for that answer, I think you are thinking of a poodle, which is a type of dog. Poodles were originally hunting dogs. If you still can't get the picture of what a poodle looks like, then you'll probably know this example. a poodle is a dog that has the ball of fur on the tip of the tails, has a ball of fur around each foot. The reason people would shave their dogs like that is because they wanted to make sure the dogs could swim easily to the kill after they/the owners shot something down and it landed in the water.