Poodles always make the list of the most popular dogs in the US. This glamorous breed – a favorite with movie stars, European royalty, and the political and literary elite – may look pampered and pretty, but in fact, they were traditionally bred as water retrievers, collecting waterfowl from rivers and lakes.
Dog owners and breeders really can’t get enough of them, so much so that a proliferation of cross-bred Poodles has gathered pace over the past few decades. There are now cockapoos, shihpoos, goldendoodles, labradoodles and so on... Everyone seems to want a bit of Poodle.
