And then when he heard me say I like dogs he promised to give me a dog, one of those lovely clown dogs,-poodles,-with their hair cut in a fancy pattern, when he can lay his hand on a real beauty.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
The last straw upon Carl's breaking back was the arrival of his father, who descended upon him with a bass viol, an enormous basket-bed for his beloved poodles, and a large bundle of debts, as well as an increased luggage of eccentricities.
"The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1"
Rupert Hughes
The man who had promised to take her in his cart to her native village of Schweinfurt barely supported himself and his family by the tricks of his trained poodles.
"In The Blue Pike, Volume 2."
Georg Ebers