Posts tagged "dog dye"

Don't accuse Aubrey O'Day of hogging the spotlight. She wants to share it with her dog.

The former contestant on MTV's "Making the Band" and member of defunct girl group Danity Kane has gained a reputation for dyeing her one year-old Maltese Ginger a variety of bright colors. But, she tells UsMagazine.com, it's because Ginger "loves attention."

O'Day insists that her fluffy white dog "prefers" getting her hair colored and wearing gaudy outfits. "She likes to have looks," O'Day told Usmagazine.com. "She sits on my lap, and I have a brush, and I paint it on and use foils," she continued, adding that she only uses colors approved by her veterinarian. "It actually seems like such a taboo weird thing nowadays, but if you research online, you will see a whole underworld of dogs who are dyed."

Indeed, Paw Nation readers are already familiar with creative poodle grooming, trendy doggy dye jobs and what the nation's top pet groomers think of coloring your dog.

O'Day, who will star in the Las Vegas burlesque show "Peepshow" this month, has been derided on various websites for dyeing Ginger's hair pink and neon aqua blue, but she's got a supporter in celebrity groomer Jorge Bendersky of the New York Dog Spa.

"I'm always asked if dogs like to have their hair colored, and the answer is yes!" Bendersky writes in an email to Paw Nation. "If your dog is pink, it is not going to be ignored and your dog will enjoy the attention of lots of people." That said, Bendersky cautions that only animal-safe color should be used, and that even semi-permanent colors don't wash out immediately. "Be ready to have a red and green dog long after Christmas," he warns. "Along with a bunch of stained towels and floors." His recommendation? Try just a touch of color with a vegetable-based pigment, or let a professional groomer do it.

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Pet owners in China have embraced a colorful new grooming trend: dying their dogs' fur in an array of garish hues. "In the town of Wuhan in central China's Hubei province," the Daily Mail reports, "pet owners are taking their beloved dogs to grooming parlors where the poor creatures are not just given a shampoo and cut -- but a full-on, multi-colored fur job."

Technicolor dreamcoats, you say? Nightmare, is more like it.

White standard poodles emerge with their floppy ears dyed hot pink or electric blue. One might have an additional bright purple stripe painted down the top of its head, another an slash of red on one of its sides. Less fortunate dogs have their entire bodies painted in all different colors, looking like an escaped circus clown or -- in the case of one poor pooch whose face was dyed yellow while the rest of his body was dyed green -- like a jaundiced leprechaun.

As pets become more popular in China (resulting in nearly a 500% increase in pet spending from 1999 to 2008), the country recently drafted proposed legislation on animal cruelty -- China's first such law. Penalties under the proposed law include a monetary fine of up to 6,000 yuan ($877) and two weeks imprisonment.

No word yet on whether turning your pup into an Easter egg basket is considered cute or cruel in China, but Boulder, Colorado has put its foot down. Last year, a woman was fined $1,000 for dying her poodle pink -- in honor of breast cancer awareness, the woman claimed. (The matter was later settled out of court.) All we can say is, at least it's better than tattooing your cat.

More photos of dogs dyed in the most undignified manner can be seen here.

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