Being a professional photographer, no one in my house is free from modeling duty, cats included. Unfortunately, they all HATE to wear clothes! So while they do indeed try to hide from the camera (as well as from the costumes they’re forced to don once a year), when I’m done with them, they’re disguised IN their clothes. So for today’s edition of Where Cats Hide the answer is, “At Christmastime, they hide in plain sight… disguised in clothes… and bad attitudes.”
Top Row: Snow, Dakota (aka Stewey) & Brody / Bottom Row: Zsa Zsa & Cleo
Time to talk: Have you ever dressed a pet? Do you think it’s funny when people dress their pets? Do you think I need mental help?
Rachel Carrera, Novelist 
The most I’ve ever done with my boys is put those cute little tartan coats on them in the winter. A lady I work with in Westie rescue dresses her for every holiday and some of her get-ups have been priceless. I wouldn’t do it, but appreciate the effort when others do.
Dogs are a lot easier to dress up. Cats always make me want to scream. LOL!
re the last question……..abso not!
Aww, thank you! 🙂
I am not sure I could even get mine in a costume, as for posing for photos, not easy…so I won’t try, but yours are funny, I like Dakota the most, mental help? no I don’t think so, but maybe your cats do think so…:)
Dakota looks proud of his suit, doesn’t he? Yeah, the cats think I need some kind of help until it’s feeding time… then they like me again. 😉
Same for mine, they tend to forget our crazy behavior when it comes to food,,,although I never try to dress it or make it wearing boots and be a model for a painting…:)
LOL! True! 🙂
I wrapped my pet earwig in foil once as it looked a tad cold! Suffocated it sadly!
LOL! The poor little guy. 😉
I found an old sweatshirt in the park. It was a designer brand and went unclaimed for a couple days. I cut the sleeves off and put it on the old pitbull. We wound up calling it the sweatshirt of shame. Whenever he would act crazy we’d ask him if he needed to put his sweatshirt on. He would go lay down every time.
The Sweatshirt of Shame! That’s hilarious! I love it! 😀
I used to dress my cats when I was a wee tad. I used to bathe them, too, on occasion. But I no longer subject the wee creatures to that. It keeps down the scratches on my hands, too. It’s bad enough that I have to get the cat in the crate to get him to the vet.
LOL! I know, they hat the crate, don’t they? 🙂
ha! We put a flea collar on one of our cats. It took a week for her to forgive us. I don’t think I would try clothes.
LOL! Oh, no! Hopefully you never have to put one of those veterinary cones on it! 😀
Well, now that mention it, the gray one does seem to be in attack mode!
LOL! They were very unhappy that day! 😀
You like living dangerously!
LOL! I don’t know why I do this. Every time, I get so frustrated, I swear never again. 🙂
I have never dressed a pet, Rachel. I have seen dressed pets at various events and laughed. Hard.
Dogs are much easier to dress… and they’re better sports at it, too. 🙂
Do you need mental help? No. Do your cats, though, after their traumatic experience? Possibly.
LOL! This is true! 🙂
i love animals in hats and clothes. i tried to dress my old cat in a sweater and he immediately tipped over and acted as though i had put a 200 pound pack on his back and was in restraints or paralyzed. he was not a fan.
LOL! OMG, that is hilarious! 😀
I’ve never dressed a pet, and I never had the desire to do it. I probably could dress one of my cats–the one who lets me brush his teeth, cut his nails, etc. I would probably have to visit the ER if I tried to dress the other one. 🙂
My daughter and her fiance dressed both their cat and dog at Christmas.
WOW, you can brush it’s teeth? I’d pull back a nub if I ever tried that with mine. I hope you got a photo of your daughter’s pets. 🙂
Yes, one of my cats lets me brush his teeth. The other cat–the one who has dental problems–would kill me if I tried. However, he now lets me put cat toothpaste in his mouth. I do it when he’s sleeping. 🙂
Cat toothpaste? That’s crazy! It must taste like liver. LOL! That’s so sweet that the one lets you. It’s too bad the other won’t let you. 😦
Although I have never dressed a pet before, I think it’s cute to see them in outfits, especially themed ones, like familiar characters or holidays, such as the picture above!
Thank you! 🙂 I think a superheroes theme would be funny.
My sister dresses up her longhaired dachshund, Simon Theodore, quite a bit. Today he is wearing his Ravens shirt in honor of the playoff game.
When I show my three rough customers (longhaired dachshunds, as well) photos of Simon Theodore dressed in his little duds, they are appalled! They’ve threatened me with mutilation while I’m sleeping if I contemplate such action. Since they outnumber my husband and I, we will refrain from forcing them into little pet duds. They might be short, but they have sharp teeth.
As for needing mental help, the fact that I actually think my dogs ‘talk’ to me and convey their opinions on their cousin’s wardrobe may qualify me for needing such treatment. Shall we try for a group rate?
Oh, my gosh! You had me in tears I was laughing so hard! LOL! I take it your sister was a fan of Alvin and the Chipmunks?
I put a purple silk scarf on Diamond one time. Instant Super-Dog! 😀
Good times ^_^
Aww! I hope you got photos! 😀
I do. They’re not very good ones. I think I took them when I was eight… 😛
Aww… 😉