French poodle rule

The French poodle rule is fairly straightforward.
 
French is a proper noun and therefore is capitalized. But poodle is a common noun. There is no province called Poodle.

Here are violations of rule:

Toxic Cane toads are killing alarming numbers of Australia's freshwater crocodiles as the alien pests hop inexorably across the continent, research showed Tuesday.

The scouts had planned to plant 100 Douglas Fur seedlings and another 50 Western White Pines

Fisherman off the coast of Antarctica landed a rare Colossal Squid, a species that was first identified in 1925.
Williams claimed he has requested permission to train cadaver-finding Bloodhounds at the site.

Like raccoons with picnic coolers or urban coyotes with pet cats, west Florida's Bottlenose Dolphins are learning that proximity to humans can make for easy meals.