Can YOU Guess The Breed of this corded dog?

[Adina P]

Downtown today I spotted this dog:

 

 

Take a guess what you think before you read on...

 

I first spotted it across the street and had a moment to ponder things before the light turned.  My brain went back and forth with guesses but as I got closer I decided on what it was and approached the owner dude asking "Is that a corded poodle?" He said YES and was super impressed so I told him I thought his dog was the wrong color to be one of the other corded breeds and again he was impressed because apparently nobody ever gets it right!.  LOL...what can I say I was really proud of my dog breed nerdiness...or maybe dorkness since nerd assumes I actually KNOW what I'm talking about.  Teeheee =)

 

What was your first and last impression before reading the answer?

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Doable!   Would you leave the coat a little longer and corded?   I now know why they shave these areas..... hard to keep clean.   But the feet cord fast because of dew and the dry winter air.

I am not going to cord his tail this year. I love the doodle tail of all fluff. Plus, I think it was an uncomfortable area for him.    We want peaceful happy dogs   :) 

[Kyoko]

I may start from her head. She can have her dread lock!!! Ya mon!

[Kathy, Harley & Roxie]

I thought about this for Harley. :-)

[Carol Brand]

I really like cords, but I don't think I care for them on a Brown Poodle.  I think the dog ends up looking dirty and sort of grungey.  I think this is a much nicer look on Black or White Poodles.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Now that I look closer, this is a very old cording.   The ears and tail are the LAST to cord and it takes over a year for the hair on the ears to even begin cords.  These are well formed.

Still looks like an ALD to me.

[Lorraine Bromley]

I thought Doodle as the corded poodles I have seen I thought had their faces trimmed and not bearded like the doodle face.

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

OMD!  Spud is waaayyyy cuter than the dog Adina saw!  You did a GREAT job with him.  He looks adorable!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Thanks Traci   :)   It could be because I was told, I could NOT do this.   There were days I had to look the other way.  Honest.  But eventually it worked until the rain and mud, then the heat and humidity.  This fall, we start again.

[Camilla and Darwin]

I thought corded poodle or I actually wondered doodle, his face just looks more poodley.

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

Definitely poodle.   Puli face is different. Actually just checked out Puli images on yahoo and could barely see their faces.   LOL    Poodles are much cuter, and doodles even better!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

See what you started Adina? 

 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I would have guessed doodle - it looks stockier than a poodle due to the cording.  What a beautiful color.