{"id":6377,"date":"2014-01-24T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.com\/blog\/?p=6377"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:40","slug":"dog-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/dog-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"Clothes, Dogs and Fashion Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dogs,<\/a>I have always considered dressing dogs in people-like clothes to be degrading and silly.\u00a0 I’ll admit that I’ve seen (and enjoyed) some photos of dogs dressed up for Halloween that were really cute, and I marveled at the patience these dogs display in sitting still for a photo.\u00a0 But to dress a dog in doll-like clothes and trot it around on a regular basis is…silly.\u00a0 And I have always doubted that the dogs like it, so it must be something forced on them.<\/p>\n

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Cochise, spiffed up for visiting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Accessories are another matter.\u00a0 Even my own Cochise has shown a fondness for adding a splash of color when we go out to make our rounds at Christmas time.\u00a0 But this does not restrict his movement or get snagged on things the way clothes do.<\/p>\n

And protective clothes are an exception.\u00a0 Our friends at Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary<\/a> often put coats on their wards to help keep their aged bones warm in winter, but these are special made to conform to the shape of dogs bodies and to allow free movement.\u00a0 And the dogs to seem to enjoy the protection from the cold.<\/p>\n

It was, therefore, rather surprising to me to see Cochise’s reaction to being stuffed into a Tee shirt after he came in from the cold, shivering violently:<\/p>\n