… for poor Lucas.
Halloween is the worst day of the year for him. People walking past the house all evening, the doorbell ringing incessantly, and intruders! intruders! in the alley!
However, we’ve already had one major victory for Halloween this year: We took Emmett and Lucas to Petsmart’s annual Howl-o-Ween event, and Lucas nailed it! They didn’t go in costume – as of last weekend I was still planning on making them costumes – but they saw tons of dogs all decked out.
There were big dogs and little dogs in an array of store-bought and homemade costumes.
I was so proud of Lucas. He waltzed around the store, took in the sights, and sailed through the event.
He did better than Emmett, who was pulling every which way to get in on the action. They saw their two favorite Petsmart trainers and met the store manager. At one point, a boisterous dog in a bright red cape rushed Lucas’ face… something he’s not fond of… and he definitely told the dog to back off, but it wasn’t a full-blown catastrophe for him. I was so proud of him the whole time we were there!
After the event, we discovered that their costumes were already marked down. We can never find anything big enough to fit Lucas, but they actually had one XXL in one style, so this year Lucas is a Giant Pumpkin!
Emmett is a bumblebee, complete with stinger!
And Cooper is a frog!
Tonight, our neighborhood is having a Halloween parade, so the boys will debut their costumes there. I’m sure they’ll get lots of attention, which is good practice for Lucas and Cooper. Once the trick-or-treating starts, I’ll probably bring them upstairs and away from the door so that Lucas won’t be too anxious the whole night.
What are your Halloween plans? Are your dogs dressing in costume? Please feel free to share pics on the Facebook page – there’s already a darling hot dog from a precious Positively Pit Bull, Holly!
Julie says
10•31•11 at 12:58 pmGreat costumes! Hope they enjoy their Halloween parade 🙂 Cali doesn’t care much for dressing up but she loves to bark at all of the trick or treaters . . .have fun!
Maggie says
10•31•11 at 4:05 pmHa! Hope you and Cali have fun, too!
Two Pitties in the City says
10•31•11 at 2:32 pmOf course we love the frog! We are lucky that no one really trick-or-treats in our neighborhood, but the city does some fun parades and things for the kids. We had a lot of fun with the pooches this weekend, and we’re hoping to go to a big Halloween Parade tonight in Boystown. Miss M loves all the attention she gets when she wears the costume. In last year’s parade she was just wiggling and smiling the whole time.
Maggie says
10•31•11 at 4:06 pmOh, how fun!! Can’t wait to see the pics from the parade… They’ll be the cutest ones there, I’m sure!
Jen says
10•31•11 at 3:07 pmI don’t know why, but I see a lot of “dog as bee” costumes. And I love them.
Maggie says
10•31•11 at 4:07 pmHA! I saw one other dog with it on at the Petsmart event. I think the stinger is just hilarious. Does Elka wear costumes?
Miley and Maggie says
11•01•11 at 12:21 pmLove the costumes! We missed our Petsmart event because of the silly snowstorm!
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Miley and Maggie
Maggie says
11•01•11 at 1:02 pmStay safe in the storm!!
Claudia says
11•01•11 at 9:05 pmThey’re so cute!!
Trick or treat night is horrible in our house as well. Lola flips out every time she hears someone walk up our steps, so there was a scare element of huge dog barking her head off, and Franklin tries to wriggle outside each time we open the door. Plus he doesn’t enjoy costumes.
Maggie says
11•01•11 at 11:02 pmWe discovered that Cooper doesn’t enjoy costumes either! Well, thank goodness it’s over for the year! 🙂