| While ranked as one of the ten most popular breeds, | | | | experience a traumatic injury, usually causing the dog |
| Poodles also have their share of Poodle health | | | | to bleed out before treatment can be done. |
| problems just like any other dog breed. Problems that | | | | If you have a miniature Poodle then there is |
| affect the eyes are the most common for Poodles. | | | | achondroplasia, which is a condition where the long |
| Progressive retinal atrophy or PRA is the most | | | | bone cartilage in the leg hardens because of their |
| common eye problem for Poodles. This condition | | | | abnormally short legs. For the larger standard Poodle |
| destroys the photoreceptors found on the retina in the | | | | the common bone problem is hip dysphasia, which is a |
| eye. Basically it causes the retina to shrivel up as the | | | | malformation of the hip socket and femoral head. |
| disease progresses until the dog goes completely blind. | | | | Then there are allergies that can cause skin conditions |
| As the dog ages the condition will get progressively | | | | on the face and feet. Some can result in itching, others |
| worse, but it can appear in dogs anywhere between | | | | in moist and smelly skin and still others that cause |
| two years of age to eight years of age. | | | | pustules to appear. |
| A sudden appearance of being afraid of the dark is | | | | Poodle health problems include bloat, which can occur |
| the most common symptom for a dog with this | | | | in standard Poodles. This is a condition that can happen |
| condition. PRA is also caused by a recessive gene | | | | in any breed that is large and deep chested. While the |
| that can remain dormant in a line of dogs for several | | | | exact cause is not known the results of this condition |
| generations before showing up in a dog. It is very | | | | are always and quickly fatal. With this condition the |
| difficult to predict which dogs will get PRA and | | | | stomach fills with an excessive amount of gas and |
| currently there is no cure. | | | | stomach fluids and cause the stomach to blow up like |
| There are many more Poodle health problems that | | | | a balloon. |
| you should be aware and not just the eyes. Your dog | | | | The buildup is the result of the stomach flipping itself |
| can be affected by other Poodle health problems such | | | | over causing both ends to twist close. The only cure |
| as a bleeding disorder known as Von Willebrand's | | | | for a dog with this condition is to receive surgical care |
| Disease, which affects the proteins in the platelets. As | | | | from a veterinarian within a few hours. Without the |
| a result the dog's platelets don't have their normal | | | | care of a veterinarian the dog will die and it will be |
| adhesive properties and then they can't stick together | | | | painful for the dog. However, the bad news is that |
| in order to stop a dog from bleeding. The blood will not | | | | even with surgery the dog's chances of survival are |
| clot normally with any injury. Typically this condition is | | | | not that high, but successful surgeries often correct the |
| unnoticed in the dog until they have surgery or | | | | problem for the life of the dog. |