


Standard Poodle
Her tail is solid black — that's how you tell her from her sister at a glance. Merle coat with no white anywhere in it. Blacktail runs the room. She reads people fast, decides you're worth knowing, and then she's all the way in. Ask her for something and she gives it to you with her whole body, then wants to know what's next. She holds a sit-stay at eight and a half weeks
Standard Poodle
Her coat splits almost exactly half and half, tail included — that's the tell, and it's where the name came from. Merle, no white anywhere. Half and Half thinks before she moves. Something new happens and she doesn't flinch and doesn't charge — she watches it, weighs it, decides, and then commits completely. She learns a thing once and keeps it: teach her on a Tuesday, as