What sizes and colors do poodles come in?
In Australia we have three sizes; the toy, the miniature and the standard poodle. Toys are 10″ – 12″ , Miniatures 12″ – 15″ and the standards are over 15″ but average size is 23 ” – 25″. There are no such varieties as the tea-cup toy poodle or royal, giant standard poodle. These terms are marketing ploys by unscrupulous breeders indicating that their stock is special in either being exceptionally small or exceptionally large. Beware of the really small poodles (smaller than the normal toy size) as they may have health concerns. Poodles come in all solid colors: white, black, grey, silver, cream, blue, red, apricot and brown. Ocassionally you may find pups with with white chests and/or toes. These are mismarked puppies. Other colors are the harlequin, phantom and particolors, which are a mix of two colors. The phantoms have coat markings similar to those found in the rottweiler and dobermans. The parti colored coat is the original poodle color. These are normal poodles that just have a
