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Getting your dog groomed isn't too weird. If you have a breed with
long hair, or if your pooch just likes to get into gross situations,
you're probably acquainted with a groomer. However, because humans are
the way they are, you shouldn't be too surprised when some people take
dog grooming to a strange new level.
And we mean really, really strange.
Behold the craft of creative dog grooming, in which dogs — who are
hopefully blissfully ignorant of the whole thing — are dyed and styled
to resemble, well, anything. As you can see here, people have styled
these dogs to look like everything from the cast of the Muppets to an
undersea scene, along with other pop culture favorites.
Hershey, Pennsylvania, is home to the largest creative grooming
competition in the U.S. It is at the competition where owners turn their
dogs into walking pieces of art. The human competitors can spend months
developing and honing their designs, using water-based vegetable dyes —
non-permanent and non-toxic — and a variety of styling tools to
transform their dogs. They'll also use props and perform short skits
during the competition, doing anything to wow the judges.
The most popular breed used to
inflict perform these
mind-boggling makeovers is the poodle, thanks to its thick, sculptable
fur. Many humans see this craft as no different from creating a
sculpture from wood or stone, and spend hours perfecting the details of
their designs. Much of the transformation from dog to art piece actually
happens in front of the judges, so the competitors must showcase their
skills live.
Here's a close-up look at one of the competitions in Hershey, where some of the humans are as colorful as their dogs.
(via
Youtube/Barcroft TV,
Booooooom,
Visual News)
There's no word about how the dogs feel about all this, but the
people who partake in these competitions do treat their dogs with utmost
care and compassion. Perhaps being dyed rainbow for a few days is a
decent trade-off.
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