[nagdu] Raising Poodles

[Larry D. Keeler]

Sure there are many types of poodles!  Large, medium small and really small! 
I think that there is a particular name for that type of parti poodle 
though.  For instance, the one with a white chest and back is called a 
tuxedo poodle.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Raising Poodles


> Last I heard, they're called parti-poodles, or parties. /lol/ Or has
> that changed? I hear they are quite adorable, even for poodles. Scary
> thought. /lol/
>
> Funny what you pick up about the types of dogs we all have and love. I
> always thought a lab was a lab and a golden retriever was a golden
> retriever. Now I'll hear myself at the dog park talking knowledgeably
> about bench labs vs. field labs... Or observing the retrievers and going
> on about -- or asking, since I really only think I see the dogs these
> days, sort of filling in what I notice of light and shadow. German
> shepherds still seem to be German shepherds, I guess, although there's a
> difference between the American German Shepherd and the German German
> Shepherd, which is making a come back, I guess, to correct the problems
> bred into the American variety. Thank heavens! Some of those
> differences, I guess, are good to know, whether you're getting a new dog
> from a program and want to know more what to expect or just learn more
> about the dog you have and its behaviors. And, of course, we do need to
> know how to describe them in detail to, well, everybody. /smile/
>> So I'm really happy that I finally know that, while poodles don't have
> distinctions like the labs -- field lab vs. bench lab, American vs.
> British, etc., there is a show type with a show coat and a working dog
> type with the working dog coat. So I can describe Mitzi now as a working
> type poodle, which tells nobody anything, because most people don't
> know. But it makes me feel better knowing I used the right words. /lol/
> And I can answer questions better when people ask. Saying, "Uh..." just
> never makes me feel dignified and confident! /lol/
>
> Tami
>
> On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 18:55 -0400, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>> Gary and Tami, do either of you know what those poodles are called that 
>> are black with white feet?  I think they would be adorable!!  They would 
>> look like they had shoes on!  I also wonder if they have a name for the 
>> reverse, poodles with black feet on white?  I guess those would look like 
>> they had dirty feet though!
>> Intelligence is always claimed but rarely proven!
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