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Creative Dog Grooming: Cute or Cruel?

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By Paul Ciampanelli Apr 16th 2010

Without a doubt, one of the most talked about posts Paw Nation ran in its first year was this gallery of creatively groomed poodles shot for the U.K. Daily Mail by animal photographer Ren Netherland. The photos document some of the weird and wild styles found at creative grooming shows, a particular subset of dog grooming/dog shows that features poodles cut and dyed to resemble -- well, almost anything. According to the Daily Mail, it takes just two hours for the dogs to be transformed.

We received a vocal response to the gallery when we first ran it. Some of our readers loved it, while others hated it. Some thought the dogs looked were sweet, adorable, and fun, while others were outraged by what they saw as humiliating, degrading, and abusive to animals. But no matter what each reader thought, almost everyone had a strong opinion!

As part of our birthday celebration, we thought we'd bring you twelve new shots of dogs styled as giraffes, horses and more along with those original twelve shots that caused such an uproar! Be sure to tell us what you think.

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