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EXTREME CREATIVE - OPAWZ Creative Grooming Contest Sign-up - (Spring Pet Expo 2025)

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Extreme Creative is open to groomers of all skill levels. Show off your skills with coat carving, whole-body styling, and more!

Full contest details and rules can be found here.


📆 Contest Date & Time: 

Saturday, April 19, 2025

⏰ Sign-up deadline: 

Friday, April 4, 2024 (first come, first serve basis)

🏆 Prizes:

🥇 1st Place: Trophy + Rosette + TBA
🥈 2nd Place: Trophy + Rosette + TBA
🥉 3rd Place: Trophy + Rosette + TBA

🗺 Location:

The International Centre
6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga, ON L4V 1E9

Please note: contest entry fee does not include the entry fee for the Pet Expo. 

    Description: 

    • Open to all contestants.
    • Focused on creative colouring & coat sculpting/trimming.
    • Groomers demonstrating quality grooming techniques, utilizing safe application of OPAWZ colors, accessories and contestant costumes and presentations. 
    • Dogs are to be pre-groomed and finished up at the contest venue with products that the contestants bring. 
    • Time will be allotted for decoration and application of products prior to presentations at designated time and place. 

    Acceptable breeds:

    All purebred and mixed breeds of dogs are accepted. 

    Rules

    Props, accessories, decor objects

    • Any additional costumes and/or accessories must not hinder the dog's ease of movement. 
    • Glues should be water-soluble and non-toxic. 
    • Use of duct tape, carpet tape or any other substance that pulls on the skin or hair to remove, is prohibited. 
    • Large or heavy objects placed on the dog are prohibited.

    Final Presentation

    • Participants will show their work on the stage.
    • Tables provided must be protected from glue, glitter, colour, etc. 
    • Lights cannot be dimmed during performance. 
    • Smoke, confetti, streamers or explosive items are strictly prohibited. 

    Competition Conduct

    • Only the contestant is permitted in the ring during the competition
    • Dogs should not be left unattended
    • Dog should be comfortable during the competition: Grooming loop should be comfortably fitted, dog should not be roughly handled.

    Judging Considerations 

    Technical Finish

    • Correct usage of OPAWZ products: colour result is even and properly saturated
    • Overall decorative application
    • Quality of scissoring finish
    • Clean clip lines

    Well-executed design

    • Easily recognizable design
    • Shows or originality of concept 
    • Unique use of colour 

    Difficulty 

    • Intricacy of design
    • Overall amount of work completed during the competition’s allotted time 

    *Some contest criteria may be subject to change. OPAWZ will notify participants ASAP if it happens.