By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

America has long been a country of animal lovers, with many owners going to bizarre lengths to make their pampered pets stand out from the four-legged crowd.

Anderson Cooper hosts America’s most obsessive pet owners on Tuesday’s episode of his talk show, and Breaking Celebrity News has a sneak peek at their furry antics.

First up is Nymbus, a white-haired Persian whose owner Mary taught him to swim because she was afraid he would fall in her backyard swimming pool and drown. Cooper set up an inflatable pool in his studio so that the [expletive] could show off his aqua-moves, and while he safely made it from one side to the other, the wide-eyed moggy hardly looked like a natural in the water and seemed very eager to scramble out after his laps were done.

“He was confident, he wasn’t scared, we’re just trying to calm the cat,” claimed Mary, who suggested putting a ladder on the side of the pool. “So if they do fall in then they know how to get out, that’s what it’s all about.”

Next up was a dog who resembles Rainbow Brite thanks to the psychedelic dye-job his owner Anais inflicted on him. Swing