5 Things You Need to Know About Poodles
In Bolinas Bongo, Briana Kaleigh is back in Marin County for another adventure. Her best friend’s high-strung poodle, Fifi, joins in the fun. After The Belvedere Club, so many people asked me why I was so mean to Fifi. I’m Not! I love Fifi, but I can’t help it if my main character, Briana is more of a pet turtle person than a dog person.
For that reason, I’ve dedicated today’s blog to Fifi.
5 Things You Need to Know About Poodles
1- Poodles didn’t originate in France but in Germany where their name Poodle comes from a word which means to splash about. They were standardized in France and because of their popularity there, they became the national breed. Thus French Poodle.
2- Poodles were first used as hunters and retrievers. Because of their moisture resistant coats they make great water retrievers for hunters of duck and other water fowl.
3- About that moisture resistant coat—most dogs have a double coat of an upper layer and lower layer, but poodles have a single, water resistant coat of dense curly hair.
4- Being highly energetic, poodles get bored easily and are known to get creative about finding mischief.
5- And most surprisingly of all or maybe not if you’re a poodle owner, poodles are second only to border collies in intelligence.
Number 5 always surprises Briana. Here’s a video from San Rafael’s Poodle Parade.
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I enjoyed your bit on Poodles, but it made me wonder just how smart is a Mutt? I imagine someone somewhere has done the actual research to make the claim for Border Collies and Poodles being smart, but how do we not know that the average mutt is not smarter?
I have a husky/pointer mutt named River Dog, who has learned to put his toys back in his toy basket when bored with them. Ah, nice work! I didn’t even suggest that River do this marvelous thing. He just observed my repeat actions of putting the toys away and decided that that is what he should do with them too. What a smart doggie!
No Comment. River Dog is smart! And cute! It does make you wonder is there a laboratory out there somewhere where the scientist is now saying ok, bring in the terriers now.