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

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:
- $300 cash
- gift box by Deboer Grooming Supplies ($520 value)
- Trophy

🥈 2nd Place: 
- $100 cash
- $100 gift card for Wheatley Wares
- Trophy

🥉 3rd Place: 
- $100 gift card for OPAWZ
- $100 gift card for UKAL Canada
- Trophy

🗺 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.