NEW YORK, Dec 20: If New Yorkers are struck with the desire to dye the dog red and green for Christmas, they can head for Urban Pets where owner Eric Gonzalez will do the decidedly unusual honors.
The Greenwich Village store also dyes cats, which may enter the shop white and leave transformed into the most exquisite green. The cost ranges from 45 to 85 dollars, and the non-toxic dye lasts two to three weeks, says Gonzalez.The idea was born several months ago when a friend asked him to dye two dogs for a fashion show. One went blue and the other violet. ``The audience looked at the dogs more than the design,'' laughed Gonzalez. He then dyed his white cat pink, a video artist had his dog dyed and the clients started pouring in. ``For Halloween, we did orange, we did green, we did pink, like a fuchsia, purple, almost every color,'' he said.

For Christmas, some clients aren't happy just tormenting their Fifi or Spot with silly Santa Claus hats but want the hapless animals dyed red.

Gonzalez is getting readyfor St Patrick's day on March 17, when green is usually extremely popular. For Easter, he is considering pastels like pink, yellow and blue.

``That's a catchy thing, it might become fashionable again, it's fun, it's safe, it comes off very easily,'' says Gonzalez.

The process has become so popular that Gonzalez plans in January to begin marketing a dye kit that can be used in the home.



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Do I believe this man does dyes, yes I do because he's been mentioned several times in many Dog Grooming magazines, as all dog groomers know they always hold competitions (especially for Halloween) for these sorts of things. Do I believe the cats in the book were dyed? NO I don't. Do I believe they charge thousands of dollars, nope. Why, when someone could just do it themselves? Now these are DYED cats, not painted with dyes. I don't think this man spends hours on end painting little intricate details onto peoples cats, I doubt the owners would let the cat be away for that long, and I doubt the cat would sit still for that amount of time, especially to be dyed around the eyes and other delicate areas, and I doubt the man has the patience and the time. It's a lot easier to do a dog, most often standard poodles. Anyone can dye a cat, it's not too hard, really. Heck I know people who dye their rats! And they make special spray paint pencil things for that. But I do not believe what so ever that people are going to pay thousands of dollars to do something like this. And if they did their most surely lunatics!


BUT when a newspaper does an article and the authors sit there and TELL people it's fake, then well, it must be fake.

BTW for people who REALLY want their cat painted here is Urban Pets number.

18 Christopher St. Fl 1
New York, NY 10014-3575
Phone: (212) 727-0448
Cross Streets
Between Greenwich and Seventh Avenues