[kaktuskid]

Wasn’t the poodle originally created as a sporting breed (like the retrievers)?

[Cecily]

They are hunting dogs. Uncle Si from “Duck Dynasty” went duck hunting with a poodle on one episode.

http://www.redhuntingpoodles.com/

[justme4now]

The Alaska sled race (Iditarod) included Poodles for several years.