Author: Stephen Hudak

Trouble was patiently waiting for a table on Saturday at the Woofgang Academy of Grooming. Karma, another poodle, is close. Mounds of poodle fur, some of it dyed fuchsia, covered the floor of the Ocoee academy two hours into the “First Annual Freestylin’ Dog Grooming Championship,” where 35 canine stylists scissored-to- scissor for $10,000. The field includes stylists from as near or as far away as Brazil and Mexico. Problem is the poodle is not like his name. He stood calmly, following for over an hour as groomer Jolette Generella shaped his luxurious coat. Karma, whose full name is a…