Clothes for dogs are wrong!

Cooper's Mama

I don't think Cooper would let me put anything on him. I bought a harness for him for walks and I got it on him and he wouldn't move, he stood solid and gave me a look like "get this *%$#^ thing off me!" So, Cooper has no clothes.

Now, my brother is bringing home an 8 week old Boston Terrier this weekend and will be putting a coat on him for potty time. He lives in Watertown, NY so it gets very, very cold there.

gone2thedogs

I think the way Paris Hilton dresses her dogs is offensive because it exemplifies how she treats her pets - as interchangeable, disposable fashion accessories, not living creatures who she's responsible for.

But not everyone who dresses their dogs has the same attitude. Besides all the reasons for inclement weather, sometimes bandannas or sweaters or costumes, etc. are good conversation starters. When Gemmie was new to us she was shy around strangers on the street, but we noticed when she started wearing designer bandannas she enjoyed the attention they got her. So we started "dressing" her in different colors and patterns so she could get admired, and that helped her get used to having people approach her in a positive way. She's almost 10 years old now, and every morning when I say "let's find a pretty kerchief!" she goes to the cupboard where we keep them. It's a girl thing.

Dakotah

I plan on getting a Chihuahua or a Papillon in the near future, and I WILL put a coat on them during the winter. I live in North Georgia and we get hot summers and cold cold winters. I HATE the cold and I'm pretty sure a Chihuahua with its little bitty body and hardly no haired-self would HATE it to.
But I do agree that I wont have a million-in-one outfits for my doggy. But I will have Halloween costumes and maybe a little outfit or 2. My Best Friend has a Pomeranian (SP?) and she is not as fluffy as most Poms are, and she has quite a few outfits for her Pom but not so much that she has one for everyday of the week, like Paris Hilton would have, I guess. ( My BFF lives further up in North GA than I do so it gets pretty chilly).
I believe there is a extent of dressing your dog up, but if its cold and the dog NEEDS protect then its great.
Thats my 2 cent! haha.

mandylou93

I actually happen to think clothes are a really good idea for dogs. I don't have a dog now (but I'm about to get one) but my old dog loved being dressed up for Halloween. She was a pirate one year! Anyway, I don't think it's cruel at all. I mean obviously I'm not going to put a sweater on them in August, but a cute T-shirt is nice. I had these two matching ones where the person's said "My dog's cuter than your dog" and the dog's said "My owner's cuter than your owner" Isn't that adorable? My point is, doggie clothes being cruel usually depend on the dog's personality, not all dogs in general. Some dogs hate it or could be hurt by it, but other dogs love it! Peace!

Jak

I like to put a red paisley bandanna around Jak's neck since it makes him look even more dashing :P...but he always pulls it off. *sigh*

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jeffrey_sy

pet owners should know that dogs just want to be dogs and not another copy of paris. For me it's ok, as long as my pets like it and feels comfortable with it.

Love's_Sophie

Jade says, stop "arguing" and help him find his fairy dust...lol!!!

Spiritguardian3

didn't get a chance to read all the replys (up to page 6 then I gave up, lol)

my opinion:

I HATED dog clothes when I owned a rottweiler, cocker spaniel/terrier mix, Border Collie but now I own a boston terrier. She has a hoodie because its the only realistic thing I found that was priced under $20 and wasn't god ugly. She LOVES it, its funny as all heck as she does this little prance thing. I made sure it was heavy enough to give her warmth without making her overly hot. Specific arm design so she can easily move around in it. She took christmas pictures with a antler style doggy hat, thats not cruel. She has a 'I'm the reason Santa has a naughty list' tshirt that she wears when we go to Petco.

I will agree though, it drives me nuts when people have their dogs with nail polish (like everyday, every once in a great while is ok, such as for a special occasion) any clothing for style vs function is what I think is cruel. It doesn't make sense for the dog to HAVE to be carried because he can't walk in the outfit. Thats just cruel.

Also Kari (my little boston baby) is going to be Spider man for halloween! I am never having kids so I guess that warps what I do to my dog but its fun and she's a goofy puppy who looks at me like 'da da dooonnee! spider-dog, spider-dog... does whatever spider dog.... look out, its a spider dog!' lmao

shell07

That is so funny! Will you send us a picture in her costume? I bet it is too cute for words

Harland

Every time my mom wants to dress up my hound I say "mom it is a dog not a child, a child has two feet and speaks a human language as for a dog has four paws and speeks in woofs and howls."

Frost62

i think bandanas and collars are ok
everything else is wierd

Pickleisaminidaschi

In the cold cold winters here in Illinois my mini daschunds wear sweaters and jackets, or else they won't go outside to the bathroom. Just like when it rains, no raincoat, they won't go.

salask

hey guys - this thread is from 2006

ThoseWordsAtBest

That's what I was going to say. I came in here ready to be all "w/e I'll do what I want!" and then saw how old it was.

Binkalette

LOL! Me too!

Pickleisaminidaschi

Give this person a break! If she does it her dog obviously doesn't mind or else she wouldn't have tolarated it. Charlie my female prissy dog gets her nails painted, not often but sometimes.
(Her nails aren't painted in the picture, I just wanted to show you her. )

She holds still. It's not like people who do this chain their dogs down to tables or something. And all my dogs wear sweaters in the winter.

Dogstar

I like to buy frilly things to put on Lizzie because I like to torture the demonspitz.

She has a black-and-metallic-rainbow-print dress (with matching 'seasonal' panties- the dress was a freebie with the panties that I thought she'd actually need, although she keeps herself clean enough that I don't bother), a pink and white spotted dress-harness-thing ($1 at the clearance sale of a local supply place). And a pink backpack that I bought today.

Pickleisaminidaschi

Yeah, my weiner dogs won't go outside unless they have a rain coat. But Berney I make wear one, it's too hard to clean up otherwise.

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