I always got a kick out of seeing pets suited up while displaying a stressful look on their faces. Paulie was no different. Since we live in the midwest and the winters are brutal, I searched around and purchased the most expensive outerwear I could find to keep him warm. Some were heroes and others were zeros. One sweater was made out of wool and very pricey. It's the striped one at the bottom of the page. The very first rain coat was the school bus yellow with reflectors. The hood was a bust because Paulie couldn't see where he was going and the draw string was a pain to deal with. It did keep him dry, yet, when he went and due to his size, the undercarriage would always get soiled. The best sweaters were from Chewy.com and were basic cable knit style that he wore all the time in the house since he was always cold. We called the red one the Mr. Roger's one and for his Santa pictures, I bought a red, plaid bowtie with this sweater. Paulie was adorable!
Halloween was a different story. I fell in love with this dinosaur or alligator costume. The challenge was that the head was too heavy for Paulie to hold up and just long enough to take pictures. He wore this for a few minutes at a clip and in the closet it went. Two years ago, I bought this bumblebee costume. It was lightweight and I presumed, (me bad), it would be a keeper. Wrong! Paulie growled at it and kept running away from it. It was on him for a minute and back in the closet it went. Both of them are in his memory box.
