Monday, 10 March 2014

Of poodles

One of these has just won Supreme Champion at Crufts. Good for him. But can someone please tell me why these poor creatures are submitted to a kind of topiary that would make even a Downton garden bush look ridiculous? Why the naked bottom? And the fluffy leg-warmers? And the extrardinary hair-do? Why?

When I was a child, we had a standard poodle, and she needed clipping, but all over. And she still looked like a dog. A normal, evenly-covered  sort of dog.

I just wondered.

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  1. Frances10 March 2014 at 15:47

    I love dogs, especially my schnauzer, but that poodle just looks ugly and ridiculous. My pup has an even all over short cut. (not like show schnauzers, they also can look a bit ridiculous! )

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  2. Teresa Ashby10 March 2014 at 17:00

    Completely agree with you, Frances. Poor dogs. Let them be proper dogs I say! x

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    1. Frances Garrood11 March 2014 at 17:20

      Yes. I think a dog should LOOK like a dog, Teresa!

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  3. Wendy's Writing10 March 2014 at 17:41

    I can't say I was that keen on any of the finalists, Frances - I just like scruffy mutts like my Bonnie.

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    1. Frances Garrood11 March 2014 at 17:21

      I missed Crufts, Wendy. I think they all look in/over/bred.

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  4. Cro Magnon11 March 2014 at 05:18

    There's a much more dignified 'official' cut for poodles, which looks like trousers. Lady Magnon showed me that picture last night, but I won't tell you what her comment was!!!!

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  5. Librarian11 March 2014 at 08:48

    I never understood this, either, Frances, but neither do I understand human hairdos sometimes. Only that humans usually decide for themselves, while the poor poodles have to wear whatever their owner thinks best.

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    1. Frances Garrood11 March 2014 at 17:22

      Quite, Meike. But one of my sons shaved off all his hair when he was going through A Phase, and that was far worse than any hairdo.

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  6. Patsy11 March 2014 at 10:21

    It looks odd but I don't suppose it bothers the dog. I'd rather see extreme hair cuts than breeding for extreme characteristics which lead to medical problems.

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    1. Frances Garrood11 March 2014 at 17:23

      Patsy, I can't believe that chilly bare bottom doesn't bother the dog. It makes me feel cold, just looking at it.

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  7. Maggie May11 March 2014 at 17:10

    It reminds me of pushy mums who enter their little girls for beauty competitions. It's for the parent/owner, not the child or dog.

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  8. GB19 March 2014 at 08:07

    You are having us on. It's a comedy sculpture.

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