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Poodles!

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२८ टिप्पण्या:

Meade म्हणाले...

Now those are a couple of smart handsome dogs!

Big Mike म्हणाले...

Someone else's I presume? We could do with a bit of back story here.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Oodles of Poodles!

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Wait a minute...is that Tony Blair?

Irene म्हणाले...

It's nice to get dog-love where you can find it.

ricpic म्हणाले...

The bigger the poodle the better the poodle. Best is the full sized hunting poodle.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Yeah they're smart. But I still don't like 'em.

Irene म्हणाले...

ricpic, here you go.

Retriever म्हणाले...

Do tell, are they yours?

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Porch poodle-fur ball toss.

lemondog म्हणाले...

Giant Schnauzer and Poodle Bone Fight Stand-off

And the winnah is........

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Bike commute deer.

ErnieG म्हणाले...

My daughter has a standard poodle. He's very smart and a pleasure to be around. I understand that poodles are up there with border collies in intelligence. The difference is more in temperament - poodles are more laid-back. To illustrate:

OWNER: Now we're going to learn a new trick!

BORDER COLLIE: Oh boy! Oh boy! Now I can show you how smart I am!

POODLE: You're kidding, right?

Unknown म्हणाले...

Ann, I didn't know your middle name was Irene.

PS Woof, from all our yorx.

Irene म्हणाले...

ErnieG, you nailed it.

The response we get is, "You want me to what?"

Irene म्हणाले...

edutcher, woof back.

Unknown म्हणाले...

ErnieG said...

My daughter has a standard poodle. He's very smart and a pleasure to be around. I understand that poodles are up there with border collies in intelligence. The difference is more in temperament - poodles are more laid-back. To illustrate:

OWNER: Now we're going to learn a new trick!

BORDER COLLIE: Oh boy! Oh boy! Now I can show you how smart I am!

POODLE: You're kidding, right?


We have a York like that.

mc म्हणाले...

I was surprised to learn that they were originally draught animals and then was stunned to learn that there was an all poodle team that raced the Iditarod.

Those two fellers pictured look similar to each other :1

Sarah म्हणाले...

Extreme Poodles

chuck b. म्हणाले...

Adorable little brainiacs!

knox म्हणाले...

Wait a minute...is that Tony Blair?

No. Rand Paul.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

The trouble with poodles is that they are neurotic and get their feelings hurt too easily. The dog that will accept whatever you do or say is much easier to live with.

lemondog म्हणाले...

...poodles is that they are neurotic...

Don't neurotic people create neurotic animals?

Palladian म्हणाले...

In Goethe's "Faust", Mephistopheles (the demon) first appears to Faust in the form of a big poodle.

The scene when he sheds the poodle guise and reveals his true form includes the line:

Wie wird mein Pudel lang und breit!

I've read several translations of "Faust" and my favorite rendition of that line is in Peter Salm's translation:

How broad and long my poodle waxes!

I love to say that in the most random and inappropriate contexts. Try it yourself!

I also like that Goethe uses (coins) a word: pudelnärrisch, which is usually rendered as something like "poodly-foolish"!

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

Why do poodles always remind me of irises

;-)

Meade म्हणाले...

Poodle/Iris

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

re: Poodle/Iris

I'd be careful there, don't risk one of those matter/anti-matter kind of situations (not to mention an increadible sense of disorientation on the part of the viewer
It's a dog..no its a flower..no its a dog

Irene म्हणाले...

Meade, that poodle/iris shot is incredibly beautiful. Silver poodles are rare, and it is a delight to see one.

(Forget-Us-Nots.)