(Newswire.net — June 5, 2015) — As the next best thing since the ‘square watermelon,’ a new fad has hit the dog shows of Tokyo. Dogs, groomed to look like they were built out from children blocks seem to reflect the love that these people have for their video games.
The rest of the World highly doubted that the cube-shaved fashion would spread, however, dog grooming salons in US are ready to provide this new posh cut.
A dog grooming salon owner, who specializes in Asian-style, tells The Huffington Post that she hasn’t yet been asked by any of her customers for the cube cut, but she’ll be happy to trim fluffy pups to look like cubes.
Though it isn’t yet common to find a dog with a square shaped head and body, The Huffington Post investigated across the US to find out if anyone has requested this new style of grooming for their pets. Reportedly, the typical response was “No.”
According to Happy Paws Unleashed’s Amanda Segal, a pet salon based in Topsham, Maine, the “weirdest grooming request” is dog’s nails to be painted, usually pink or red.
“We’re not too crazy here in Maine,” she explains.
Olga Zabelinskaya, owner of the pets grooming salon in New Jersey and the publisher of a magazine called Modern Styles Around the World, told The Huffington Post that she travels around the world in pursuit of new styles to broaden her salon’s offerings.
There are owners who frequently request dying services with edible nontoxic colors, Zabelinskaya told The HuffPost, recalling a dog named Pawpawrizza, whose coat has been dyed bright pink.
But square-headed dogs may be a bit too much, even for Zabelinskaya’s avant-garde sensibilities, not because it is too weird, but because it is “not practical” she said. Square grooming requires a lot of gels and other products to maintain the shape and need constant upkeep.
“In a couple of days, they’re going to look like a mess,” Zabelinskaya said.
“American customers are more conservative,” she concluded, adding that when this fashion really comes to the US, the Japanese dog owners will probably invent something more daring for their pets.
Another dog grooming salon owner The HuffPost was talking to, Riza Wisnom, expressed the feeling that US dog owners should follow the Japanese. A Maryland-based pet stylist who teaches and writes about Asian-style dog grooming, said that the dogs wouldn’t mind.
“A dog cannot be ashamed of his style nor proud of it, either,” Wisnom says. “What they like is the attention we shower on them during the cut and/or color process. But that’s nothing compared to the attention they get when trotting out in public with an amazing new ‘do,” she said.