THE POODLE. 



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neck should be bony, muscular, and so set into the long, 

 sloping shoulders as to enable the dog when swimming to 

 carry whatever he is retrieving well above the water; and 

 it is really astonishing how heavy a weight a Poodle can 

 carry without any apparent inconvenience. 



There is a peculiar suppleness in the Poodle's back 

 when he is either swimming or running, and which gives 

 him the appearance of being able to flex his spine more 



CORDED POODLE-PIERROT. 

 Owned by Miss Anna P. Stevenson, Philadelphia, Penn. 



than any other dog that I know of. Whether or not it is 

 this which gives him his extraordinary power in the water 

 I can not say, but he certainly excels all his race in that 

 element, at least, being able to distance the strongest Water 

 Spaniel and swim round and round a Newfoundland. 



In nose the German Poodle almost rivals the Blood- 

 hound, and so keen is his power of scent that he can trail 

 his master through the most crowded street, or retrieve a 

 wounded bird, no matter how cleverly it may hide. 



In color the 'German Poodle is black, white, black and 

 white, and occasionally liver- colored, though the last, to 



