Posted on 08/25/2009 9:51:51 AM PDT by Daffynition
At first glance they look like pandas, buffalos and camels, but these are all poodles that have been hilariously sheared and coloured in the name of art.
Animal photographer Ren Netherland, 48, travels thousands of miles every year photographing these stunningly convincing transformations at "creative grooming" shows.
And it's not just other animals the skilful owners ...
Movie characters like Pirates of the Caribbean hero Jack Sparrow also turn up in doggy form.
Others from the collection of super-groomed canines include a horse with a saddle carved into its fur, an American football player with a hairy helmet, and a snail.
Amazingly it takes just two hours for the creative groomers to carve their masterpieces of out of dog's coats and add props as finishing touches.
After that they are ready for the judging panel.
Expert dog snapper Ren, from Florida, USA, said: "When these dogs come into the arena for a show or a competition you have absolutely no idea what they are going to be turned into.
"The groomers do colour them before they arrive but basically all you see at first is an extremely fluffy poodle that has weird coloured patterns on it.
"The transformation they go through is simply spectacular. There's no other word for it. It's amazing what they can do in so little time."
Ren has been touring the states for 10 years on his private tour bus - his mobile base for his company animalphotography.com.
He is the only professional photographer who is brought in to capture images of the winning poodles on behalf of the show organisers.
He said: "I love my job. I get a really big kick out of it.
"Watching the owners turn these balls of hair into something so intricate and detailed really does baffle anyone watching.
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(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Poor babies. They look embarrassed.
Google “mexican lion” (images)
Hilarious.
How abusive....
Where is peta when you need ‘em?
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That “camel” looks more like a Bedlington Terrier than a Poodle..........
Wow! Scroll down the thread for more pics... :o)
I own a standard poodle and there is NO WAY IN HELL I could ever do this to my boy.
http://www.pinkcoyote.net/creativegrooming.html
you know the owners have no children. at least,i hope they don’t......
That is just SOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong.
Not a Poodle PING
"A Mexican shop keeper got real tired of thugs breaking into his shop, so he took matters into his own hands."
You will enjoy this.
I have no dog in this fight. From what I can tell, these dogs are show dogs, so they live for that alone. They are used to being groomed constantly.
I can't see what the difference is between these show dogs, frisbee/acrobatic dogs, huskies in the Iditarod, or police dogs,et al.
A Poodle Ninja Turtle-Leonardoodle
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