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Gertrude Stein, and her partner, Alice B Toklas, were keen on white purebred Poodles, owning three in succession all named “Basket.”
“I am I because my little dog knows me, even if the little dog is a big one”
The first Poodle, a Standard, was bought at a dog show in Paris and named, “Basket” by Toklas who thought he was so fashionable, he should carry a basket of flowers in his mouth (he never did). Stein, completely smitten with the dog, insisted he be bathed in sulfur water each day.
Gertrude Stein, and her partner, Alice B Toklas, were keen on white purebred Poodles, owning three in succession all named “Basket.”
“I am I because my little dog knows me, even if the little dog is a big one”
The first Poodle, a Standard, was bought at a dog show in Paris and named, “Basket” by Toklas who thought he was so fashionable, he should carry a basket of flowers in his mouth (he never did). Stein, completely smitten with the dog, insisted he be bathed in sulfur water each day.