My mother has a bearded collie/standard poodle X, she gets taken to the hairdressers regularly for a cut (the bitch, not my mother), as otherwise she looks more like a small black bear than a dog. She also has a standard poodle, luckily she keeps her fellah from getting him the 'proper' poodle cut, although he does have a pouff of hair on top (the dog, not her fellah).I also highly dispute the intelligent poodle bit, her poodle is the stupidest creature I've ever had the misfortune to meet.