The next time you have a Poodle-owning guest to your house – or maybe when you’re holding an after-Poodle specialty event, stir up a pitcher full of this drink named after the breed: The Pink Poodle. Yes, it’s sweet – what some might call a “foo foo” drink, but if one likes sweet adult beverages, they’ll like this one:
1.5 oz vanilla vodka
splash of grenadine syrup
7-Up® soda
- Run grenadine around the rim of a long glass then dip it in sugar.
- Place the vodka and grapefruit juice in a cocktail shaker over the ice.
- Shake, then strain into the glass.
Substitute the 7-Up with grapefruit juice for a drink that’s a bit more tart .
A variation on the drink looks like this:
- 45 ml vodka
- 80ml Pineapple juice
- 20 Strawberry Crush
- Half scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
- Garnish – Pineapple / Strawberry Slice
Some might look at the recipes and say that the Pink Poodle is simply a Salty Dog with color. Shoulder shrug. It’s a tasty drink by any name, but….
Don’t go into Boulder, Colorado with a Poodle tinted pink, not even for a good cause. In 2008, Joy Douglas, the owner of Zing Hair Salon got a $1,000 ticket from an animal-control officer for coloring her white Poodle, Cici, pink by using organic beet juice.
“We [did] it to promote awareness of breast cancer,” said Douglas. “Cici is a conversation piece. Customers came in and asked why the dog is pink. So we told them about breast-cancer awareness, about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and then we ask for a donation.” Douglas didn’t want to guess how many thousands of dollars the dog has raised for breast-cancer awareness or the sum total of all the $65 haircuts she gave away to cancer survivors.
As with many animal laws, the ordinance that Douglas violated – Section 6-1-14 – was created with good intentions. The city’s code indicated that, “No person shall dye or color live fowl, rabbits, or any other animals.” It was intended to keep people from dyeing rabbits and chicks at Easter.
A year later, Douglas made a deal with the city attorney’s office that would dismiss the charge against her in six months if she doesn’t commit a similar violation in that time. The Humane society indicated that it been reviewing the antiquated law and said they would suggest that the city either change or eliminate the law from the books. It’s unknown whether either happened.