White Poodles Gone Native

I've had this photo on my desktop for awhile, and am finally getting around to posting it. For some reason I always think "Native" when I look at this pic because the way the hair is banded is reminiscent of a native American headdress and traditional hairstyles. But of course this style is a just a protective poodle hairstyle that keeps the hair from being untangled, and promotes hair growth.

Poodle Transformation: Furry to Naked

I stumbled upon photos of solid-colored chocolate poodle named Reese (aka Monkey). What attracted me to his photos was the dramatic transformation he underwent from a fully, wooly, furry poodle to a nearly hairless, and naked one. And the best thing? He looks just as good, if not better cut low. 

Before (Middle) After Poodle Cut:

Puppy Clip; Continental Clip; very low Kennel Clip
(hairless poodle, poodle with no hair, low trim cut poodle)

Check out his full  transformation below:

 He looks like a solid-colored version of the poodle in John Wootton's famous "Poodle & Monkey" painting. (featured in next posting)

photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7520941@N04/4442118620/in/set-72157624712800566/ ; (pudlmomy), Maggie Laney; HighFaultinPoodles 

Parti in the Wind.

Standard Poodles on a windy day. Red solid, Silver and White parti, and White solid in miami or bikini poodle clips / cuts.

Black Poodle, White Poodle, Brown Poodle

1970s / 1980s vintage card of brown, white, and black poodle. 

Wanted to show a little solid-colored poodle love, found three nice photos of standard poodles in continental clips. I initially had these photos to use as inspiration for growing out a top knot... they all have nice "froo-froo" long poodle topknots, gotta love it! I later learned that show poodles, like the ones below, use poodle hair extensions also known as wiggies to get the huge fluffy topknots seen below. 

Parti poodle descendants.