An FYI...
I met a fellow in Oregon a couple of years ago who owned a "German Water Dog". A wonderful hunting dog, it was a treat to watch its working style. The owner said it was the best of all the hunting dogs that he owned/trained over his 50+ years of hunting.
I put the name in quotes because the rest of us recognized it as a Standard Poodle. I hunted all my youth in North Dakota but w/o a dog...I would love to try the Standard, but I don't hunt anymore.
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Poodles have been bastardized by man, IMO.
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"The poodle was originally bred to be a water dog -- retrieving game fowl trapped or shot down by its owners. In fact the name "poodle" is a derivative of the old German extraction "pudeln" which translates roughly as 'to splash in water.'"
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Poodle History | Historical Information About Poodles
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Have fun training & hunting w/your new pup. 'Sounds like fun.
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