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Miracle Pet
Makeover: PetGroomer.com™
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What Makes a Winning
Set of Pictures and Short Story?
First you should examine the
photographs on the main page of this contest. As you can see it is quite
likely you won't be able to save all or most of the coat due to the
extremely poor condition of the pet. Do your best, especially what is best
for the pet. Don't risk the health and comfort of the pet by trying to
save the coat that should be removed. Consider grooming the pet over a
period of time, such such as 2 or 3 grooming sessions. Many pets whose
grooming has been neglected for some time can develop reactions,
especially skin reactions, after major coat removals and dematting. If the
pet needs medical attention, please find a way to arrange for that if you
can. Often pets in extreme condition need a medical check before grooming,
especially if you notice foul odors, signs of discharge from sores or
openings, swelling, cuts, bruises or behavior that indicates illness.
Please use common sense and get a veterinarian clearance before grooming
pets in extremely poor conditions, and remember they can develop reactions
after grooming. If you are not an experienced qualified to groom neglected
pets, please do not enter this contest.
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The quality of the
grooming is important, but we are not solely judging grooming. In
fact, only 25% of the overall score shall be applied to quality of
grooming. We allow
entries for cats, but dogs are certainly more appropriate and likely
to show the wonders of grooming. Experience has shown that cats are
not as likely to pose for the camera, but maybe you can find the
exception.
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Your choice of subject
shall be valued at 50% of your overall score. Select a pet that really
needs grooming badly as we are looking for miraculous recreations. The
pet should look very happy after grooming. We are likely to
favor the voting toward those groomers that go the extra mile to find
pets that have little hope of being groomed. Remember you must have
the permission of the pet owner or guardian to groom the pet,
photograph the pet and enter the photographs in the contest.
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Your short story should
communicate how you became the groomer of the pet, a description of
its condition and any special pre-grooming procedures such as your
observation of its condition and appropriateness to be groomed. How
did the pet come to be in such poor condition? Did you require a vet
to check the pet before or after grooming? You can include some
additional information about your career too, just stay within the 250
word maximum. Please avoid criticism of the pet owner for allowing the
pet to become neglected for grooming and focus on the cure of the
neglect.
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The quality of your photos
and their composition is rated with 25% of your overall score. Background:
Hang a clean plain colored sheet to cover "busy" grooming
room backgrounds which distract from your art - the grooming! Pose:
It is most effective to pose the identically pose the pet in the
SAME position for both the before and after shot. Try to duplicate
the pet's position identically! Take both shots from the exact
same distance! Pets usually look better posed on tables rather
than the floor. Black dogs need lots of light, lots! Otherwise the
black areas lack definition and may come out looking like a pen and
ink silhouette drawing. Pictures of poor quality including blurry,
fuzzy, marked, overly low resolution, off color, etc. will be scored
low for photo quality and composition.
Find A Groomer, Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
P.O. Box 2489
Yelm, WA 98597
Email Address: findagroomer@earthlink.net
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