The Poodle. 183 



Thus carefully have I entered into the manage- 

 ment and keeping of the poodle as a house dog, 

 because it is only used as such in this country, 

 and because it is the dog above all others that, 

 through neglect to its cleanliness, will become an 

 eyesore, and offensive to its owner, when a little 

 trouble will make it as pretty and as pleasant a dog 

 as man or woman need desire. As to its intelligence 

 and faithfulness, nothing further need be said by me. 



Perhaps it may be fresh information to some 

 who have kept poodles to know that this " wool " 

 or " cords " can be used for manufacturing pur- 

 poses, and although " poodle's wool " is not a 

 mercantile commodity, the owner of a poodle can 

 clip him, have the results made into yarn, and 

 in due course converted into socks or similar 

 articles of wear. One gentleman sent a sample 

 of "poodle's wool" into Scotland, and forwarded 

 me a specimen of the yarn spun from it. The 

 dog from which it was taken yielded four pounds 

 weight of wool, and many of the locks were eight 

 inches in length and over, but the clipping was 

 merely done in the first instance because the coat 

 was falling off. As an old shepherd said when 

 he was told of this, " Aye, aye, nea wonder sheep 

 is sae cheap when these new-fangled dogs can 

 grow four pound o' wool apiece." 



