[AnAmericanMother]

Hey - you know the episode where Uncle Si goes looking for a hunting dog, and comes back with a . . . poodle?

I personally know and have trained with and scritched the ears of said poodle. Said poodle is UH HRCH MHR Southern Standards Red Creole MH, first poodle to hold the top hunting retriever title in all four associations. His owner/trainer, Rich Louter, is the most patient dog trainer I know. All the dogs in that episode are his or his client dogs. When he started this gig, everybody laughed at the hunting poodles. They're not laughing now.

[CollegeRepublican]

IIRC, poodles were originally bred as french retrievers. Over the past 100 years or so they have probably been bred for looks instead of hunting instincts, but it wouldn’t be hard to bring back that hunting drive.

[llevrok]

Poodles are as smart as whips. Not surprised they make great work dogs.