From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpoodlepoo‧dle /ˈpuːdl/ noun [countable] 1 
HBAa dog with thick curly hair2 → be somebody’s poodle
HBAa dog with thick curly hair2 → be somebody’s poodleExamples from the Corpus
poodle• She had also taken my advice and acquired a poodle puppy.• The playwright pounces upon the gags like a poodle going after the petits fours.• It had a faintly woolly look to it, like a poodle.• I had my miniature poodle with me, of course.• In any case, whatever the rule is, an exception should be made for my poodle as well.• It has to be said poodles suffer from something of an image problem in some quarters.Origin poodle (1800-1900) German pudel, from pudelhund “dog that splashes in water” 