the only good poodle, izzuh dead poodle...
gimme a Rottweiler, a dingo, a lab, a Rhodesian Ridgeback or a good ol American mutt any day...
Yup. Although I'm very fond of our family's golden retriever. And no rottweilers.
Labs are dogs. Anything else is just a placeholder for where a dog should be. OK... maybe border collies are dogs too... but little else.
To whit: gidget. A thing that looks and acts like a dog, but is completely insane.