halloween dog parade recap

it's gettin on down to the halloweeny wire! word on the street is there's going to be a hearts and laserbeams halloween party a day early since the office will be closed on friday, so definitely stay tuned for that...



last weekend josh and i had our dog jimmy in long beach's howloween dog parade, and it was a blasty! we've done the easter parade in the past, and it seems like the number of participants has literally exploded since last time. the parade was supposed to start at 230, and a little bit after 3 we were still waiting in the lineup area because there were just SO MANY DOGS!!!

it's funny seeing just how over the top people get with their dog's costumes, and designing floats for them to ride in and all that. our hands down favorite was the red baron, who got to glide through the parade route in style:



i have no idea how that plane made it down the sidewalks, but i hope they won a prize for being so awesome! maybe in dog parades to come, the organizers will shut down a section of the actual road on 2nd street for the parade since it's gotten so huge - the sidewalks get a little crowded with all the dogs and spectators!

winner of the we'd love to take him home with us award goes to a dog i call pegleg pete - he was a little 3-legged chihuahua, he walked in front of us for the majority of the parade, he was dressed up as a pirate, and he was freaking adorable!!!



for a buttload of cute pics of dogs in costumes, check out the whole set on flickr!