At least some are dogs. My brother, who lives up in Alaska, tells me there has been a standard poodle team in the Iditarod for a number of years. They are very able to pull the sled. They haven’t won yet, but they are just as good as most of the other dog teams.
Yep. Now, I’m no poodle fan, but true standard poodles were bred as hunting dogs. It’s the breeders who miniaturized them, tea-cupped them, generally candy-assed a very decent breed.