Oodles of fun
January 5th 2010 04:42
A Yorkshire terrier-poodle cross, known as a Yorkiepoo
The idea is that you can combine the intelligence and friendly nature of poodles with the characteristcs of any other breed you fancy. Another plus is that a poodle can be crossed with pretty much anything and the poodle's cuddly, curly coat will prevail. We proved the dominance of the gene by crossing poodles with a brick and a crocodile. The resulting broodles and crocodoodles are soft and cuddly.
Yet another advantage of using poodles as the base cross is that they come in two standard sizes. There is the standard poodle, which is the little one, and then there is the standard poodle, which is ... no, wait.
Anyway, none of these is the real reason for the popularity of this cross-breeding exercise. The real reason is the funny names you can create.
The most common cross with poodles is the labrador, giving you a labradoodle. This is how it all started, and the resulting mid-size balls of boundless, fluffy energy are the greatest innovation in the known universe since the Andromedans introduced tourist flights into black holes.
Then came spaniel-poodle crosses, or spoodles, and the rest is hoostery.
Are oodles popular? According to the president of the Australian Pet Dog Trainers Association, Karin Bridge, poodle crosses now make up 30 per cent of pupils in puppy classes. Bridge said the most popular oodles were cavoodles (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel), spoodles, schnoodles (schnauzer), moodles (Maltese terrier — twice the fluff factor) and labradoodles.
Such is the boom in designer poodle crosses, however, that we expect more exotic mixes to appear soon. In anticipation, we offer some potential names for them.
Chihuahua-poodle cross: Minuscoodle
Greyhound-poodle cross: Speedy Gonzoodle
Newfoundland-poodle cross: Newdle
Mastiff-poodle cross: Lotsofpoo
And why stop at crossing poodles with other dogs? What about these?
Chicken-poodle cross: Cockadoodlepoodle
Kangaroo-poodle cross: Kanpoo
Galah-poodle cross: Oo-ah
Elephant-poodle cross: Pooeyphant
Frank Sinatra-poodle cross: Croondle
Ice house-poodle cross: Igloodle
Pencil-poodle cross: Doodle
Can you suggest any more?
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Comment by Chris Champion
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A cross between a poodle and a Candian: A canoodle
Comment by Anonymous
Among the many desirable characteristics Labradors bring to the table are intelligence and sweetness of temperament.
As for the poodle, they suffer a bit from an image problem.
Whereas a man is happy to have a lab by his side, a poodle can create certain problems in the wrong neighborhoods.
And, poodles have a reputation of being a bit high strung and owned by people with the same type of approach to life.
Of course, image isn't the same thing as reality, as this article demonstrates so cleverly.
Comment by Roux 'b Doux
And Anonymous, us Standard Poodles are not high strung, just high energy and we are extremely intelligent, loyal, and very much fun to have around. We also like to hunt, swim and play well with others, providing the others listen to our game plan and go along with it.
So, Roux the Poodle Dog hath spoken.
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We am fully aware that, when it comes to brains, poodles have plenty. The poodle noodle is a splendid thing.
Comment by Heidi/Clyde
I think that humans carried things too far when they created Labradoodles or whatever the first Poodle cross bred was. There are pure bred dogs like us and there are mongrel cross breds. There is nothing wrong with a mongrel cross bred, they can be very nice dogs but they aren't anything but mongrels and who do the humans think they are fooling with their fancy names and big prices? Designer dogs! Huh! The only people who benefit are the puppy farmers and we all know which part of hell they should end up in!
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