Poodles are OK, if you have a lot of barbecue sauce available.
Poodle-it's what's for dinner.
I prefer poodle noodles...
Actually, standard poodles are pretty cool dogs. Big clowns, and you don't have to clip them in that silly show cut. I would be embarrassed to walk one with all the pom poms. The old fashioned poodle cut was actually pretty cool looking. Sort of like this:
http://www.encore-editions.com/dogs/maudearl/Blackandwhitestandardpoodles.jpg
susie