Apr 19, 2010
The Canine as Canvas, a slideshow of dog grooming insanity: Angela Kumpe, who has become the groomer-to-beat at contests like this, spent more than six months turning a poodle into a buffalo, but changed her mind after her mother, Linda Smead, died Feb. 24. A week ago she began grooming Missy, a friend’s poodle. The design, which she called a ”grieving angel for my mom”, included a reclining woman and delicately shaped flowers. Kumpe took home first place.

The Canine as Canvas, a slideshow of dog grooming insanity:

Angela Kumpe, who has become the groomer-to-beat at contests like this, spent more than six months turning a poodle into a buffalo, but changed her mind after her mother, Linda Smead, died Feb. 24. A week ago she began grooming Missy, a friend’s poodle. The design, which she called a ”grieving angel for my mom”, included a reclining woman and delicately shaped flowers. Kumpe took home first place.

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