That dog hunts? Poodles have a prissy reputation, but they can be trained to go afield.(SPORTS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | December 7, 2008| | Copyright

Byline: DOUG SMITH; STAFF WRITER

A rooster pheasant winged high overhead in the cobalt sky, several blasts from a shotgun interrupted its flight and the bird somersaulted into thick grass.

"Back," Libbe Erickson told her hunting dog, Rider, and he rocketed into the brush.

Moments later Rider returned, pheasant in mouth.

"Good dog," she said, taking the bird.

Nothing unusual here on a glorious fall day in Minnesota -- except Erickson's dog is a poodle. A cream-colored, fluffy poodle.

And nearby, friend Lin Gelbmann's ...

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