Toy Poodle
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The Poodle breed is fascinating on many counts, one that there are three distinct sizes, each a replica of the others but each forming a distinct entity. Thus, the Toy Poodle resembles the Standard and the Miniature, is trimmed the same, carries the same air of distinction but, in show competition, aligns his small frame against the other Toy breeds.
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The Toy Poodle is 10 inches or under at the shoulder, the Miniature under 15 but over 10, the Standard 15 or more. The three are related, with the Toy bred down from his large cousins. A great deal of selective breeding undoubtedly went into the development of the Toy, but the Poodle strain predominated. The breed now known as the Maltese may have had some early influence.
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A type of Toy Poodle called the “White Cuban" made its appearance in England during the Eighteenth Century, but authorities discount the influence of the old Cuban breed upon the modern one.
Before the White Cuban appeared, the Continent had known dogs like him. They were known in Germany in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and they were in Spain and France, too.
The standard for the Toy Poodle is similar to that of the larger specimens, the chief departure being an insistence that the dog definitely be a Toy. Soundness and activity are just as necessary and the standard says that "as these traits can only be seen when the dog is in action, it is imperative that Toys be moved in the ring as fully and decidedly as large Poodles.”
The Toy Poodle is generally conceded to be the chief forebear of the truffle dog of England, after crossing with a small Terrier.