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Costumes for Fido
Star-Telegram ^ | 10-16-07 | HEATHER SVOKOS

Posted on 10/16/2007 1:22:51 PM PDT by Dysart

Sometimes, we don't want to look too deeply into our souls. We don't really want to find out what it says about us that we get a kick out of pets dressed up in Halloween costumes.

So we swallow our shame, we bury our dogs' dignity beneath tutus and devil horns, and we laugh. We can't help it. They're too unspeakably adorable and hilarious.

It doesn't help that each year, pet costumes become not only more elaborate but more ubiquitious: You can barely run into Petco for a rawhide without smacking into a rack filled with ladybugs, bees and dinosaurs.

This year, according to the National Retail Federation, one in 10 Halloween celebrators -- 7.4 million households -- plan on cramming their pet into some kind of costume. We figure that puts us in good company. So we're going trick-or-treating with our pets, and we don't care who knows it.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: dressup; fido

Elvis Poochly: Lulu ain't never caught a rabbit, but her mom tells us she has caught a squirrel and almost caught a possum. Hound Dog costume, $9.99, Spirit Halloween Superstore. Sunglasses, $6.99, Party City.

1 posted on 10/16/2007 1:22:55 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: Dysart
Thank you for the opportunity to post one of my all-times faves ...


2 posted on 10/16/2007 1:28:48 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition
Dang flash pictures I can't post, but here's the link to some more. # 2 will put you in stitches..

Yappy Howl-o-ween photo gallery

3 posted on 10/16/2007 1:33:59 PM PDT by Dysart (Temporarily Unavailable)
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To: Dysart
They are cute ...because usually pix of dressed up animals show the critter with a "WTF" expression..."when is this silliness going to be over."


4 posted on 10/16/2007 1:46:22 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Dysart

Try this ...

1. Do a screen capture.
2. Put them in your fav picture program
3. Crop then to suit.

Good Luck


5 posted on 10/16/2007 7:34:06 PM PDT by grayeagle (Ronald Reagan -- the President of my lifetime.)
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