Halloween Goes to the Dogs

One of the good things about living in a large city is that there's a pretty good chance that you can find people that share your interests. Even if those interests include wrangling your dog of Scottish origination into a Halloween costume.

I've never been big on Halloween, but I find that it's much more fun when you have someone/something smaller and cuter than yourself to dress up. So, I made a Harry Potter costume for Phoebe and trucked her off to the Memory of Monroe Scottie Rescue Halloween party.

She looked pretty cute, and won second prize in the costume contest.







The glasses stayed on for all of three seconds - just long enough to get a few pictures.

Here's the winner of the costume contest - Heidi, dressed as Heidi! (Heidi and Phoebe are from the same breeding facility, and I think they look somewhat alike, especially in the face.)



We also met Buddy, a terrier mix fostered by Carol in Fort Dodge, who had Phoebe before she came to us.



Buddy is going to a new home on Friday, where he'll be known as Eddie. Buddy and Mikey, a Scottie up for adoption, were hot dogs for the party.



We played a few more games, including "musical mats," chatted, and had a generally good time in the country on a beautiful fall afternoon. You can see a bunch more pictures on the Memory of Monroe site - http://www.memoryofmonroe.com/halloween05photos.htm.