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Backstage at the the 2009 Westminster show.

Photo: Chris McGrath, Getty Images

HT: The Pet Blog

Dog Groomers wanted.

Animal Planet is gearing up for its second season of Groomer Has It and is now casting for contestants.

Do you think you have what it takes to be the best? Are your doggie styling skills better than others and you know it? do you have that creative flare with a personality to match your skills?  

If so, you can download the application and fill it out. It needs to be returned with a photo of yourself and a 5-10 minute videotape taken from an unedited day in your life -- as you go to your grooming, pet styling and/or mobile salon.

Mail everything to (and this is cool because it's actually LOCAL):

3Ball Productions

Groomer Has It CASTING DEPARTMENT

1600 Rosecrans Ave.

Building 7, 2nd Floor

Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.                                               

Questions? Email groomerhasit@gmail.com

 HT: Dogster 

It's the weekend and I'll bet at least some of you are washing your dog (that's my dog, Cowboy, at right -- he hates baths).

Well here's a deal: A car wash business in Iowa (I love Iowa) has added a cat and dog wash for a one-stop "wash everything" package.

For $8, you get 10 minutes at the pet washing station -- pre-soak to shampoo to a gentle rinse and dry. KCCI, a Des Moines television station, tells you all about Lynn's Laser Car Wash.

HT: Mutts at the Baltimore Sun, one of our favorite blogs.  

You've got to hand it to Martha Stewart. From making her own candles (with cute little coverings, according to my fellow reporter Sandy Mazza), to seemingly waltzing through a 5-month prison term with her chin up, Martha's earned her title as a lifestyle queen.

So is it really any surprise that she grooms her own dogs?  We're not talking backyard baths with the

If you're ambitious and want to pick up some tips, check out Martha's dog grooming routine for her French bulldogs, Francesca and Sharkey.