I don't care what the article says, Gus (a cat) is going as a Stormtrooper again.

/Even if I have to drive the 159 miles round trip to dress him myself.

GreenAdder: My dog goes as a fetishist every Halloween. All he wears is a collar.


Nice! I'm stealing that line.

As someone who works at a No-kill animal shelter (^) and will be organizing a pet costume contest to raise money for the shelter, i'm getting a kick......

This looks a lot like one of our little darlings, the Big Giant Head:

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that is the coolest thing evar!

I love my yellow lab. She has much to much class and dignity than to ever tolerate that shiat.

/when at the dog park she refuses to even acknowledge the existence of the yappy little ankle biters. Prefers to hang out with the tennis ball crowd

Stop dressing your pets up for Halloween

FTFY, Subby

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i laughed for a second. now i just feel dirty.

/oblig

I love seeing photos of animals in costumes. The look on their face always says, "I am so ashamed."

Spider Pug frowns on your shenanigans.

Made costumes out of thrift store lambskin coats for my malamutes. They dressed as wolves in sheep's clothing for the past fourteen years. My boy passed two weeks ago today. Don't have the heart to even look at the pictures, much less dress up the girl for the neighborhood kids this Halloween.

Dressing up your pet is abuse.

theknuckler_33: Dressing up your pet is abuse.

Depends on how much they mind. And don't say that if they mind in the slightest, then its still abuse, because that definition pretty much means if you don't let them eat off the table its abuse, or if you force them to spend time alone when you leave the house its abuse.

/has never dressed a pet up.

LawrencePerson

Spider Pug frowns on your shenanigans.


Spider Pug
Spider Pug
Does whatever a Spider Pug does

Nope

Smackledorfer: theknuckler_33: Dressing up your pet is abuse.

Depends on how much they mind. And don't say that if they mind in the slightest, then its still abuse, because that definition pretty much means if you don't let them eat off the table its abuse, or if you force them to spend time alone when you leave the house its abuse.

/has never dressed a pet up.

If you have a pet and you let it off the table I'd say that reflects more poorly on the owner than the pet itself. And as for leaving the pet alone in the house, that depends of course on the type of pet and how long you leave your house.

But me personally I'm all for loving animals and whatnot but people need really stop treating their pets anthropomorphically. That's what little children are for.

Stop anthropomorphizing animals. They don't like it.

LegacyDL: If you have a pet and you let it off the table I'd say that reflects more poorly on the owner than the pet itself. And as for leaving the pet alone in the house, that depends of course on the type of pet and how long you leave your house.

But me personally I'm all for loving animals and whatnot but people need really stop treating their pets anthropomorphically. That's what little children are for.

I don't really think it is possible to treat children anthropomorphically.

LegacyDL: But me personally I'm all for loving animals and whatnot but people need really stop treating their pets anthropomorphically. That's what little children are for.

Children are for people who are too dumb to realize they can get more love from a cheaper animal with far less aggravation.

Also, your opinion. It's just an opinion.

/ no children
// dog and two cats
/// none of them get dressed up because they hate it

Smackledorfer: theknuckler_33: Dressing up your pet is abuse.

Depends on how much they mind. And don't say that if they mind in the slightest, then its still abuse, because that definition pretty much means if you don't let them eat off the table its abuse, or if you force them to spend time alone when you leave the house its abuse.

/has never dressed a pet up.

Modifying your dogs behaviour (for the good of course) is generally considered the act of a good pet owner. Teaching them not to eat off the table would fall into that category. "Forcing" them to spend time alone at home is pretty necessary for their care since it is required for me to have a job and make money to buy food and medical care for them. Dressing them does nothing for them at all, even if they don't mind it. "

We just get a can of white spray hair paint and put a line down the back of our black dog... instant skunk with no dog humiliation.

Splinshints:

Children are for people who are too dumb to realize they can get more love from a cheaper animal with far less aggravation.



I'm stealing that. I will attribute it to you the first three times I use it, but consider it stolen.

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Nope
I think I laughed harder than one should to this pic...

"Thou shalt not blow pot smoke into the face of thy pet"

Rome burns and Fluffikins is dressed as a StormTrooper
HAW! HAW! HAW!

FTFA:

"Her pets, Manny, a 2-year-old therapy ferret, and Marcuz, a year-old deaf ferret, dress when they go out."

Therapy ferret?

One of my cats would - appropriately - attempt to rip my arms off if I tried to put her into an outfit.

The other cat is a calico and already looks like a Halloween decoration.

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We got that costume for my 60 lb. boxador, too. When he wears only the hat, he looks like a klansman. I'm going to have him go as Sherrif, the Racist Dog this year.

Which makes sense, because my dog really hates black people. I have no idea why, I didn't teach him that.

Continuing the Star Wars theme...

We've dressed our beagle up for Halloween every year since he was a puppy. He's not always crazy about being in costume, but he sure loves the attention he gets from all the cute little trick-or-treaters who come by, so I'd say it's worth it.

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Nope

Awesome.

Stop dressing your pets up forunless it's Halloween

FTFY subby

My basset hound loves dressing up for Hallowe'en. She even loves Trick or Treating. I put saddlebags on her and have her walk up to the door while in costume. She was a bit weird about it at first, but once she realized that these nice people were putting free candy into her pouches, she became a lot more enthusiastic...

Anyone have a video of the AT AT Greyhound strikes back dog?

Hiro-ACiD: Continu


That's pretty cool. Here's a bunch of other dog costumes

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Nope

I generally agree with subby, but Chewbacca dog is pretty damned funny, and with minimal trauma to the critter. I like it.

Seconded, awsum !

Animals are not meant to wear clothing, and if you dress up your pets I automatically hate you and wish your pet would turn on you and bite your face off.