Just now I walked in off the street after seeing not one, but two different dogs decked out in  eye-catching Halloween costumes. One little pug had bat wings and another had some kind of crazy colorful wig that flowed in the wind and got caught in his tiny legs - which got me thinking about the whole phenomenon of dressing up one's pet for Halloween which seems to be growing in popularity each year.

So in  keeping with both the Amoeba Dog Blog posting (scroll down a bit) I did earlier, and also with the theme of today, Halloween,  and this semi-controversial trend of dressing up dogs-in-costumes,  I am posting some video footage and still-picture collages of dogs decked out in a wide variety of Halloween costumes;  something that seems to get a real mixed reaction from folks with opinions being generally divided into either the  "Oh how cute that little doggie looks!"  or the  "That is so unkind to subject an animal to this kind of thing!"  

Regardless it is a very popular thing to do. In fact there are even annual Halloween dog costume contests such as the one below from last year in Nevada held by Lucky Dog magazine. And while other pets, including cats (a couple of whom snuck into the collage above), are also dressed up in costumes for Halloween it seems that dogs are the most obliging of all animals to go along with the program.  Anything to add on the topic? Do so in the COMMMENTS box - scroll down. Thanks!



The collage below was titled by its maker "Why Dogs Hate Halloween"