Miniature Poodle puppies and dogs in Skiatook, Oklahoma

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Introducing Tootsie from our Sweet Temptations litter: 14 weeks old, 9 pounds, and roughly the size of a Great Pyrenees’ left elbow .We usually deal with Great Pyrenees. Tootsie weighs less than the fluff we brush out of one. We keep looking at these tiny babies and wondering, what are we supposed to do with you? Put you in a purse? There is one practical advantage to her size I guess: if your household already has a resident polar bear, Tootsie could probably curl up beneath all that fluff before your partner notices there’s another dog. “Is that a puppy?” “No, dear, that’s just his foot.” We’re estimating she’ll stay around or under 30 pounds as an adult, if she even gets that big. Could she have a surprise 1% Great Dane in there and grow into a horse? We don’t see it happening. Can we guarantee it? We have just admitted we considered a purse as a housing option, so please don’t ask us to predict genetics. 👉 Apply to adopt Tootsie: https://www.pyrpawsandfluffytailsrescue.com/adoption-app 📍Tootsie is being fostered in Hutchinson, KS. Her adopter must personally pick her up there. We do not transport. Tootsie loves other dogs. She is thrilled to have siblings around and approaches playtime with the confidence of someone who has never once worried about being too small for the group activity. If everyone is running, Tootsie is running. If someone finds a toy, Tootsie would like to see it. If the dogs are taking a break, she may need a moment to understand why the meeting has been adjourned. She would enjoy having another playful dog in her forever home, but what matters most is that her people are ready to give her plenty of company, activity, and chances to have fun. Cats are unknown. Tootsie has not lived with them in her foster home, so we cannot promise a lifelong friendship with a creature whose feet come equipped with knives. Given her curious, playful personality, we can picture Tootsie trotting up to a cat with an enthusiastic invitation to play, only to be informed that the cat is not accepting visitors, has never accepted visitors, and would like to know who authorized this meeting. Tootsie would probably give the cat a little space and try again later. Maybe the cat was busy. Maybe it prefers a different toy. She would have no reason to assume this was a permanent rejection of her friendship. Children are also unknown because she has not been around kids in foster care. Tootsie’s sweetness and love of play suggest she might enjoy little humans who want to be her friends. Still, she is only nine pounds, and even a puppy with a big personality needs children who will handle her gently, let her rest, and understand that she is a living baby dog rather than a toy with unusually realistic sound effects. Tootsie has not had much opportunity to meet new people yet, either. Her foster thinks she would likely be happy and excited, which fits the puppy they know: cheerful, affectionate, and generally delighted to discover that the world contains more potential friends. We can picture her trotting over to investigate a visitor, accepting some love, and then hurrying away to find a toy worth showing them. Tootsie is an 8 out of 10 on the energy scale, which seems ambitious for a dog whose entire body weighs less than some of our other rescue dogs' heads. She loves toys, loves exploring, and loves playing with everyone. She does not currently play fetch. From Tootsie’s perspective, if you wanted the toy nearby, throwing it across the room was a strange decision and one you should probably fix yourself. Water play is another activity she has declined. She has no objection to fun; she simply sees no reason that fun needs to involve getting her fluffy little self wet. Her foster thinks she could be happy going on adventures or spending time at home. Tootsie has not committed to either lifestyle. As long as there is enough exercise, play, and something interesting happening with her people, she is ready to participate. She is a very sweet girl who likes affection, although she is not much of a settle-down-and-cuddle puppy just yet. She has places to go, people to play with, and corners of the room that may have changed since she last checked them. Tootsie might pause long enough to enjoy your hand against her fur, then bounce away because a sibling has done something that looks suspiciously fun. It is not that she has no love to give. She has plenty. She is simply fourteen weeks old, and the world is so fascinating that she has not learned to put it on pause. Tootsie has no known fears or dramatic overreactions. She has not been staging protests over household noises or treating ordinary events as signs of impending doom. Her general outlook is wonderfully sunny: dogs are fun, toys are fun, people probably will be fun, and there is almost certainly something worth investigating in the next room. She is a casual barker, offering the occasional comment without feeling the need to narrate every movement in the house. She has not shown escape-artist tendencies, inappropriate chewing, or other notable mischief. We would still recommend keeping a sensible eye on her; she is a puppy, and the fact that she has not yet developed an interest in your favorite shoe does not mean the shoe is legally protected. A securely fenced yard would give Tootsie room to play, but her foster believes she could also do well without one if she gets regular exercise. She has not started leash walking yet, so her family will need to teach her that a walk involves moving with the human, even when a leaf, a smell, and an interesting crack in the sidewalk are all requesting separate appointments. Getting into the car also requires help because, to Tootsie, the doorway might as well be halfway up a cliff. he does not know any commands yet and is not potty trained. At fourteen weeks old, she is still waiting for someone to explain where the bathroom is and why “I was busy playing” is apparently not an acceptable excuse. Tootsie’s ideal home is any loving home ready for a happy, energetic puppy. She needs people who will play with her, guide her, give her exercise, and enjoy her for the lively little soul she is—not expect her to be a quiet handbag accessory simply because she happens to fit beneath a Great Pyrenees. She has puppy manners to learn and a whole world to explore. She will need patience, consistency, and people willing to laugh with her through the process. Tootsie may be small enough to hide beneath a Great Pyrenees today, but she has everything she needs to become someone’s whole world. If you’re ready to give this tiny sweetheart a forever home, fill out an adoption application at: https://www.pyrpawsandfluffytailsrescue.com/adoption-app Yes, the entire application. Not half of it. Not a comment saying, “Interested.” Not a message explaining that you have already picked out a purse and therefore consider yourself prepared. Once submitted, we can send your application to Tootsie’s foster family, who will help decide whether you are the right person to guide this little party through puppyhood. If approved, you will need to pick her up in person. Tootsie will not be shipped, delivered, teleported, or mailed in a box labeled “extra fluff.”

