You’ve done your research on the breed and checked out various breeders and decided you’d like to get a Standard Poodle puppy! That’s great! They make wonderful pets! As cute and cuddly as Standard Poodle puppies are, they can be a handful with housebreaking, chewing, etc. One way to bypass most of the challenges of puppyhood is to adopt an adult Standard Poodle! It also gives you the satisfaction of knowing you are saving a dog’s life.
Why do Poodles End Up in Rescue?
Poodles end up in rescue centers for a variety of reasons. Some are legitimate reasons such as divorce, moving, or health reasons of the owner. Others end up there due to neglect, abuse or abandonment. Whatever the reason, each one is placed in a home that will give it love, attention and companionship.
Most Poodles that end up in rescue centers are male and are usually over five years old. For some unknown reason, many people seem to want to adopt female Poodles. There is really no logical reason for this, as male Poodles are just as smart, attentive, and well behaved as the females. My own male Poodles seem to have a more comical nature!
All placements are given a full veterinary exam, updated immunizations and spay or neuter if necessary. They are also pre-screened for any temperament issues.
The dogs are placed in a foster homes varying anywhere from a few weeks to several months, in order to evaluate their health and temperament. The people who foster Poodles are strictly volunteers, often paying for food and treatment out of their own pockets.
Adopting a Poodle isn’t just a simple case of going and picking out a dog and bringing it home. There is a thorough screening process involved to make sure you get the dog that best fits your lifestyle and that the dog gets the best home. The rescuers will probably ask you several questions about your lifestyle and why you want a Poodle. They may even want to come to your home to check out the accommodations for your potential family member.
The adoption fees for Poodles usually runs around $200 for Toy and Miniatures and $300 for Standards.
So, before you run out and get that puppy, consider adopting a sweet, older Poodle. Your home will be a better place for having such a dog!
Below is a list of Poodle rescue centers across the country. Check one out, you won’t be sorry!
Do you have a Poodle that you rescued, found or adopted and would like to tell everyone about it? Tell us about why you decided on Poodle rescue or adopting a Poodle. What was the process like? Did your Poodle have any special needs or problems? How has your rescue Poodle, adopted or found Poodle adjusted to your family and other pets in your household? These are just a few of the things we’d be interested in hearing about. So, get those fingers typing! We'd also love to see a picture of your rescued, adopted or found Poodle.
Click on the links below to read great Poodle rescue, adoption and found stories. They were all written by Poodle parents to this page!
Blossom from NorCal Rescue
Two years ago we had a tragic accident and lost our 9 year old male standard poodle. We were not going to get another animal....however our home was too ...
Gandalf the Black!
Last fall, my little sis showed up at our house w/ her mom. They told me that one of our neighbors had recently aquired a "horse dog", being unfamiliar ...
Awesome Amber
My husband and I had been talking about getting a larger in house dog when Charlie my bird dog mix passed away. We wanted a dog that would bark when someone ...
One is never enough
I love big dogs and my husband loves Poodles so we bought our 1st female, Creole. Then we decided she needed a friend so bought anouther female, Cajun....
Annabelle Comes to American Canyon
We had a Standard Poodle for almost 15 years. When we had to put her down, my husband and I were heartbroken.I decided that this time around I wanted to ...
Our Little Adventure
About a month ago, I was heading to the shelter to adopt a dog. This is something that I was really looking forward to, as a college graduation gift to ...
Adoption needed: beautiful black standard poodle
My family has a beautiful, black standard pure-bred poodle who we would like for someone to adopt. Sydney is in great health and has been a great dog for ...
Cosmo's rescue
We saw Cosmo on the HMSMC of Montgomery Cnty Maryland. We were his 4th home. And he was totaly untrained. The 1st family who tried to adopted him was ...
Diamond
I live in Las Vegas and we are having many forclosures, people are leaving their pets behind, I rescued Diamond four weeks ago, he weighed 31 pounds and ...
My Corsa Bella
Hi, Corsa Bella was my first poodle... well, first dog. She was about a year old when I adopted her. I got her shortly after my husband died and she helped ...
Curious in Dallas
I do not have a rescue story but I do have a standard poodle named Star, he is a salt and pepper male. Recently he has started panting all the time. This ...
