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Friday, October 31, 2008

Dogs in Costumes: This Time, It’s Personal

posted by on October 31 at 15:06 PM

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My fucking puppy insisted on going as a cheeseburger and fries for Halloween, and lucky for her, Jake has some serious fake-food skills.

Diane’s costume will go well with mine, for I am going as a famous waitress, who might occasionally instruct fellow citizens to kiss her grits.

And Jake is going as Mel.

Dianeburger close-up here. (And other pets in costumes here, here, and, most unfortunately, here.)

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1

Some of the best pet costumes I've seen! Sooo cute and funny. (poor animals but hey they get taken care of right? they must be forced to humor us!)

Posted by subwlf | October 31, 2008 3:14 PM
2

Can that poor animal even move? Or is it just frozen with embarassment/shame?

Posted by Chris | October 31, 2008 3:20 PM
3

2: Yeah, she can run around like normal, she's just keeping still for the photo shoot.

Posted by David Schmader | October 31, 2008 3:22 PM
4

a link?

Posted by ScrewYouRusty | October 31, 2008 3:24 PM
5

So the dog wants to become food and be eaten? Or he wants to eat the food, so he dresses up as the food? Or you want to eat the cheeseburger, so you make your dog look like one? Or you want to eat your dog, and so you disguise the dog as food? It's like Suicide Food writ on a Mobius strip, wrapped in riddle, with an enigma stuffed up its nose, warbling a mystery to the tune of "I've got my eye on you."

Brilliant.

Posted by elenchos | October 31, 2008 3:25 PM
6

That's a damn cute dog. I want to squeeze her and give her greenies.

Posted by lily | October 31, 2008 3:26 PM
7

Dave, I must INSIST that accompanying photos of you and Jake in your costumes be posted as well.

Posted by Gidget | October 31, 2008 3:27 PM
8

I was leaning toward the shame angle, but she's adorable. I was all set for my dog to go as Max from the Grinch, but her lazy ass couldn't pull me around on a sleigh.

Posted by Chris | October 31, 2008 3:28 PM
9

If this were ECB, the wingnuts would be howling "animal abuse" without a sense of irony

Posted by AJ | October 31, 2008 3:28 PM
10

that last link... oh man... so wrong, but somehow right.

Posted by Jesse | October 31, 2008 3:33 PM
11

is this what people do when they're too irresponsible/selfish/self-consumed to have children and instead materialized their exasperating feelings of nurture in a fucking animal?

Posted by menelaus22 | October 31, 2008 3:34 PM
12

Of course you'd have to be irresponsible/selfish/self-consumed to not want to have a bunch of brats running around ruining your life.

Posted by Chris | October 31, 2008 3:37 PM
13

What, no pics of cute babies in costumes?

They're even cuter!

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 31, 2008 3:51 PM
14

Yes, there's nothing less irresponsible/selfish/self-consumed than believing that the world needs your offspring or that you'd be a great parent even if you have a ton of evidence to the contrary or having more kids than you can afford or have time for or thinking that you can't get pregnant the first time or that your birth control method is 100% effective or... well, there's just not enough room here, really.

On the other hand: oh, that poor dog.

However, I'd rather have David Schmader's potentially neurotic dog in this world than even the best-adjusted of your children, 11.

Posted by whatevernevermind | October 31, 2008 3:51 PM
15

David,
Your language is getting ATROCIOUS!

Posted by StrangerDanger | October 31, 2008 3:51 PM
16

There is a special and creative place in hell for people who dress their animals up in stupid outfits ...

I wonder the feeling of it resembles that kick in the gut feeling when I have to watch these poor animals.

Posted by formerly OR Matt | October 31, 2008 3:52 PM
17

the best thing I've seen all day!

Posted by KELLY O | October 31, 2008 3:52 PM
18

If I can bear to pick up my dog's poop every single day for the rest of her life, she can bear to wear a goofy foam-rubber hat for a couple of hours.

Posted by David Schmader | October 31, 2008 3:59 PM
19

Bud Schmader, your dog is a slave. The least you can do is clean up it's shit and feed it. How heartless of you to contribute to the slavery that has made these subspecies. You're a monster.

Posted by Canis lupus, Carnivora | October 31, 2008 4:09 PM
20

more.

Posted by StC | October 31, 2008 5:01 PM
21

That is awesome.

Posted by Grant Cogswell | October 31, 2008 6:56 PM
22

Diane is a cute name for a dog! I love it when people give their animals "people names" like Dave and Charlie.

Posted by Doggie | October 31, 2008 8:33 PM
23

i can't have a dog but if i did i would name it aretha...

Posted by reverend dr dj riz | November 1, 2008 1:16 AM

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