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[#1]

The first time my daughter Sarah dyed our dogs pink, it was with food coloring. Everything in the house soon had a pink tint. I didn’t really have a problem with pink dogs, just pink couches and pillows and rugs and drapes. In fact, our little Beesha and Daisy were pretty cute…and seemed to love the attention of strangers when we went for walks.

 “Wow, are your dogs EVER pink!”

But the food coloring had to go. A little online research and we found, much to our surprise, not only actual doggie dye, but dozens of colors to choose from.

We chose the effervescent rock star pink for our entry into the world of doggie couture. Apart from the fact that our t-shirts ended up with a groovy pink tied-dyed look, the dogs turned out perfectly. 

 We also have a bunny named “Ona” who roams the house. We call her Sheriff Ona for reasons absolutely unknown to me…but the pink sheriff hat is as far as I’ll go.

After all, we all know that Pink bunnies only belong in Easter baskets and flashlights.

                                            

Our Daisy, in addition to really digging Nutella containers, suddenly LOVED her pink squeaky toy.

Separated at birth?

[#2]

This is hysterical!  How long does the color last?  Is it permanent?  Are you tempted to go to holiday colors (red and green for Xmas, green for St. Paddy's day, etc.)??

[#3]

The color lasts until it grows out...so they're two-toned for a while!  Haven't decided whether to go the holiday color route - but who knows?!

[#4]

The last time I saw a pink dog, it was during an archaeological dig. The archaeologist had brought his dog to camp and one day it had a skirmish with a skunk. Most of us had heard that bathing a dog in tomato juice would help eliminate the skunk smell. I don't remember if that worked, but I do remember that the dog was pink for weeks! It actually seemed embarrassed and skulked around until the pink wore off. Beesha and Daisy seem to have taken it much better!

[#5]

Yep, I think the fact that both of them were dyed pink helped. After we did it, they took one look at each, did a double take and then went about their business - which pretty much consists of laying on the couch, snacking and chasing a few squirrels in the backyard. Ahh, what a life!

[#6]

Wow, that's adorable... reminds me of the rainbow-hued horses in the Wizard of Oz movie. I read that the problem with coloring those horses was that the only way the production team could make it work was by covering them in Jello powder. Which was fine, of course, until the horses realized that it tasted good-- after that, the crew had to shoot those scenes as fast as possible before the horses started licking the color off each other! A dye like this would have come in handy.

[#7]

Well, my initial reaction was... Um... Why?  Then ..  poor dogs. But, then I remembered those pictures I saw where there are people that paint their cats and as long as it doesnt hurt the animal, it's all good.  I don't think my big white dog will ever be anything other than white.  Unless you count the mud he likes to roll in from time to time.  And why does he just love to lean against me when he gets that way?  Sheesh.

[#8]

Mine does that too... I swear it's on purpose. Probably for the same reason that they run over next to you when they're wet and want to shake off the water.

Anyway, I don't think there's much wrong with dying your dogs, as long as the dye isn't harmful. The ones I feel sorry for are those poodles that their owners sculpt into weird shapes for competitions. I saw a dog cut to look like one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles once, and boy did it look miserable.

[#9]

I swear dogs know when they look ridiculous. I would bet that the dog sculpted to look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle secretly wanted to **bleep** its owners!

I used to have a very vain miniature schnauzer and if you're familiar with these dogs, you know that their fur grows copiously. When they haven't been groomed in a while, they can start to look like lambs or miniature buffalos. So this vain pet always started to skulk around whenever he started to look like a buffalo. But when we got him back from the groomers, he would pirouette around and prance and take great pride in his new good looks! I can't imagine how he would have acted if he had been dyed!

[#10]

This is hilarious! And Rafferty, I know what you mean about the painted animals. Those are amazing and I think there's actually a book out with pictures of them. Some of the dying jobs are incredibly elaborate - like one cat that is dyed to look like he's tartan, and another one that looks like a koi. Hahaha I kind of like the idea of a dyed dog (as long as the dye is safe to use and he or she doesn't have skin sensitivities!). My favorite color is turquoise, though, which might be a bit much on our dogs. lol

[#11]

Ran across this today and was reminded of this post. So cute! No idea what kind of puppies these are, though-- maybe chows?

[#12]

Actually...aren't these PANDAS rather than puppies?

[#13]

Nope, that's the point; they're puppies that were dyed to look like pandas! I think they probably are chows, which have kind of fluffy bearlike bodies to begin with.