Possible Clues:

• Sometimes-dyed dog
• Type of cut, dog or skirt
• Curly-haired breed of dog
• Vicky in the Nixon White House
• Dog that's died in southern resort
• Woofing toady?
• Curly-haired dog, originally bred to hunt waterfowl
• Winston Churchill's Rufus, for one
• Dog to perform the wrong way when there's post around
• Looped around the dog