Poodle behavior, or is this unique?

Hi,

We recently adopted an ex-puppymill breeder toy poodle. She was rescued from the mill, from a rescue group, and then we adopted her from them.

She is very sweet. But there for some reason, she has clung onto me. I literally, cannot walk out of the room without her following me everywhere. And she can't just be in the same room with me, she has to be on my lap, 24/7. If I tell her no, she will reluctantely go over to the other couch, but stares at me the entire time.

We have 3 other little dogs and whenever any of the other dogs (who were here first) comes near me, she will growl. She even growls at my husband if I'm holding her and he comes over to me.

I probably should feel flattered that she likes me so much, but it's really starting to bother me. If I put her outside for a little while, all she does is stand at the door and stare and scratch for me to let her back in. She does not play with any of the other dogs.

We were told she is about 5 or 6 years old, however, she only has 3 teeth. But we were also told that a lot of puppymill dogs do not get the dental care they need, therefore, that is why she does not have very many. She doesn't really act like an old dog, other than not wanting to play.

So, to make a long story short, is this a poodle behavior, clinging to me like this, or is she unique? And are poodles good with other dogs? Do they like to play, normally? Our other dogs are a little American eskimo dog, a miniature schnauzer and a pocket beagle. Don't know if she's actually a pocket, but she is only 10 inches tall and weighs about 14 lbs.
The eskie is a male, the other dogs are all females.

Thank you

 

Her clinginess could have something to do with her backround but my toy poodle is also somewhat clingy but its mostly with my roommate. If I sit he is on my lap...if I don't want him there I just lift myself enough to knock him off. Every once in a while he will guard the couch and lunge at the cats if they come near it...when he does this he loses his couch priveledges so it happens alot less frequently than it did when I first got him. He has also been known to recource guard my roommate in the past lunging at me or anyone else that went near them.
He is almost 9yrs old but I did'nt get him until he was 6yrs old. He is very active and playful but he does'nt really play with my other dog, Natalie. I think this has more to do with him being overwhelmed by her size (she is much larger than him) or her hyperness than with him not wanting to play with other dogs. He acts like he wants to play with her but seems to chicken out once she starts going.
I really think he would play with her if she was closer to his size...he does try to play with the cats sometimes though.

 

i have babysat for a family that had a toy poodle, and she behaved exactly as you described, although it wasn't a particular person she clung to. she was kinda scary, with those little teeth, and their whole family thot it was funny and never really trained her against it, although i think they did try a little bit.