Everyone's Confused By This Perfectly Normal Photo Of A Dog

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"10 min into his haircut and he CANNOT sit still any longer."

BY LILY FEINN

Scamper is a perfectly normal pup — but once you see a photo of him, you’ll beg to differ.

The fluffy Shih Tzu mix appears to have a tiny head and a disproportionately large body. But it wasn’t some trick of photo editing or perspective that created such a perplexing image.

It was a haircut.



Scamper is always impatient when it comes to getting his hair done. The excitable pup refuses to sit still — which means his haircuts take quite a long time.

Scamper's mom's first attempt at trimming his thick coat took a week to complete. But dropping the rescue dog off at the groomer's isn't an option. “He’s very nervous with new people and when I took him to the groomer he just cried and shook the whole time,” Kyra Driscoll, Scamper’s mom, told The Dodo. “I never wanted to make him do that again.”



Driscoll has since gotten faster at grooming her pup, but she still has to do it in stages. “Now I’ve been doing it for a while and it only takes a few days," Driscoll said, "but I have to do it in multiple sittings because he gets so excited and wants to play.”

During Scamper’s latest haircut on Tuesday, Driscoll couldn’t resist sharing a photo of her handiwork on Facebook, with the caption: “10 min into his haircut, and he cannot sit still any longer. Now he looks like a disproportioned mutant.”



Starting with the head is an unorthodox way to groom, and Driscoll quickly learned why.

“He always looks so silly mid-cut because his hair is so fluffy,” Driscoll said. “Sometimes I start with his feet and then he has tiny little chicken legs and a huge body. Other times, I start with his midsection ... this time we started with his head and everyone thought it was hilarious.”



Scamper's photo quickly went viral, gaining over 19,000 likes and confusing viewers. Commenters dubbed him the “shrunken head dog” and a “doggo with a mullet.”

Of course, Driscoll doesn’t mind how long his haircuts take — as long as Scamper’s happy.

“He’s an incredibly loving dog,” Driscoll said. “He makes our lives so much better than we ever thought possible.”

https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/dog-haircut-photo-optical-illusion

[Rorey]

1. That's kind of how it was with our last dog

When my then-husband groomed him, it would take days. We finally found someone who came to the house and was super patient. She'd usually be here a couple of hours, but she'd get it done and she'd do a great job.

[dhol82]

2. I remember grooming my dog. She was two pounds of feisty.

When I did her feet it looked like she suddenly had these really petite little paws.
I was always shocked by how small she really was.

[csziggy]

3. I used to shave my Golden Retriever in the summer

I didn't have time to keep him groomed, so about mid-June I'd use the horse clippers and shave him. He loved it, but I was never able to clip his tail because it was constantly wagging. So there would be this big, sleek dog, with a hugely fluffy tail. I never got a picture of him clipped that way - I wish I had because it is one of my favorite memories of him - he'd been gone for twenty six years and I still miss him.

[Hoyt]

4. Tried to groom my cat, once. I still have the scars.