[lonestar]

I can't stand the way those poodles are groomed! I'm glad a dog won that looks like a dog!!!

Weinie

[Mr Inviso]

“I can’t stand the way those poodles are groomed! I’m glad a dog won that looks like a dog!!!”

Amen to that!!!

[SatinDoll]

Poodles are groomed and clipped that way for, believe it or not, greater buoyancy protection of their joints when retrieving wildfowl from cold water.

Poodles were bred by German nobility centuries ago for duck hunting, and there are standard Poodle breeders in this country today that only breed gun dogs, and not bench bred dogs for the show ring. Because they are very intelligent and people oriented, the smaller ones became the favorites of ladies.