I-poodle inikeza umbono wenja ehlakaniphile, ehlale inakekile, futhi ekhuthele, egcwele ukuzethemba. Ngenxa yokubona kwayo kanye nentshisekelo ephezulu yokusebenzelana nomuntu, i-poodle ifunda kalula nangentshisekelo, futhi ngendlela enekhono, ikhombisa ngokuzinzile amakhono ayisingcweti, okuyenze yathola udumo njengenja ekahle yesekisi.
Kunemibala ehlukahlukene kulolu hlobo, kodwa indinganiso yohlobo yimibala yakudala - emnyama, emhlophe, nensundu, kanye nemisha, ebizwa ngokuthi "yesimanje", isiliva nebomvu.