Wanted: Poodle Rescue
I am looking for a Standard Poodle who needs a home - I have a sweet year old Standard who I love dearly and would like to aquire another - we could buy ...
My Sophie
Sophie was left at the local animal shelter when her elederly owner had to move to assisted living. She was 6 months old when she was dropped off and ...
From garage to queen of the castle
Gracie is a one and a half year old white standard poodle. The lady that purchased her paid $850 for an AKC registered dog, only to put her in a garage ...
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In 1996 our (then five year old) daughter was begging us to get a dog. We had been reluctant due to her asthma. After consulting our pediatrician, he ...
Jacques- A success story
About 3 years ago we rescued a standard male from a wonderful poodle rescue organization run by women doing wonderful work saving dogs in Arizona. Jacques ...
Blind-poodle rescues
We'd had many dogs, but no poodles, until: POODLE #1 -- In 2004, we rescued a blind, badly neglected, 12-lb., 14-year-old male poodle, who'd outlived ...
So, my daughter & I added to our family on this past Saturday.
Gracie, the Wonder Standard Poodle has had a rough go of it so far....
Prince finds his Purpose
I got the gift of a lifetime when Prince was 14 months, a reject of a breeding program; and had been raised in a kennel. I had a new kennel and igloo ...
Our new baby girl, Renee
We were tossing around the idea of getting a companion for our 5 year old red standard, Scotty. Then we decided he would remain an only child. Hah! One ...
Coco
Coco is a black standard poodle. She was three years old when she fell out of the sky and into my life. Today is is a 15 and a half year old miracle. When ...
Beautiful Standard Poodle Needs A Good Home
Tron is a beautiful, white, 9-year-old, full bred, neutered standard poodle. My wife passed away earlier this year and I am away most of the time. He is ...
THEY NEED A HOME IMMEDIATELY
We recently adopted two standart poodles because their owner had to give up her home for health reasons and move into an assisted living facility. We ...
Please Help
My family has been raising beautiful and healthy standard poodles for around 50 years. This is the first litter where I have pups that have not been adopted....
Happiest Poodle In The Whole USA
We have only rescued/adopted dogs since 1979. After having terrier mixes and lab mixes we were looking to cut down on shedding. By chance a 3 year old ...
This Poodle needs a home
I was only supposed to care for this great dog for a few months while the owner found a new place. Well, that was over 2 years ago and now I have work ...
Poodle Rescue
Hi I would like info on how to post our rescue info on your site. We are a Standard Poodle Rescue located in Texarkana Tx and Ar. I have 2 Rescue Standards ...
A new life for Flower
Last October, I lost my beloved Standard Poodle of ten years. Her name was Rosie. She was rescued from a backyard breeder at the age of three and was the ...
Enchanted Poodle Rescue of New Mexico
Our family of five had made the decision to get a dog. After a long and exhaustive search on breeds, we decided on the Standard Poodle. The breed is ...
Molly, the love of my life
I went to the Amarillo Animal Rescue to donate cat food and saw the most precious dog I'd ever seen. She was everything I always wanted to be...adorable,...
My name is Pat, one year ago I adopted Coco, he is four years old and weighs 82 pounds, he loves to run every morning, he really loves swimming, he ...
"Maddy" from LLRescue in Kansas City, Missouri
The minute we saw "Lilly Renee" on the LLRescue website, we knew she was meant for us! Being previous poodle owners and loving the breed, we were now ...
Doogal
We found our loving little boy at the local animal shelter. He has his issues that we are both working through, but overall, he has been so easy to deal ...
Ollie the Poodle
When our fourteen-year-old Standard Jimmy died, the emptiness around the house was just too much -- we needed a new poodle to love. The twist was, unlike ...
Maxwell and Winston
Winston is an apricot Standard Poodle that I purchased two years ago, when he was about 6 weeks old.
Dobi, My Happy Dog
One morning, in mid Aug 2007, I received a phone call from my young brother. He wanted to know whether I would like to adopt a poodle dog whose owner, a ...
I have what is called a PSD (Psychiatric Service ...
Central Poodle Rescue
I'm a foster mom. I'm 55 and retired, thus I'm home 24/7. I love poodles, although I never thought I was a poodle person.
I met my husband at a ...
