dogs in the movie need identification
what is that one dog, the one with the hair that looks like noodles??? someone please tell me about this marvelous dogs.
--doctore friendsley
"He's a Poole named Tonsy (sp?). He's hysterical! We didn't make him up; that's the way those dogs look."
-- William Peter Blatty, The Ninth Configuration audio commentary.
I believe they're called poolies, also known as the "rasta dog." To me, they look like rag mops. They're amazing-looking dogs, but I suspect hygiene is a problem:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOUnA3YBgxQ/SBHZzDX0lxI/AAAAAAAACKs/qOZK18uM Khs/s400/germany_dog_show.jpg