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PHOTOS The World of Poodle Grooming, pictures by Ren Netherland

Creatively groomed poodles photographed by Ren Netherland
Creatively groomed poodles photographed by Ren Netherland

Here is a gallery of real life 3-d poodle doodles, winners of “creative grooming” shows from around the country where pet groomers are given two hours to transform canines into…well, just about anything.

Photographer Ren Netherland, 48, travels the countryside in a bus/portable photography studio capturing these living works of art. (No word if he has an assistant named Stimpy.) “I love my job. I get a really big kick out of it,” Ren says. “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 colored 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.”

Netherland works for animalphotography.com and is the exclusive photographer for these events.

Here’s a collection of some of the “best of the best” winners, including a panda, camel, snail, chicken, horse, and even Jack Sparrow. “The one that shocked me the most was the horse. The way it looked when it arrived at the show you had no clue whatsoever what they were planning,” says Netherland.

Click to zoom in.

Poodle groomed as a buffalo photographed by Ren NetherlandPoodle groomed as a Pittsburgh Steeler football player photographed by Ren Netherland

Poodle groomed as a camel photographed by Ren NetherlandPoodle groomed as a peacock photographed by Ren Netherland

Creatively groomed poodles photographed by Ren NetherlandPoodle groomed as a chicken photographed by Ren Netherland

Poodle groomed as a snail photographed by Ren NetherlandPoodle groomed as Jack Sparrow photographed by Ren Netherland

Creative poodle grooming photographed by Ren NetherlandPoodle groomed as a fairy photographed by Ren Netherland

Poodle groomed as a horse photographed by Ren NetherlandCreative poodle grooming photographed by Ren Netherland

The animalphotography.com portable studio bus driven by Ren NetherlandPoodle groomed as a panda bear photographed by Ren Netherland
Photos: BARM/Fame Pictures

Publish date: August 25, 2009

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