Poodle News Roundup

In Recent Poodle News we’ve got everything from a clinically depressed (and overmedicated) poodle putting the gnosh on Jacques Chirac to a Best in Show poodle with no name in Detroit. So let’s get started!

Jacques Chirac: Poodle Snack – Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to a Paris hospital in February after his poodle Sumo turned on him in a “vicious, unprovoked attack.” Sumo, a white Maltese poodle, had been undergoing treatment for clinical depression. Apparently Prozac for Poodles doesn’t work any better than it does for people. The 76-year old ex-President was treated and released, no word about what Sumo’s condition.

FoxNews

Runway Runaway at Logan – Boston’s Logan Airport experienced flight delays as a toy poodle eluded police and airport officials for 17 long hours this past October. Turns out the poodle, Coochy, was just trying to have some fun. She was finally captured by an offer of treats, after having escaped from her transport crate after a flight from Detroit. Passengers on many of the delayed flights expressed amazement that it took so many men so many hours to catch one poodle. We Poodle People are not surprised. Poodles are some of the best escape artists since Houdini!

Boston Globe

$5 million for False Imprisonment of Fifi – LOS ANGELES: Cassie Hughes was just getting settled into her seat on a United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles when she thought she saw a carrier crate containing her poodle Fifi being loaded onto a different plane. When she asked, she was assured it was someone else’s dog, and when she asked to get off the plane to check, she was plied with booze by the attendant instead. Sure enough, Fifi ended up in Nebraska instead of Los Angeles, so Huges sued United Airlines for false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. UA tried to settle for a $1200 “lost baggage” claim, but Hughes is holding out for the $5 million.

This Is True Archive

Forget the Westminster Sussex! – DETROIT: A white toy poodle who apparently has no name won Best In Show at the 102nd annual Detroit Kennel Club Dog Show on February 28. The poodle his/her/itself hales from Pennsylvania, and while his/her/its owners got their names in the news, nobody at the Detroit News bothered to find out if the dog has a name. Somehow, I don’t think that there’s much glory to be gained by winning a Best In Show trophy without a name on the plate. But since we are all in favor of poodles being perpetual Best In Show (whatever show), we will say Hooray for Him/Her/It!!! Way to go!

Detroit News

Most Prolific Poodle Pair – VANCOUVER PROVINCE: A female standard poodle named Charlie started popping out puppies on St. Patrick’s Day last year and didn’t finish until afternoon the following day. A total of 16 healthy poodle puppies – ten female and six male – round out the family for Charlie and her mate Magnum after a previous record-setting litter of 12. Good job, Charlie!

The Oregonian

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