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[rinalia]

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/02_08-15/TOP

""Poodles seemed a little 'flouffy.' I wanted something I didn't have to worry about stepping on"

I step on standard poodles all the time. They are so "flouffy" and really small in stature. I mean, really, I can barely SEE standard poodles. And the athletic miniature poodle who does

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[bloolark]

You must have missed the memo. Standard poodles, unless they are 1/2 of a labradoodle or other doodle, don't actually exist.

I know this for certain because I have been asked, with shocked expressions, what kind of dog I have.

This is a play at home quiz:

What breed of dog is this?

Answers:

1) "Is that a labradoodle?"

2) "Is that a poodle? *stare* *shocked voice* How old is he? (Our answer: Four and a half months) I didn't know poodles came in BIG!"

3) "Wow! He's so soft! And intelligent! And nice looking! I wish my labradoodle had fur like he does."

(The common fourth question is 'are you going to give him a silly haircut', but that's different.)

They're also really girly, too small, and um, I don't know, poodly!

In the fairly recent Dogs in Canada magazine/book/thing, they had a list of the top ten obedience dogs. I have no idea what criteria they used, but one of them was a toy poodle with high titles in tracking.

[bloolark]

Weirdly enough, I've never been asked that before, so it's not ridiculous. :)

It's trimmed. All of it, actually. A poodle grown out to the full length of his or her coat looks kind of like a sheepdog.

The shaved face and neck is one of those 'highlights the bone structure of the face, etc'. I really like the look, and it also keeps most people from asking if he's a labradoodle. The rest of his fur is clipped regularly so that he doesn't mat or get too tangly considering he spends half the day romping in mud puddles, plowing through flower beds, etc.

I can't find a good picture of an unclipped adult on a brief google search, but, yeah, sheepdogs. Just sheepdogs who tend to mat or dread really, really easily.

[persephoneflame]

when we got our first standard poodle when I was a kid, my little cousin looked outside in the yard and exclaimed, "Why did you get a sheep?!"

He was untrimmed (due to, well, living on the street for months, as far as we could tell :( ) and white and did look remarkably like a sheep at a distance. :D

[bloolark]

We currently call Crow (that'd be the standard poodle puppy) the little sheep because he's got a major fuzzy puppy coat thing going on.

They do look like sheep when they're untrimmed! Or sheepdogs, but in my opinion, a lot of sheep dogs actually look like sheep. :)

[roamingtigress]

I love poodles, especially the Standards. Your pup is such a great looking dog.

[wirenth]

it can't be a poodle! it doesn't have pom poms!

[rhinecat]

Every time I see your Siren icon, it makes me want to poodle-cut one of the Chis...the tufty head is just too cute.

[wirenth]

do it!

i have to admit, i really liked siren with bracelets. i was just being goofy when i shaved her down post-hospitalization and she had catheter shaves on three legs already, so they just kind of turned into bracelets. then i shaved her butt down and left her chest poofy. it was so lame but it amused me ;)

[rhinecat]

Well, I already trimmed Adam's back half down super-short because he had such weak, friable fur there (I'm hoping it grows back stronger), so I think that will have to suffice for my poodling urges for now. :)