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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I think there is a size that is smaller than toy. They call them "teacup" poodles. Then again, it's possible that the toy and the teacup are one in the same.
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If you ask a teacup poodle breeder - no they are not the same breed. If you ask the "official" commissions deciding that sort of thing: Yes they are. Teacup poodles are much smaller then toy poodles (even smaller then the so called "tiny toy poodle"-sub-breed).
I actually like standard poodles (if they are NOT shaved in the typical poodle-like way *shudder*). I dont know the other poodle breeds (having seen them sometimes, but not on a regular base) well enough to judge them.
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It made me proud to know that Nug would go to battle for him.
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Eh, people who say cats aren't loyal are talking out of their butts.
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Their are differences in the way a cat views its owner and in the way a dog does. That much is clear. Stating that own of both is better then the other is quite simple .. strange.
Both are - for lack of a better word - nice.
But there is such a great span of "typical" behaviours in both - cats and dogs - depending on breed, training, character, age, etc - it would be hard to even define the typical behaviour of a dog (chosen as example because I know more about dogs then about cats).
Take for example the behaviour of a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog and that of a German Shepherd Dog. Both are large dogs, the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog is even a German Shepherd Dog-Hybrid (originally a mix between shepherd and wolf). But their typical behaviour - even their mimic - differs greatly. Whilst e.g. the Shepherd has a very distinct will to please the Wolfdog does not. (Again making broad generalizations).
This makes it much harder to train a Wolfdog - if you stick to the book and dont adopt your training and behaviour to the dog. If you do - both are just fine.
Now add e.g. a Pyrenaen shepherd or an Australian Shepherd (not that they are so similar) and you get a third "kind of dog". And all three breeds show different kinds of loyalty - and I would rely on all three.
The same is true for cats.