Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Should you dress your dog for Christmas?

This is a question I got to thinking about over the weekend, because I went to the local Pets at Home store and there were several different Christmas outfits for dogs, including reindeers outfits, santa outfits, elf suits or if you didn’t want to go the whole hog then there were little elf boots and reindeer antlers or santa hats.

I guess the answer to the question depends on what breed of dog you have, whether or not your dog minds you dressing him or her up and what the occasion is.

Personally, I’ve never liked the idea of dressing dogs up, no matter what breed they are, but I appreciate it can be a bit of a giggle at Christmas or Halloween.

Boots at least have a practical purpose and can protect your dog’s paws from bits of toys on the floor or picking up bits of twigs in their paws if you take them for a winter walk in the park.

Each to their own I guess. Mind you, I do have a little red cloth Christmas collar with bells on it that I let my dog wear when she visits family at Christmas – but that’s more to wind my brother up than anything else!