How to Find the Best Halloween Costume for Dogs
Your pup can be Underdog. Or the Great Pumpkin. Perhaps, even, a fairy princess.
You can dress up your dog in practically any costume.
Best Halloween Costume for Dogs
With just a quick online search and a credit card number later, your dog can be ready for any Halloween bash. It seems like this year there are more costumes, glitz and attention given to our furry friends. I have even seen a clown costume for a ferret!
We’re spending just as much money on costumes for out pets as we are on costumes for ourselves.
I bought Tito a Halloween costume over a month ago. When I saw the cute outfits and accessories, I suspended all reality and focused on how adorable he would look in a pig suit. And since I call him my little pot-bellied pig, I figured that would be a good fit. So I am counting down the days until I can dress him up in his pig suit and hand out candy corn to the neighborhood kids. But I got to thinking … what does Tito think of all this?
Hmmm… Best halloween costumes for dogs… Boy, we really do embarrass our pets. I mean, Halloween is the exception because it’s the one day out of the year we can go overboard and dress anything up. There are some folks here in the outer borough who dress their dogs up every day. Seriously, there isn’t a velvet tracksuit left on the racks. But if dogs could convey to us their feelings, would they want to be dressed up?
I recently spent some time with my friend Bob. Bob has a Boston terrier named Jax who hates everything to do with costumes and clothing. I saw it first-hand — it’s something else. When Bob approached Jax with an orange trick-or-treat T-shirt Jax growled his objection. 
It took a great deal of patience to dress the dog, and once the shirt was on, Jax strategically wiggled his way out of it. Then Bob presented the elf ears. Not only did Jax object, he chewed a big hole in the elf ears and hid the evidence under the couch. So as you can see, some dogs rebel against costumes and accessories whole-heartedly.
Then again, I have seen a fair share of dogs that prance around in costumes just waiting for the click of a camera. They long for the attention like Britney longs for her career back.
Halloween costumes for dogs are just plain fun, and if you’re lucky, your little piglet will let you dress him up. Just please say no to velvet tracksuits this Halloween.
Reprinted with permission from Dig & Scratch.
