People.com Lifestyle Pets Poodles That Look Like Camels?! Poodles that look like camels, turtles or chickens? With a lot of hair and some clippers, creative groomers transform their dogs into a menagerie of magical creatures. By Carol Vinzant By People Staff Published on March 18, 2009 01:43 PM Share Tweet Pin Email 01 of 10 Cleopatra and her Camel animalphotography.com A growing breed of pet owners are going to great lengths to transform their pooches into colorful creatures like dragons and peacocks – all for the sake of competition. It’s the world of Creative Grooming and Sandra Hartness, left, a groomer from Yucca Valley, Calif., planned this camel ‘doo for her dog Cindy for a full year. Hartness grew the white poodle’s hair out of for nine months, then dyed it in stages to create he camel effect for this winning outfit. 02 of 10 St. Patrick's Day Joker Annette Bamper Annette Bamper of ABC Grooming says that her older poodle got jealous when she started coloring this younger dog, Joker. “He loves to be colored. He’d rather be colored than plain,” she says. Joker does both St. Patrick’s and pride parades. 03 of 10 Cock-A-Poodle-Doo animalphotography.com Growing up, Sandra Hartness didn’t even like poodles. Then she became a creative groomer and got hooked. Here she shows off her handiwork on her white poodle Cindy. 04 of 10 Gone Fishing Perpetual Photography Angela Kumpe of Little Rock, Ark., won at this year’s 36th All American Grooming Show, where Jerry Schinberg, of Des Plaines, Ill. introduced creative grooming in 1980. 05 of 10 Buffalo animalphotography.com In her first competition, Missy Gullet a Native American from Iowa, cut her friend’s chocolate Standard Poodle into a buffalo. 06 of 10 Ninja Turtle animalphotography.com This kind of styling–turning a dog into a magical creature–is known as a fantasy cut in the creative grooming world. 07 of 10 Vineyard Courtesy of Sandy Blackburn Sandy Blackburn, author of The Everything Dog Grooming Book, started with black poodle rescued off Petfinder.com, but now has Jasmine, who is white – well, until this summer when she became purple. 08 of 10 Fallen Soldier http://www.animalphotography.com/ Amy Beishuizen decorated her dog Falcore as a wounded marine after he lost a leg to cancer. 09 of 10 Clydesdale Sandy Blackburn Blackburn, who runs the Groom Room Pet Spa in Attica, Ind. groomer says that since she had two boys, she enjoys playing dress-up with her dog. 10 of 10 Peacock animalphotography.com Cindy the poodle has won in several Barkleigh shows as a peacock. Read more about the wacky world of Creative Grooming! SEE MORE PHOTOS!Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Peek: Marley & Me Top 10 Pet Moments of 2008!