You think YOUR dog groomer has attitude? MUST SEE THIS!!! :-o

AnimalPlanetTV · 04-14-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Canadian Dog

Does anyone know if the OP is actually who they claim to be?

Thanks for tuning in guys, I wish we had a clip up earlier of the woman who was able to i.d. all breeds blindfolded...that was insane!!

What can I do to let you know I am who I claim to be?

Anyone can feel free to email me directly: Soumik_Pal@discovery.com

Should I post a scan of my Discovery work ID?

Here's a pic of my pup for starters...she's an albino aussie shepherd, rescued from an abused family. As you guys can probably tell, she's NOT professionally groomed hehe.

The pic is HUGE so I'll just post the link...
My baby

Durbkat · 04-14-2008, 11:13 AM

You might want to remove your email as spammers and hackers will use your email address and hack into sites you are registered on and can spam alot. If you don't a moderator will.

animalcraker · 04-14-2008, 05:08 PM

Having watched the show I have to say I was a bit dissapointed. However I'll probly still watch the show, only because there's dogs on it and I can't resist anything with dogs.

The judges really bugged me. When the SPCA lady freaked out about the puppets leg I was like WTF. Those things aren't made like tanks even the 3rd judge agreed that those things are fragile. The 2nd judge in the middle didn't have much to say and when he did say something it was a quick snide remark; the Simon Cowell additute was not working well for him. I also didn't like that they gave them a challenge to be creative and do thier own thing and then the judges critized the contestants because it wasn't thier style. And the english guy who hated color, if you don't want them to use color then don't give it to them.

The image/editing quality was also very poor. It looked like the whole thing was filmed in someones basement. And when the judges were critiquing the finished yarn dogs they showed comments to the first ones, flew past, the middle ones, and commented on the last two. Overall I don't think the show is going to last long and the only thing that will keep it above water is the fact that there's dogs on the show. IMO the chanel should have never gotten rid of "breed all about it", and bought "show dogs moms and dads" from bravo or came u with some show having to do with dog showing.

AnimalPlanetTV · 04-15-2008, 03:07 PM

sorry for the short and quick posting guys, but I just wanted to post the link to the youtube 30 second short for this saturday's episode!

We will be cutting 30 second episodics each week to give you an idea of what's in store for Saturday...I can post the links here as we upload them, but if that is considered spam please remove my links (mods) and just search for "groomer has it" on youtube to find the latest one!

Thanks again for watching and keeping the discussion alive...any sad Lisa fans out there?

YouTube - Episode 102 Preview

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Originally Posted by animalcraker

and bought "show dogs moms and dads" from bravo

interesting, I've never heard about this show...do you have a link or any more info? Will look into this and pass along your ideas to the Animal Planet team...

Thank you!

Durbkat · 04-15-2008, 03:18 PM

Gosh, that one groomer that used the slicker and pin brush on the dog with the matted skin on her private parts was just stupid.

Patt · 04-15-2008, 06:17 PM

Thanks for the youtube link. I'll check out the show this coming Saturday.

pamperedpups · 04-15-2008, 07:54 PM

Bravo's "Show Dogs Moms and Dads" was so funny. I'll NEVER forget this scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQ50ZXV194

I watched the first episode of AP's "Groomer Has It" and as a professional groomer I found it interesting, but not that great. I think it would have been much more interesting and entertaining to watch dog trainers in a reality competition due to the incredible variety of techniques there are out there. Crazy groomers just don't "Have It" in my opinion. (That's why I work alone!)

dane&cockermom · 04-15-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by pamperedpups

Bravo's "Show Dogs Moms and Dads" was so funny. I'll NEVER forget this scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQ50ZXV194

holy crap that was hilarious! lmao!

animalcraker · 04-18-2008, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pamperedpups

Bravo's "Show Dogs Moms and Dads" was so funny. I'll NEVER forget this scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQ50ZXV194

I just peed my pants, ROTFL, I can't stop crying from the laughter! That show was full of classic clips like this one. Anytime you get "passionate" people together with very different views on how to do things fun will always ensue. Here's a link to the show Showdog Moms and Dads Besides all the crazyness I really liked how the show had a good overall balance of the dog world; minus us normal people of course who aren't that entertaining to watch

They had an even covering of different types of dogs, there was at least one breed there that everyone liked. Which made it really addicting to even the least involved pet person because they could watch just for that dog and root for it like it was a competition. Speaking of which I also liked how it wasn't a competition, there was no meaningless silly prize at the end, and you didn't have to worry that your favorite character might not be there next week. I also really like the broad scope of owners that they had. There was a jr hander and his mom, a gay couple completely new to the show scene, an experienced couple with the huband tha's a judge, and a lady who has a handler show all her dogs. They really did a good job covering it all without making it seem cheap or fake.

lovemygreys · 04-20-2008, 07:32 AM

I caught the groomer show last night (bearded collies). Being a reality show junky I'll watch it when I catch it. The main judge guy is HARSH. I love it! LOLOL

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Originally Posted by pamperedpups

Bravo's "Show Dogs Moms and Dads" was so funny. I'll NEVER forget this scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQ50ZXV194

OMG. I watched that show last night too....could that lady be any meaner to her poor son? Yikes. GREAT show...definitely one i'll watch. I know several crazy dog people like those folks LOL The lady with the GSDs was hilarious. And of course I adored the whippets. Can't imagine getting that worked up over not winning a dog show (or any dog event) - I mean, people do this stuff for FUN, right??? (at least I do. It's nice to win but, oh well if you don't). The gay couple had to be my favorite to watch - they were hilarious (without meaning to be!). I fell asleep at the end...did they ever learn how to massage their dog's...um...you know. I'd never heard of doing that to try to get a testicle to drop.

