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Happy Halloween Pet Costume Time!
Once again the ghosts and goblins are upon us and we feel the call to decorate everything around us including our pets. What gives us the urge to put pets into Halloween costumes? Usually we do it because pets in Halloween costumes are a funny sight. Dogs are man’s best friend and usually make the best pet Halloween costume wearers, but other pets can too, including cats and other smaller pets.
First, safety needs to be at the top of your priority list if you are going to make or purchase a pet Halloween costume. Halloween Day is not the time to start getting your pet accustomed to wearing a costume. You need to start much earlier by slowly introducing new costume items to wear for short periods of time. Then work your way up to more complex costumes and having your pet in the costume for a longer period of time. Several weeks before Halloween Day try on the pet Halloween costume and get them used to it. It will make the evening go much smoother for you and your pet when both parties know what to expect.
When choosing between different pet Halloween costumes, think in terms of comfort and safety. Your pet needs to be able to take care of business without messing up their costume. Otherwise, what’s the point? Then, your pet Halloween costume needs to be free of loose or hanging items that the pet could bite off, chew, swallow and get sick or choke. Leave the getting sick part to the little kids and their candy. Your pet’s Halloween costume also needs to be free of dangling items so they do not catch on things and thus entrap your pet or worse, catch on fire from a candle. Halloween is supposed to be a fun time, and a trip to the emergency vet clinic does not constitute one. The costume should also not be too tight or hot, or your pet will be constantly trying to wriggle free.
Most of all you need to plan ahead with pet Halloween costumes. They can be fun, but if you try to slap it together at the last minute, nobody with have fun, especially your pet. Above all make sure the pet Halloween costume is fun. Don’t expect more from your pet than they can reasonably deliver. Pets are a lot like kids, they can only take so much before they begin to resist. Enjoy and Happy Pet Halloween.
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