LuLu a Parti girl
We adopted Lulu in April 2007 from an SPCA in upstate Pennsylvania. We had been looking for a Standard for some time knowing one would be the perfect hard-...
She came to us yesterday and already I know she is a one of a kind standard black poodle, loving, trusting, smart, and a royal ...
Jazzy
I have suffered from anxiety or panic attacks for the past 12 years. I spent 8 years practically imprisoned in my own home, bound by fear. I often thought ...
Jack
I have a new shop assistant as of August this year. He is a black standard German water dog, aka poodle.
Jack came to us through an odd series of events....
Chopin
We began our relationship with Standard Poodles 33 years ago. I suffered from allergies and wanted a dog that wouldn't shed.
Midnight was a beautiful ...
Max
We rescued a 9 to 10 year old stray, blind, Standard apricot male poodle. We do not know his real name, for he had no tags when found by Animal Control....
I Thought I Wanted a Puppy
In December of 1988, my hubby gave me my first Standard Poodle, a wonderful blue ball of fur and love we named Snowball, (Her name is another story!) She ...
I was lucky to find a second Standard Poodle (after one years search) from the Bay Area Rescue Poodle organization based in the Northern ...
Osca's Aussie Adoption
Osca is a 3 year old poodle who found his way into our home, hearts (and pantry!) out of the blue.
My husband and I had just bought our first home ...
Beau, a Sad Tale
I could tell you about Uncle Bob, who was a rescue and our first experience with standard poodles, but this one's even better. His name was Beau, and we ...
Donatello
In the spring of 1999, Sherry found an apricot Miniature Poodle up for rescue on the internet. He was fostered with a lady in Austin who worked with Fuzzy ...
Dudley
In February of 2001, we adopted, or as I prefer to say, rescued, a gorgeous five month old chocolate poodle named Dudley. I made the appointment to see ...
Molly
We adopted Molly six months ago and we cannot imagine life without her. Molly is from Florida Poodle Rescue and is now seven years old. We are her third ...
Young male needs home.
Does anyone know of a poodle rescue in the vacinity of Buffalo NY? I know of a couple that has to part with a 7 month old male standard poodle because ...
Carolina Poodle Rescue
We went to Mt. Vernon, Ky to see a white standard poodle. We found Candy. We were told she was socially immuture. What does that mean? -- would she ...
Starbuck, the brightest star in my sky - Georgia
My Giant Schnauzer rescue passed away last year. I find myself on Craig's List all the time in the pet posts...wishing for another dog but afraid it's ...
Standard Poodles and Puppymills
I have bred, shown, handled, lived with and adored this breed all my life. Currently I have a dog that I am showing as an open dog, but this story is ...
Sami the Poodle
Sami is a very cute 8 year old poodle. We saw her picture on petfinder.com (which is a great website) and knew she was the one. When we got there, the ...
First Poodle?
The Obamas have indicated that they are looking to adopt a dog, and that Malia is allergic. A standard poodle might be an excellent choice. Poodle rescue ...
Little Miss Millie
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Our family, sadly, had to put our 4 yr old Labradoodle down this past February, due to cancer. It was just awful, as I am sure most pet families will agree,...
One is never enough
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I love big dogs and my husband loves Poodles so we bought our 1st female, Creole. Then we decided she needed a friend so bought anouther female, Cajun....
New Poodle
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Hi everyone this is Vikii and for my 13th birthday my parents bought me a toy poodle. I know this is not the site to say this, but it is a poodle. I know ...
Diamond
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Well Diamond has been with us for 49 days, he has put on 30 pounds, has learned to play, loves all dogs, still not sure of people, he had his first haircut,...
Oscar Came To Live With Us
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My first Standard Poodle came to live with me in 1962 ans shared his life for 16 years with me, even if he did steal and eat the Christmas Turkey one Christmas ...
Two Young Black Standard Poodles Looking for Home
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Hello. We have 2 rescued Standard Poodles for whom we are seeking a loving and permanent home - one female and one male, both black and both on the small ...
Curious in Dallas
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I do not have a rescue story but I do have a standard poodle named Star, he is a salt and pepper male. Recently he has started panting all the time. This ...
From garage to queen of the castle
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Gracie is a one and a half year old white standard poodle. The lady that purchased her paid $850 for an AKC registered dog, only to put her in a garage ...
