File this under "why the terrorists hate us" - Halloween costumes for pets are big business

[LuckyTheDog]

Tricia Whitehead dressed her pug, Zoe, as a ladybug at Halloween last year. This year, Zoe will be dressed as a caterpillar — but not for trick-or-treating.

Whitehead lives in Liberty Village, home of the annual Spooktacular Dog Walk, and she’ll bring Zoe to mingle with her dog friends at Liberty Village Park the day before Halloween.

“It’s a social thing. I get to meet other neighbours with dogs, I get to meet the dogs she walks with every day,” says Whitehead, 33, who works in the banking industry.

Whitehead and her fellow Spooktacular participants are part of a growing number of pet owners turning Halloween costumes for their four-legged loved ones into big business for retailers.

Pet costumes at Halloween will hit $350-million in sales in the U.S. this year, according to the Halloween Spending Survey, conducted by the National Retail Federation.

MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/halloween-costumes-for-pets-become-big-business/

[hlthe2b]

1. meh... the dogs usually don't mind and like to be included...

As long as the get to be dogs the rest of the time, what's the harm?

[jonno99]

2. 'File this under "why the terrorists hate us" ' - ummm...why? nt

[LuckyTheDog]

3. Just a joke...

But you don't see why people on the 3rd world would find it strange that we spend so much money on something like this?

Sigh. Humor dies when you explain it. Sorry if the joke was too opaque. But it's also something people say about American obsessions like the Kardashians and Dancing with the Stars.

[jonno99]

4. Thanks for the reply - I agree with you. sorry to be a buzz-kill!