APAW – Poodle Pups for Working Roles
Poodle Puppy Prospects for Performance, Service, Search and other Roles
Recent Posts from APAW Poodles
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2023 in Review!
Additions to our program, litters, new working dogs and title holders – we’ve got a lot to be proud of this past year! Read more
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What is a “Performance Prospect”?
‘Performance’ refers to sports (such as agility, scent work, dock diving, etc), and ‘prospect’ indicates that the dog demonstrates aptitudes that are likely to make them enjoy and be successful in sports if the handler cultivates those aptitudes. But what exactly are these traits? And what happens if the handler doesn’t pursue sports with the… Read more
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How do I raise my puppy for…?
… Service? Therapy? Sports? A great companion? Actually, there is very little required raising specific to any one career – the big thing is teaching basic manners, socialization around many stimuli, and teaching the dog to remain responsive to their handler despite distractions. Read more
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Why the Litter ‘Letter’?
You may have noticed each of our litters is assigned a letter from the alphabet, and most pups receive a name beginning with that letter – this helps in a variety of ways for us to track relationships and hereditary characteristics as we move through the generations. Read more
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Training is Not Linear
While training your dog it is easy to feel like there should be constant (or at least regular) improvements in the areas you focus on teaching. But this is not how learning works – in most cases you will instead see fluctuation and occasional leaps ahead, and sometimes it’ll feel like you are losing ground.… Read more
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The Importance of Names
Every APAW dog has a very special and unique name that is carefully selected for them; a name that wouldn’t even be _appropriate_ for the vast majority of other dogs in the program, never mind _perfect_ for another. Read more
