Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Along the same lines, guide animal trainers have bred the standard poodle with the labrador to make what is now called a 'labradoodle'. It is said to be one of the best guide dogs available. Unfortunate name...but a heck of a mix. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 10:27 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] P******g Pyrenees : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "BOB KRAMER" <BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com> : To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> : Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:59 AM : Subject: RE: [Leica] P******g Pyrenees : : : : Poodles are cool dogs, no doubt about it. Did you guys know that : (according : : to most lists) one of the smartest, if not the smartest, breeds are the : : poodle breeds. My dogs' breed ain't far behind, and sometimes I think : they : : are the ones training me! lol! If I didn't have dobies, I would have a : : standard poodle, even with all the hair. : : : : Allegedly, during the Vietnam era, the army was looking for a new crop of : dogs for use in combat. After extensive testing it was determined that the : Standard Poodle was the most easy breed to train to do virtually anything, : as well as to "detrain" afterwards. The problem was, however, that they : brass figured that NO ONE was going to take a Poodle seriously as an attack : dog.;-) (Which, if course means that none of the "brass" had ever been on : the wrong end of a pissed off 80 lb standard Poodle.) Anyway, I believe they : went with the Shepard, which, along with the Dobbie, is right up there in : doggie IQ land. : : B. D. : : : > From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] : : > Subject: RE: [Leica] natural war : : > : : > I'll try to find some scans and throw 'em up.;-) : : > : : > -----Original Message----- : : > Subject: Re: [Leica] natural war : : > : : > To get this back on track............where's some pics of the poodle? : : > : : > I have 4 toys and am nuts about the breed. : : > : : > Show me da pictures! : : > Lea : : -- : : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : : : : -- : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : : -- : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html