I've heard the joint-warming reasoning for the poodle cut many times, but color me skeptical. I'd love to see photos of poodles from the age that cut was in vogue for working dogs.
Something to google while I watch the show tonight.
Agree 100% Jennifer. Show-clipped poodles are a huge turn-off to me. I know some great Standards, I'd have one in a minute. I just don't think I could afford the grooming. The thought of pulling the ear hair out makes me shudder, so I couldn't do it myself.
The cost of grooming is a big issue for me as well, other than that a standard would probably be my first choice as a next dog.
ETA: one more random question, what exactly do Puli and Komondors feel like?
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I have a standard poodle and keep him in an allover short cut which I do myself. In that kind of clip they are very low maintenance. I spend less time grooming my poodle than any of my others--GSD, Cardigan, and Leonberger. I was put off by the podle hair thing too until I saw a real hunting poodle and thought wow, these are real dogs. Before that I would never have considered myself a poodle person. But they are wonderful dogs. Incredibly smart.
You can see that the breed's appearance was pretty manipulated from the beginning. I have no idea how much is stylized (I think a lot ), but I'm pretty sure that each weird grooming point has at least some hazy root in the breed's working history.
I can see putting some of those flowing tresses into a topknot for swimming, too.
A friend of mine has a standard that loves lure coursing as much as my dog does, but he's too smart to do the job like the sighthounds. He'll watch the lure go around the course once and then figure out the best place to cut off the lure and go in for the kill.
A different friend has a lovely standard girl, again supremely smart. Have you heard of the treat-dispensing toy the "canine genius"? I handed it, stuffed, to my friend who told me to watch and learn about real canine genius. The poodle threw the toy in her owner's lap and waited for the human to unstuff the treats.
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Quote: Meredith Hamilton
A friend of mine has a standard that loves lure coursing as much as my dog does, but he's too smart to do the job like the sighthounds. He'll watch the lure go around the course once and then figure out the best place to cut off the lure and go in for the kill.
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