My outside dog, Curly, (a cocker-poodle mix) is an outside dog by choice.  He HATES being indoors, so he stays outside all year round, with a Dogloo doghouse, and the works.  He has baby-fine LONG hair, and all winter long, he rubs up against the side of the house, his dog house, the fence, anything and everything, and ends up being one huge MAT---well, one huge SMELLY MAT, actually---by the time summer comes along.  I have to wait until the days and nights are warm enough to have him clipped close, and today was the day!  That groomer was a miracle worker, let me tell ya!  He even smelled like baby powder when I went to pick him up!  Awwwww

1. BEFORE----doesn't he look pathetic????

2. & 3. AFTER---look at that smile!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Curly looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By PamWh on 06/15/2007 10:41 AM
Wow! Are you sure they gave you back the same dog?

I'm TELLIN' YA!   I didn't even recognize him!

HAHAHA!  I had no idea what to expect him to look like underneath all that stuff....I was almost afraid he might be a skinny little pile of bones-------he's NOT!

He's a cutie but are you SURE that is the same dog?

Now that's a BEFORE and AFTER of a great makeover Paul!!!

He's 8 or 9, Nora....cant quite remember.  We 'rescued' him when he was just a little puppy.  We were at an outdoor flea market, and this couple had just bought him.  They were walking down through the vendors and they all of a sudden started having a fight--a real battle--about the puppy. He didn't want it, She did--that sort of thing. So the girl literally THREW the pup down on the ground, said "FINE!" and they huffed off---leaving him wandering around alone.  He wandered out onto the 4-lane highway nearby, and someone grabbed him and turned him in to the security policewoman.  She was going to lock him up in the storage shed on the premisis till the next day when Animal Control could come and pick him up. Well---neither of us was about to let that happen!  So we brought him home in hopes of finding him a good home somewhere.  He just sort of worked his way into our hearts, and he's still here.  (I'm such a pushover sometimes!)

Thanks for telling the story of how you rescued him Paul  .  I remembered the story but I didn't know how old he was. Are you sure that the groomer gave you the same dog?

WTH are people thinking sometimes???? First: throwing a puppy on the ground and leaving it. SEcond - locking him in a storage shed overnight??? Man, so glad you were there and took him. And you're not a pushover - you're kind, there's a big difference

Wouldn't you be smiling if you lost about 10 pounds in an hour?????  I would be!!!!  He looks great

Joy

AWWW Curly is such a cutie.. I even think he is adorable with his matty, nappy hair!  Hush, my outdoor dog would never allow such as that to happen to her. Shes old, ornery and set in her ways. HMMMM... kind of like me...

Actually, Pami, his name is now "SLICK".

I still don't think that he is the same dog!

I checked his ID, Jenny, and did a paw-print test.  Same dog.

Paul,stay by the phone because once these pics get out,you might be getting calls from the Oprah Show.

Would not have guessed it was the same dog!!!!