Creative grooming of a poodle-fun or torture?

[Ginny Nightingale]

I know that some of you have seen this done to poodles before--I just happened to run across this photo of a grand prize winner in a grooming contest and thought it was, well, somewhere between amazing and weird....I mean, who does this to a dog? Imagine how long the dog has to stand still for all this work--isn't there some other way to demonstrate your talent and creativity? I don't get it...

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

This is very weird to me.  I would never do that!!!!  CRAZY!

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

Geez...Our doodles are so spoiled, they get all bent out of shape over bunny ears!

[Jen, Lachlan, and Declan]

I just wanted to pop in and share that sometimes they do it to themselves. For instance, what I came home to this afternoon - a dog all decked out for the local St. Patrick's Day parade (a bit late).

Exhibit A, my green Lachlan:

This photo doesn't quite do justice to the sheer hilarity that is a cream-colored doodle covered from head to toe with grass stain!

[Ginny Nightingale]

LOL!! Been there with my cream colored doodle--she loves to roll in freshly cut grass!

[F, Calla & Luca]

We have some greenish legs at the moment too.

[Jen, Lachlan, and Declan]

To be honest, Sandy, I'm not sure. I'd bet it would wash off, but I've always had dark dogs up 'til now ... and since Declan ate the dryer cord and I haven't gotten around to sorting out another dryer I'm hoping for wear off, LOL!