Kleinpudel European Poodles
by
Paula Wilson
of Bay Rock Poodles
(
6-Aug-2014
)
Poodle sizes
Unlike most breeds, poodles can come in a variety of sizes, distinguished by adult shoulder (withers) height. The exact height cutoffs among the varieties vary slightly from country to country. Non-Federation Cynologique Internationale kennel clubs generally recognize three sizes: standard, miniature, and toy, sometimes as sizes of the same breed, and sometimes as separate breeds. The Federation Cynologique Internationale recognizes four varieties (sizes) of the poodle breed: standard, medium, dwarf and toy. Only the Federation Cynologique Internationale describes a maximum size for standard poodles. France is the country responsible for the breed in the Federation Cynologique Internationale. The terms royal standard, teacup and tiny teacup are marketing names, and are not recognized by any major kennel club.
The Poodle is a breed of dog . It was one of the original hunting dog suitable for hunting in water, which is grooming "a lion" which is often used, which was very fashionable at the Belle Epoque . It certainly goes the mullet . This is a very dog used in circuses because we can easily draw [ref.needed] . In addition, life can vary between 12 and 19 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle#Poodle_sizes per the Federation Cynologique,
per FCI:
the standard poodle is over 45 cm to 60 cm (18ins to 24ins)
the medium, moyen/klein poodle is over 35 cm to 45 cm (14ins to 18ins)
the miniature - Dwarf, Nain, is over 28 cm to 35 cm (11ins to 14ins)
the toy is 24 cm to 28 cm (9.4ins to 11ins)
AKC designates a poodle under 15" as a miniature poodle. The FCI's (Europe & Austrailia) designates a full grown poodle 14-18" at the withers is a caniche moyen (in most of Europe) and a kleinpudel (in Germany). The smallest of the moyen/klein size in FCI's size designation for AKC's designation is officially a miniature poodle (since AKC has not yet recognize the size of caniche moyen) . A full grown poodle that's over 15" is registered/shown as a standard poodle.