Every year about this time, Target sells dog costumes. You may recall last year's purchase from the clearance rack in the days after Halloween; this year, I saw a couple of perfect costumes for Holly and didn't want to risk them disappearing. Holly was not too pleased with this idea.
The first costume I got was a princess dress - Holly's official name is Princess Holly (a long story), and she certainly believes that she should be treated like royalty, so I thought the dress was appropriate. She was curious why I had the camera out,
and investigated her costume thoroughly. 
She was none too pleased when I started to put the costume on her, though. The sleeves of the dress went over her legs, which she did not care for. That, and the bodice was a bit tight.
Once the costume was on, she decided to pretend to be a starfish, sticking her legs out and flattening herself against the floor so she didn't have to move. (I wonder if Target makes starfish costumes...)
Yeah...not a happy dog. I took the costume off of her after the photo shoot, but she still shunned me until I gave her a potato chip.
After a bit of research, I determined that Target didn't make starfish costumes, but they made something much cooler - squirrel suits. I bought one later that week, and tried it on her this past weekend when I was there. Those of you who know Holly's obsession with squirrel-chasing will appreciate the irony of her being dressed as her prey. And surprisingly, she seemed to like this costume better than the princess dress. We started with the headpiece, which fastened under her neck like a collar (likely why she didn't freak out when I put it on).
The costume was very cute - it had little squirrel arms on the front, holding an acorn,
and a fluffy, bushy tail.
No starfish-acting in this costume, although she did hide under the kitchen table after a few minutes. I think she thought she'd get steak if she did so. 
After a few minutes, though, we took the costume off. But little does she know that it may make a reappearance when I'm there this weekend...perhaps I can get a picture of her with the costume and with a squirrel in the background. She'll be so excited!
4 comments:
That is SO cute! I love the picture of her sitting under the table.
I love the last picture, it is both incredibly adorable...and looks like a squirrel is eating her face at the same time!
..but in a cute way.
You'll all be happy to know I survived Friday night and Saturday with her, and she didn't kill me in my sleep. Of course, I didn't put the costumes back on her because it was raining and I didn't want them to smell like wet dog, so that may have something to do with it. Stay tuned :-)
I wouldn't put that squirrel costume on your little dog when T's around... she has a huge grudge against squirrels. I witnessed the incident many years ago (and it's still pretty funny) and can never forget her horrific shriek when the squirrel attached itself to her leg.
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