Poodles really are the most amazing dogs
By Gina Spadafori
August 28, 2009
To put up with this stuff (click for slideshow). It just seems like the creative talents of the people who do this really need to be redirected …
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Oh dear. Some people do have way tooo much time on their hands as well as access to dyes, clippers and scissors. Funny, this post isn’t getting any of the attention given to the one below it, yet I find this one far more disturbing. While I realize the dyes are water based and wash out, the outre hair cuts are then shaved off, and the whole purpose is to show off the groomer’s skill, it still offends my sensibilities.
Comment by Anne T — August 28, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
it still offends my sensibilities
Me too. Brown is so obviously not that dog’s color. What were they thinking?
Comment by FrogDogz — August 28, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
Ah, I own a Standard Poodle as a service dog and he would love the attention he would get if he looked like that.
They’re not hurting the dogs and yes it is a bit silly, but so are a lot of things we do with our dogs.
Comment by AmandaS — August 28, 2009 @ 8:10 pm
I think creative grooming is awesome. I can’t help it.
Comment by katie — August 29, 2009 @ 6:01 am
Sorry, but I don’t like it either!
Comment by catmom5 — August 29, 2009 @ 6:08 am
At least these dogs are being exhibited in the proper arena (grooming competition) with no pretense about what’s being shown. Wigs and dyes and enough hairspray to choke an elephant and phenomenal grooming skills are at least as essential in the AKC breed ring and are similarly employed to create an illusion - the illusion of a sound, healthy animal that should be bred. Hah!
Yes - poodles really are amazing dogs, and not just because they (have to) put up with all kinds of crazy grooming talents (including mine, which my old groomer likened to using a Lawn Boy to accomplish the deed). Among other things, they can fly [not my dog or photo] - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lotsapaws/2578143185/
Comment by Miki — August 29, 2009 @ 6:32 am
You’ve seen WHY PAINT CATS? What’s on display there is every bit as astonishing as the above—and I would think cats wouldn’t suffer fools the way dogs generally do. Still, the “aesthetic theory” behind WHY PAINT CATS is a send-up of the first order.
Lisa in Cape May County, NJ
Comment by Lisa — August 29, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
Horrible, I couldn’t even get past the third atrocity. The money spend on this would help shelter animals in abundance.
Comment by Tristan — September 24, 2009 @ 9:47 am
Atrocity? Grow up, Tristan. If you think that’s an atrocity, you have no idea of the definition of the word.
Darfur is an atrocity. The Holocaust was an atrocity. This is … a little silly, at worst.
As for the money spent … you could say that about just about anything … cars, houses, electronics, vacations. And so what?
Comment by Gina Spadafori — September 24, 2009 @ 9:50 am