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A three-day pet-grooming competition has just finished in the USA. The Intergroom event is a show where cat and dog owners cut and colour their pet’s into different designs. Thousands of people the show to look at how other pet owners redesigned their animals. This year’s was a lady called Angela Kumpe. She won the prestigious “ challenge” with her pet poodle. Ms Kumpe clipped and her pooch so its fur a multi-coloured guitar on one side and Elvis Presley on the other. Second place went to a dog that was to look like a seahorse. Other dogs were fashioned after Lady Gaga and the Mad Hatter in the movie Alice in Wonderland. Ms Kumpe says she spends up to six months on her doggie .

The Intergroom event has its . Animal rights activists are unhappy at the way pet owners use their dogs as of art. They say people should not dye dogs’ hair and make them look . Dog owners at the show this is the case. They believe the dogs enjoy the care and attention. One owner asked: “Wouldn’t you like to be and shampooed for six months?” The at this weekend’s event told the audience: “People sometimes say, ‘Oh, poor dog,’ but really, all they know is that people are paying to them. They love it.” Dog topiary - the art of clipping fur into artistic shapes - is on in the USA. The first prize at the Intergroom show this year was just $1,500 but this is to increase in future years.