I think it is the way that some poodles feet are clipped.

I brought my Goldendoodle, Holly, to the groomer and asked the owner specifically not to give Holly a Poodle foot cut (I guess that there actually is such a term). Anyway, her groomer heard snippets of the conversation and interpreted it to mean that I wanted Poodle feet and as they say, "The rest is history".

By the way it only takes about two months for the feet to grow back in.