Curbside Prophet · 04-20-2008, 08:33 AM

I saw the show last night before reading this thread and...I seriously thought it was a joke. Like they were trying to make fun of reality shows, but weren't doing a good job at it.

Perhaps I'm just done with reality shows, but if I want to watch a bunch of self centered ego centrics make fun of themselves and others, I'd watch Hannity and Colmes. Otherwise, I really don't want to think about grooming a dog's goolies while I eat dinner.

PeppersPop · 04-21-2008, 01:37 PM

If you'll pay for my cable or send me a free vhs/dvd of the show, I'd love to give you feedback.

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Originally Posted by AnimalPlanetTV

Well since this has yet to be locked or black holed...

I agree, the clips available on YouTube (both through our account and from user submissions of promo clips and leaked footage) are of much better resolution. There should be more floating around this weekend and early next week as well.

What I really wanted to find out about was groomers' reaction to the overall tone and concept of the show. Some of the forums we've posted in are expressing feelings of an almost 'mocking' tone in the series, basically saying that it is poking fun at the industry. Still, another forum of professional groomers couldn't be more excited for the series to start. So we're getting a real mixed boat of commentary and we wanted to find out more from people actually in the industry since a lot of us are, admittedly very new to the grooming scene.

Posting to get some reaction from the community seemed like a quick way to gauge the feelings, but I can definitely see how the original posting came off as spam. The idea wasn't to just post up an 'announcement' but rather to spark a discussion about what people know about the show and how groomers feel about the coverage. Is any press good press?

Again, if this is still considered spam please accept our apologies and lock up the thread. We're not trying to make any waves and viewing the clips is free for everyone.

Durbkat · 04-21-2008, 02:16 PM

Pepper, if you go here you can watch the episodes of Groomer Has It and the new Petfinder show,
http://video.discovery.com/

Patt · 04-21-2008, 02:29 PM

I tried to watch Show Dog Mom & Dad, but didn't care for it so turned it off. Perhaps I'll give it another try next week.

For the groomers, I don't think I would let any of them touch my dogs.

Love's_Sophie · 04-21-2008, 09:45 PM

I will try to catch GHI this weekend...from the commercials it definitely seems interesting to say the least...

PeppersPop · 04-22-2008, 01:19 AM

Pepper is grounded from the computer after I caught him looking at pictures of naked dogs. I also found a dancing bone screen saver that wasn't on here when I bought the computer... he knows he's not supposed to be downloading anything!!!

As for me, I'm going to wait until they pay for my cable, tho I'd settle for a free DVD.

Thanks,
Sid

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Originally Posted by Durbkat

Pepper, if you go here you can watch the episodes of Groomer Has It and the new Petfinder show,
http://video.discovery.com/

AnimalPlanetTV · 04-22-2008, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppersPop

Pepper is grounded from the computer after I caught him looking at pictures of naked dogs.....

As for me, I'm going to wait until they pay for my cable, tho I'd settle for a free DVD.

Thanks,
Sid

hahhaha that's funny

I'll see what I can do about locating some screeners for anyone who doesn't get cable and wants to see a little bit of the show. They should (hopefully) be easier to track down now that we're into the season...

Shoot me an email if you can Sid, i'll see what I can dig up for you...

And our newest 30 second episodic preview for this Sat's episode is up on our youtube page...check it out if you get a chance!
http://www.youtube.com/profile_video...AnimalPlanetTV

-Soumik

Pai · 04-24-2008, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Curbside Prophet

I saw the show last night before reading this thread and...I seriously thought it was a joke. Like they were trying to make fun of reality shows, but weren't doing a good job at it.

Perhaps I'm just done with reality shows, but if I want to watch a bunch of self centered egocentrics make fun of themselves and others, I'd watch Hannity and Colmes.

That pretty much sums up my opinion as well.

AnimalPlanetTV · 04-25-2008, 08:38 AM

@Curbside...

You know, I think I may be starting to agree with you a little bit...I mean I think I never started off trying to take this (or any reality show) that 'seriously'...but I REALLY start to question the seriousness of any of this when I look at the latest interactive we just got together for Groomer...

I present you... "PIMP YOUR POOCH"

Here's my girl before...

And after...

And you can find the 'game' here to create the same thing with any pictures of your dogs: http://animal.discovery.com/tv/groom...our-pooch.html

I think any seriousness attached to the show is very solidly- out the window

Oh, and for anyone who hasn't seen it yet...the 30 second trailer for this Sat's show is up on our YouTube...it's pretty funny this week....

Curbside Prophet · 04-25-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by AnimalPlanetTV

I think any seriousness attached to the show is very solidly- out the window

Well see that's the problem. I'd find it more entertaining if two puppets were narrating each show with their own witty comments. That would be funny. This show, despite what you just said, appears to be a serious attempt at a reality show. And to be frank, I'd rather revisit the mating rituals of the hippo for a millionth time, than revisit a tired attempt at reality. That's my opinion anyway, and if it means less Animal Planet for me, and more of something else, so be it.