit, more frequently, esp. around the muzzle, would ensure they'd get used to it.
He died when he was 13... 1966. I was in high school and babysat a lot, and one of the families asked me to keep their Afghan hound for a year while the parents were at grad school in Scotland. My aunt and her little Puli dog lived with us for a while, too.
After the Afghan hound's family came back I saw an ad for standard poodle pups, $75.00- a couple's poodle, Susie, had eight pups. My mom, aunt and I went to their house in a nearby city to pick one out, without telling my dad. He loved the our first poodle but wouldn't commit to getting another yet.
So... here's Mimi- 
She was a wonderful dog- a real character. Intelligent, friendly, not nervous.
When Mimi was ~ 2-3 years old I had moved and adopted a stray cat. Then I moved across the country and the cat stayed with my parents for a while. They told me Mimi and my cat pretty much ignored each other.
The only health concern I can think of common to poodles and other dogs that don't shed, is that hair grows in their ears and has to be plucked or they can get stinky, and even infected.
My boyfriend called Mimi "The Baboon Queen"- 
Peedle Poople, on the other hand....
Pekinoodle.
But Pomeranians are my favorite!! (that's Shrimpy in my sig pic)
Heee, so cute, either way.
(btw, hedgehogs are also high on the SQUEEEEEEEEE meter. And sloths!!!! 
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Well, I did find this:
