What if our doodles really were Puli's with a friendly temperament?

[Doodle Grooming]

Just a thought!

I think that puli's are just AMAZING dogs and look at their coats!! they don't call them mats. They are cords! =)

http://www.showdogsupersite.com/puliworld/grooming.html

What if we stopped calling the mess that happens with our doodles coats a mat and applying the much nicer "cord" word. In fact, could a doodle have cords???

Not like I would want to try it, but it was a funny passing thought I wanted to share =)

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Have you ever seen the Budwieser ( I think it was Bud ) that had a commercial of the man in dreads and his dog in a bar.  Funny.

Let me go see if I can find this.  You two could try this commerical.

BRB

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="475" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_LcWBDgzVK4" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe> _origwidth="480"

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LcWBDgzVK4

 

Here is the link.  I don't think I embeded the video right.

[Camilla and Darwin]

OMD, he looks great!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Jared: Allergies and Cording = DISASTER.     No, you should not cord you dog. 

Actually, your dog probably will not cord.    I have one that will and one who won't.  You need a Poodle type coat for cording

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Cords have a tendency to even MOLD.  It takes a very long time to dry.  Days. Days. Days.  Coats  harbor dust, dirt, and everything you can spore you can think of.

I do NOT have dog allergies but when I would shave Spud I could not breathe because of the other allergies I have.  The coats with long hair, let alone dreads, are a living breathing dust mop   :)  

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Jared: Your girl looks so pretty and silky.  Is she wooley?  She looks so soft in the pictures.

[Carol Brand]

Can't wait to see your results in a couple of years.  Check out this video of the a photo shoot with corded Poodles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebp7sTLd-XY&playnext=1&list=...

 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Yes.  Love that one too Carol.  I have that one in my first post.  Of course, those are the IDEAL  :)   
Beautiful

http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/doodlegrooming/forum/topics/cordi...

There are some still shots in this post too.  And your comments to me... that I was crazy.  LOL   :)   But that's okay, I am. 

[Carol Brand]

Shoot.... sorry.  I envy your cording.  Someday I want to cord a Poodle!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Carol- DO IT.     I don't think I am going to let it go years.  Spud swims all the TIME.  He is a dock diver all summer.   He is HAPPY swimming.  So to take this away because of vanity is wrong on my part.  To keep his skin healthy would be a chore. 

So I will do it from September until May just so he does not have to endure that horrible brushing and let it go at that.    I know these take  years.  Maybe when he is old and does not want to swim but I won't make him stop the joys of having fun.

[Carol Brand]

I love the look of cords but I had a really bad experience at a dog show once where I was set up next to some Puli people.  Their dogs stunk to high heavens; a combination of sour milk and dirty dog. Seriously, I could barely breath.  I worry with my active lifestyle that I will get moldy cords or little velcro strips that are full of debris.

 

Color is important too.  I know a woman who corded her Cream poodle.  The dog always look dingy and dirty.  Conversely, I think the cords don't show up well on a really Black dog.  It is almost as though it takes a true White dog like the ones in the video to show off the cords to their best.  

Here is a corded Mini from our last Poodle Specialty (you can see that the topknot thing gets tricky: