Polly is one of the most adorable interviewees you could hope to meet, but somewhat unpredictable and occasionally completely out of control.
She’ll wave hello and give you a high five when you ask, then get carried away and try to climb on to your shoulders to give you a wet kiss. When you pay her a compliment she’ll take it as an invitation to stick her nose between your legs and try to scratch her eye sockets on your inner thighs.
Try to write any of this down and she’ll repeatedly jog your writing hand and attempt to eat
A cross between a labrador and a poodle. Sir Donald Campbell used the name about his dog in the 1950s but it gained recognition after Wally Conron crossed a labrador and a standard poodle in 1988
Cocker spaniel-poodle hybrid, which looks cute and is highly intelligent, but has attitude
Shih-Tzu and, usually, a toy or miniature poodle cross. Can be yappy
Wonderfully named and often very handsome, this schnauzer-poodle combination tends to be playful but tough
Crossing a bulldog with a poodle sounds wrong, but there are reports of good experiences with these dogs, though they are not all that common