Portuguese Water Dog for everyone. Because of their intelligence and working drive, they require regular intensive exercise as well as mental challenges. They are gentle and patient — but not "couch potatoes", and boredom can cause them to become destructive. One theory proposes that some of the dogs left the Asian steppes with the Goths, a confederation of German tribes. Some, (the Ostrogoths), went west and their dogs became the German poodle, called in German the poodle-hund or puddle-dog—that is, water-dog. Others, the Visigoths, went south to fight the Romans, and their dogs became the Lion Dog, groomed in the traditional lion cut.
Darla (dog) was, and someone going as far as to create a Facebook fan page for her entitled, "Precious, the white toy poodle of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs". Her final film before retiring (and ultimately passing away) was in 1992's "Batman Returns" as the role of Ratty Poodle. According to trainer, Cristie Miele, Darla's "big thing" was stealing socks. Darla retired from acting in 1992; retiring to Thousand Oaks, California where she later died at the age of seventeen. Darla (dog) Darla (1975–1992) was a Bichon Frise and animal actress most known for her role as Precious in