Introducing Licorice. Licorice is part of our Sweet Temptations litter, and he seems committed to living up to the name. He’s a sweet, happy-go-lucky little guy with the cheerful energy of someone who has never paid a bill, met a bad day, or been told the treat jar is empty. Licorice is a 14-week-old, 9-pound male Poodle possibly mixed with Havanese, Schnauzer, or some other small breed we are wildly unqualified to identify. Listen, we know Great Pyrenees. We know how to step over a sleeping polar bear in the hallway and how to retrieve our entire arm from a fluffy iceberg when they fall asleep on it. Then these tiny babies arrived, and we found ourselves staring down at Licorice thinking, “What the heck are we supposed to do with you? Put you in a purse? Dress you in a little outfit? We estimate he’ll stay around or under 30 pounds—if he even makes it that far. On the bright side, if you live with one of our large-breed fluffy icebergs, you could probably bring Licorice home, and your partner wouldn’t even notice. He’d fit under the resident polar bear with room to spare. We are not suggesting you hide a dog from your partner. We are simply observing that the logistics look promising. 👉 Apply to adopt Licorice: https://www.pyrpawsandfluffytailsrescue.com/adoption-app 📍Licorice is being fostered in Hutchinson, KS. His adopter must personally pick him up there. We do not transport. Licorice is part of our Sweet Temptations litter, and his foster says he is the sweetest and most loving of the bunch. Imagine being surrounded by puppies named after candy and still winning the sweetness contest. He is a happy-go-lucky little guy who loves to run around and play, then comes looking for someone to cuddle when his batteries run low. His schedule is essentially: have fun, be adorable, locate a lap, repeat. The lap does not have to be large. As previously discussed, neither is he. Licorice enjoys the other puppies and is the life of the party, though his foster says he is also one of the gentlest and chillest pups in the group. He is the friend who happily joins the festivities but does not insist everyone stay out until 2 a.m. His energy sits around a 5 out of 10. He likes to play and loves toys, but he also knows the value of a good snuggle. Another dog could be a fun companion for him, but his foster thinks he could do well in any loving home. Cats and children are unknown, as he has not been around either in his foster home. He also has not had much opportunity to meet new people yet, though his foster expects this sweet puppy would do fine. Licorice has not, to our knowledge, been keeping a secret list of people he disapproves of. He enjoys toys but has no interest in fetch. From Licorice’s perspective, if you throw a toy across the room, you have made a decision, and he respects your right to live with it. He is also not interested in playing in water. Perhaps he has seen what happens to a fluffy little dog when wet and would prefer that particular before-and-after reveal remain a mystery. Licorice’s foster thinks he would be happy as either an adventure buddy or a homebody. He can enjoy some activity and then settle in for cuddles, which is a wonderfully flexible approach to life when your legs are approximately the length of breadsticks. He could do well with a securely fenced yard, but his foster also believes an apartment or a home without a fence could work with regular outings. He has not started leash walks yet, so his future family will need to introduce him to the strange human custom of attaching a string to a dog and announcing that everyone is going outside together. Car rides are another part of puppy life he is still learning. Licorice needs help getting into the vehicle because the distance from the ground to a car seat is, from his point of view, a serious mountaineering expedition. We cannot promise he will eventually leap into the car with the confidence of a movie stunt dog, but we feel reasonably certain loading nine pounds of Licorice will not require the team of engineers we sometimes need for our larger residents. At 14 weeks old, he is still working on the basics. Licorice is not potty trained yet and does not know any commands. He will need a family willing to teach him patiently and celebrate the little victories, such as going potty in the right place and learning that “sit” is an instruction rather than an interesting sound humans make. He currently sleeps in an exercise pen with his siblings and stays there when his foster is away. We assume they spend those hours holding tiny meetings, redistributing toys, and discussing which human seems most likely to hand out extra snacks. So far, Licorice has not shown food or resource guarding, fears, escape attempts, inappropriate chewing, or any other mischievous behaviors. His foster thinks he may bark casually, which seems fair. He is a dog, even if he is roughly the size of one of our Pyrenees’ paws. He does not get on the couch in his foster home, though anyone who has met a cuddly puppy knows the seating policy may eventually come under review. Licorice’s ideal home is one where he can grow up loved, learn the basics, play with his toys, and cuddle with people who appreciate just how special this little guy is. He may be the gentlest of his puppy crew, but he is still a puppy: he will need time, guidance, potty training, leash practice, and a family willing to help him figure out the world beyond the exercise pen. In return, you get a sweet, cheerful companion who can make a game out of an ordinary afternoon and then fall asleep close to you as though that was his plan all along. If your home is missing a tiny fluff-covered sweetheart with the social skills of a party host and the snuggling instincts of a heated blanket, Licorice may be your boy. We came into this convinced we had no idea what to do with a dog who could fit under one of our usual dogs. Then Licorice climbed into someone’s arms, settled in for a cuddle, and made the answer embarrassingly obvious: love him. If you’re ready to give Licorice a forever home, please fill out an adoption application so we can send it to his foster family. Yes, the actual application. A comment saying “I’ll take him!” is lovely, but it gives his foster very little to go on besides your excellent taste in tiny dogs. And if you’re chosen, you’ll need to pick him up in person in Hutchinson, Kansas. We realize he is small enough to fit in a handbag, but we are still not mailing him. 👉 Apply to adopt Licorice: https://www.pyrpawsandfluffytailsrescue.com/adoption-app 📍Licorice is being fostered in Hutchinson, KS. His adopter must personally pick him up there. We do not transport.

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