Poodle in turn comes from Low German "pud(d)eln" meaning "[to] splash in water," cognate with the English word "puddle". The poodle has contributed to many other dog breeds, such as the Miniature Schnauzer, Standard Schnauzer, and dogs of the Bichon type in order to either save those breeds from extinction, reduce size, or by dog fanciers to improve their appearance. The poodle has been bred in at least three sizes, including Standard, Miniature, and Toy. According to the American Kennel Club, which recognized the breed in 1887, the Standard Poodle is the oldest of the three varieties, and was later bred
Attack poodle culture critic James Wolcott in his 2004 book, "Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants: The Looting of the News in a Time of Terror", a critique of popular right-wing TV news personalities who he claims are increasingly dominating the mainstream media in America. The term was also used in 1998 by Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq which scorned the British as "America’s attack poodle" in response to air raids undertaken by the latter as part of Operation Desert Fox. Attack poodle Attack poodle is a political epithet or pejorative that typically denotes a vociferous but utterly servile defender of a