Poodles ARE retrievers, she was just being a true poodle! Bleaaaah, tho!

At a previous job, the owners got a lovely white Standrad Poodle pup - Bella reminds me of Lily. We worked in an "industrial park" behind a shopping mall, and if I was taking her out and DIDN'T quickly find something okay for her to carry, she'd pick up the most disgusting thing - old cigarette butts, fast food wrappers, anything icky - just to have something to carry. That trained me really fast! All loose sticks were quickly put to use!