Halloween Costumes for Dogs

What sets Halloween costumes apart from costumes from other celebrations or days of dressing up is that they are usually  designed to imitate supernatural and scary beings. Halloween  costumes are those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils.  However, in more recent years,  they were science fiction-inspired characters as aliens and superheroes. There are also costumes of pop culture figures like presidents, athletes, celebrities, or film, television, and cartoon characters. Another popular trend is for women (and in some cases, men) to use Halloween as an excuse to wear sexy or revealing costumes, showing off more skin than would be socially acceptable.

I don’t want to leave my dog out of the party.  And since this is his first halloween with us, I wanted to make it special.  Ideally, costumes are based on themes other than traditional horror.  I chose  a K-9 COP Dog  Halloween Costume which suits him perfectly because of what he is, a canine companion dog.  He doesn’t really like dressing up  and he would fuss to no end.  I had one custom-made for him. I knew of an online designer abroad who makes dogs holiday costumes.  They even have sizing chart which makes it easy to order the right size for you pet. The design was chosen from one of the catalogs available. A soft and breathable fabric was selected for the materials. We made sure the fit was not too snug or too loose so that he wouldn’t  fuss.

Some dogs take to wearing a costume but my dog don’t. Since he knows the basic commands from one of our obedience trainings, I was able to teach him to wear a costume as well.  It took me several days and believe me, it took a lot of patience but it paid off.  First, I took the costume and let him sniff and explore it.  I took the main piece of the costume and put him on his back.  Each time he gets a treat for behaving. The following day, I took out the treat and the costume and he was clever to associate one with the other.  When I finally got him to wearing it and was comfortable with it, I checked whether it needs alterations.  We practiced this everyday and took him to short walks with the costume until he got used to it.