EXTREME CREATIVE - OPAWZ Creative Grooming Contest Sign-up - (Spring Pet Expo 2025)
- Regular
- $125.00
- Sale
- $125.00
- Regular
- Unit Price
- per
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.