Abbigail Addams
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Abbie was born with a condition that is common to cattle, but not Poodles. She had a durmond growth on her eye that had a hair growing from it--her ...
Abbigail Addams
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Abbie was born with a condition that is common to cattle, but not Poodles. She had a durmond growth on her eye that had a hair growing from it--her ...
I rescued my dog from a life on the street
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Well, I was getting off work one morning, when I spotted what I thought was my friends poodle, turned out it wasnt but it was covered black and really ...
Our Kids
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When I first decided I wanted a Standard Poodle a few years ago, I started doing some research and found an ad in the paper: "10 week old puppies $400....
Blind-poodle rescues
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We'd had many dogs, but no poodles, until: POODLE #1 -- In 2004, we rescued a blind, badly neglected, 12-lb., 14-year-old male poodle, who'd outlived ...
Beau Geste
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14 years ago, I was at work talking about how i wished that i could another standard poodle.I had one that was a stray when i was a child. It was the smartest ...
Olivia
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She was rescued from a puppy mill only two weeks ago near Montreal Quebec.
I am her foster mom.
This is ...
Newton
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We adopted our Newton, a black male standard from Missouri in March 2008. We were told that his true owners had been found and got the story behind him ...
my 3 furry kids
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After I lost my rescued standard poodle butterfly to bladder cancer, I had a dog free house for one, month and I thought I would go nuts!!!
I had multiple ...
Moses - a treasure
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I was in the market for a German Shepherd puppy when I happened to hear a free radio ad for a Standard Poodle. I stopped on my way home from work to look ...
Poodle Rescue of a 1 1/2 year old poodle
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I adopted a l 1/2 year old large, white, and beautiful Standard Poodle because I thought is was the more moral thing to do. Polo was my second Standard,...
Sadie - Standard poodle
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We got Saide 3 years ago from a so called breeder, telling us that she was in great health. When she got home we noticed her ears were very dirty. The ...
You have to see it to believe it !
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I have just adopted a poodle puppy from the local SPCA Please check out our puppys BLOG her life story up until now has been nothing but heartache. http:...
3 times a charm: Lovely Luna
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We were looking for a companion for our 2 year old standard poodle, Nino. We talked to our local rescue coordinator and one day she told us about a poodle ...
I was a reluctant rescuer
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My love of Standaard poodles began when I owned and operated a dog grooming shop in Columbus, Nebraska. I had grown up with a miniature poodle and had ...
I was a reluctant rescuer
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My love of Standaard poodles began when I owned and operated a dog grooming shop in Columbus, Nebraska. I had grown up with a miniature poodle and had ...
MY BEST FRIEND, BENTLEY
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MY DAUGHTER KARA, WORKS AT A LOCAL VET AND WAS ON HER WAY HOME ONE RAINY NIGHT IN OCT. 07 WHEN SHE SPIED SOMETHING FURRY LYING BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD....
"Jake" He rescued US!!!
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We rescued 2 Wheaten terriers several years ago. Our 'clown', the male was quite ill on an off and nearly died last October. We were worried about ...
daphne and lilly
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I got Daphne first. She was rescued form a pet store in a huge shopping mall in Los Angeles. It took several months and several hundred dollars to get ...
Ginger Poo
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Having rescued a Kerry Blue Terrier 2 years ago, (and not having a clue what a Kerry Blue even meant! We had no idea they would steal your heart, make ...
The Kangaroo
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I found Kanga at the local Humane Society. Her owner had tragically died and she was taken in.
I thought she would be a great companion for my other ...
ginger
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When we went to this lady's house to buy Ginger, she was very unclear about Gingers past. We figured out that Ginger and the other dogs that she was adopting ...
Saved Sam!!!
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I saved a standard black poodle when he was just 4 mos. old... He was very skinny and dehydrated, he couldn't stand on his back legs. Someone had posted ...
Military Move
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My storys are about a toy and mini poodle, not standards, but they are about poodles being rescued. About 5 years ago, a 4-H family in our club gave ...
That is not natural for a Standard Poodle to be so afraid, there has been some abuse. You will gain the trust over time but maybe not completely,...
misty my baby
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We rescued Misty in September of 2007. She had a really bad life from being born I hear. She lived in a yard for the first part of her life with no contact ...
