Clinically Depressed Poodle Mauls Former French President Chirac

Fox News ^ | 1/21/09 | Fox

[SueRae]

Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to a hospital after being mauled by his pet dog who is being treated for depression, in a dramatic incident that rattled the ex-president's wife.

The couple's white Maltese poodle, called Sumo, has a history of frenzied fits and became increasingly prone to making "vicious, unprovoked attacks" despite receiving treatment with anti-depressants, Chirac's wife Bernadette said.

[Badeye]

I’ll try to help you out....(chuckle)

Poodles are always on the top ten ‘most likely to bite’ lists folks. We had one as a kid...and I’m big into dog rescues, have two in my home as I type this...but I wouldn’t have anything to do with this breed, or its offshoots.

Fortunately, they are not as big as a Mastiff...(chuckle)

Speaking of which, anyone see the Soledad OBrien v Mastiff owning family in her ‘building’ in NYC this morning on Fox News?

Seems Soledad wants to evict a family because of their dog.

[ladyvet]

Reading the headline, my first thought was, “Why would John Kerry bite the French President?”

[snarks_when_bored]

Clinically Depressed Poodle Mauls Former French President Chirac

If you had to pretend to like and respect Jacques Chirac, how would you feel? Sometimes a real French poodle just snaps...

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

He's lucky it wasn't a pug.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

The couple's white Maltese poodle, called Sumo, has a history of frenzied fits and became increasingly prone to making "vicious, unprovoked attacks despite receiving treatment with anti-depressants"

Should have been named Keith Olbermann.

[Hildy]

I have a maltese poodle named Lilly...she is the smartest dog..ever...I have another dog, a shi-tzu. She's a sweet thing, but doesn't come near in the brains dept. You can see in this picture how Smart the poodle is. You just have to look at the eyes:

[norton]

Two things:

Poodles can be great dogs - just don't ever tell them they are poodles.
Mine is a bit skittish but I attribute that to having been adopted on the second bounce in a busy intersection.

Second:

About the "mauled" versus "treated as an outpatient" thing - remember, we're dealing with the French here.
Chirac will probably get six months intensive therapy for mental distress and a purple heart from the FSPCA.

[Hildy]

oops...no picture.

[swain_forkbeard]

I’ve heard of the Maltese Falcon. But poodle?

[mass55th]

"The couple's white Maltese poodle, called Sumo, has a history of frenzied fits and became increasingly prone to making "vicious, unprovoked attacks..."

Sounds to me like the dog was just emulating its master.

[CommerceComet]

I looked up Maltese Poodles because I really had never heard of them before. They are in the toy classification which means a big one is about the size of a cat. The website said they are "lively and capricious" which I took as code words for a dog who is inclined to nip. Of course, even a dog of that size can give you a nasty bite which might necessitate stitches but their is no way they could maul an adult man.

A full-sized poodle on the other hand is a surprisingly big and robust dog who could maul someone if the dog wanted to. Don't let the sissy haircuts fool you, a standard poodle is a real dog.

[Schwaeky]

Must be a german on french thing, but my two dacshunds get along with all dogs—except poodles...

[reagan_fanatic]

[Mad-Margaret]

Thanks for posting that. You beat me to it.

And I’m sure you know there’s no such thing as a “French poodle.” The breed is from Germany. Leave it to the French to turn to the Germans for their national dog.

I just loathe these hybrid designer dogs. Why dilute perfection? God created the standard poodle and everything else is just a dog.

[musicman]

[InsensitiveConservative]

Does your dog bite?

No, but he's not my dog either.

[Cicero]

This is too apt to be satire.

“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them how we will.”

—Hamlet

[mkjessup]

Must be a german on french thing, but my two dacshunds get along with all dogs—except poodles...

Do the poodles try to surrender to your dogs, offer to find them a table, and bring them a bottle of vintage poodle wine, circa 1940-41? LOL

[Stoat]

(((((snicker))))))

[Slings and Arrows]

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