I respect others comments, so I hope they will respect mine as well. We were lead to poodles due to allergies of my son. I had always had Heinz 57 dogs in the past, made up of a little of everything, but was not willing to risk my son's health. So, poodles fit our bill perfectly and he does not react with Poppy. Also chose a standard due to my personal preference for medium to large dogs. Growing up I fell in love with harlequin Great Danes, but never had one for one reason or another. When researching standard poodles I came across some partis. I've always liked things that were not the same as everyone else and with the love of the look of Harlequin Great Danes, I fell head over heals for partis and decided when we got to the point of a puppy, that would be what we would get. We now have Popcorn, "Poppy", and love her dearly. She, and the breed, are wonderful. Could not have asked for any thing better for us and will never have any thing other than a spoo again. I am just in love with the breed and her. UKC does allow them to be shown, AKC does not. Poppy is mainly a pet, but I do hope to have her trained for a therapy dog in the future, she is currently 6 months. Poppy also has quite a bit of ticking, spots, but I like them, again my personal preference. On solids, I think they are beautiful also and if I ever decided to get a solid I would want a silver, my fav solid.
Some pics of Poppy