[daybreakcoming]

Oh what a sweet puppy. You went through all the right steps in determining that you got the best one - runt or not. I know you are excited about bringing him to his new family.

We have a Bichon who was the runt and never had a smarter sweeter dog.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

What a great puppy!
hey my!
Doggie PING!
Ms.B

[politicalwit]

How about Gershwin? Unique name for a pup.

[Severa]

AWWW what a cutie! I'd love to have a dog but we just don't have the yard for one right now (renting a townhome) Nothing like the puppy breath and chewing on the fingers. As for a name, I agree with the other posters that suggested Elwood.

Best wishes to you and yours!

[potlatch]

My little "Potlatch" was the runt of the litter, always healthy and lived to almost 15 yrs. Enjoy your new puppy!!

[Theresawithanh]

Congratulations Bob, what an adorable puppy!

For no particular reason, I always liked the name Jake for a dog, prolly not a good name for a poodle, though!

[bannie]

I've had a Mutlow, a JuJu, a Smudgepot, an Undertoe and a Bubba.

[AnAmericanMother]

Steady, brave eyes.

That's a good 'un. I like the white color the best too.

I took the runt of the litter. She's still undersized at 5 years - only 43 pounds. Took her to a hunt test in October, there were 200 dogs entered and any of the Labs present could have given her 15-20 pounds. One of the judges watched her bounding through the high grass like a Springer to keep her eye on the duck and said, "Aw, isn't she a cute little thing!" But it certainly hasn't stopped her from being a DARNED good dog . . . she passed both days, I looked at the results and of 28 dogs in Junior, only 20 passed on Saturday and 17 on Sunday, it was a TOUGH test.

Have you thought about training this one for hunt tests?

[AnAmericanMother]

OK, re names - what are the names of the sire and dam?

Most folks take some sort of running start from one of those. E.g. my new puppy is by FC/AFC The Man In Black ("Cash") so her name is Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (an early Johnny Cash rockabilly number).

[the OlLine Rebel]

I'm not a Poodle fancier but they look awfully mature for 6 wks!

Very nice looking, though.

[teenyelliott]

Oh, my!!!! WHAT a cute baby. Standard poodles are great dogs. You are very lucky.

I don't put much stock in that runt rule, unless you plan on showing him. My Penny was the runt, and she is a fabulous hundred pound Lab, now four years old.

[Humal]

Such a little cutie! Will his coat change to gray like his mother's?

[xsmommy]

OMG what an adorable little baby!! congratulations to you and jakey!

[tob2]

What a cute puppy!

[trillabodilla]

What a sweet face! Congrats on your new baby!

[woofie]

what the hell, nme him Obama

[napscoordinator]

Congratulations on your new addition to the family. Although I feel really stupid because my post at first was going to ask why it took so long for you to take it home. Second I answered my question and did not realize that dogs were fed by their mother... Well heck I never said I was the smartest guy in the world.

[WeddingPlanner]

My poodle looked at the pictures of your little man and she said that the name should be beau chien. Now, I defer to her poddle intuition, but don't name him Hunk.

A neighbor when I was a little girl had a standard white poodle named "Caniche". French for "poodle". Always liked that!

[auto power]

Awwww....Dogs...Rule.

[Salamander]

You *gotta* name the little guy Elwood!.....:)