Butchered!

Because I am a thrifty, (read: poor) I decided I would groom my dog myself. Not only would I save some considerable monies, but I would have the delight of giving my dog an awesome mohawk.

In THEORY, this was an awesome plan.

In REALITY, I turned my dog from this:

Into this hideous chupacabra:

He's so creepy. What you can't see is that I sheared one of his front legs really short and it looks like he's walking on a pointy, hairy peg leg. What was once a cute, shaggy dog now looks like a mythological Mexican "goat sucker."

I suppose we all have an awkward phase in life. Sometimes it's unavoidable. Sometimes it's thrust upon us by a cheapskate with clippers.