If you think that Halloween’s only for humans, you might just be mistaken. It looks like it’s not just us who sometimes enjoy dressing up as spooky and spoopy characters, going trick-or-treating, and impressing the neighbors with fabulous costumes. Some of our pets seem to love wearing their Halloween costumes, too, and their owners can’t help but share photos of them online!
And, wow, the costumes are pretty impressive. Bored Panda’s bringing you some of the cutest, most adorable, and magnificent Halloween costumes for you to enjoy. So scroll down, upvote your fave scarily ‘awwwesome’ photos, and let us know which ones were the best of the best for you. Do you have any pet Halloween pics to share? Post them in the comment section below, dear Pandas. You can find more adorable pet costumes right here and here.
While the pets featured in this list seem to be having loads of fun in their neat little costumes, keep in mind that it’s far from every animal that enjoys this. There's another side to the story. Bored Panda reached out to PETA UK for a comment regarding dressing animals up for Halloween. As an organization, PETA encourages people not to dress their animal companions in costumes. Read on to hear what PETA UK's Director Elisa Allen had to say about owners putting their pets in costumes.
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Just In Time For Halloween!
It’s My Dog’s Birthday Today. Here She Is Dressed Up As Dobby For Halloween
Dobby is FREE, to go trick or treating for snacks year round
Cute Cerberus Costume
Allen, who heads PETA UK, had this to say to those who dress up their animals for Halloween: "Dress up yourself, but please leave animals out of it. They feel uncomfortable, confused, and stressed when they're forced into costumes, and we've even heard of dogs and cats choking or running away, never to be seen again," Allen said.
"PETA strongly cautions that costumes with tight rubber bands can cut off circulation and that long or trailing parts can get caught on objects—with potentially disastrous consequences—making Halloween night feel like a trick, not a treat." You can also check out PETA UK's advice on how to keep your animals safe at Halloween right here.
"People Don't Come To See The Tigers, They Come To See Me" - Joe Exotic
I’m A Very Spooky Ghost
Scary Dog Will Scare You This Halloween
You should never force an animal to wear a costume if it distresses it. Just like you’d never force another human being to dress up for Halloween if they didn’t want to.
According to the RSPCA, our pets use subtle body language to communicate with us and other animals. So when you dress your pet up in a costume, you can cover up its ears, whiskers, and tail, which can make them feel uncomfortable or even frightened. What’s more, try to avoid costumes that restrict a pet’s range of motion, block their mouth, or obscure their vision.
My Tortoise Halloween Costume For 2020
Halloween Costume Is Ready To Go
Original Or Extra Crispy?
Meanwhile, Irina Wells writes on Bought By Many that there are some signs that you should be on the lookout for to see if your pet is uncomfortable wearing a costume.
There are some obvious signs that they’re distressed like shaking, cowering, or trying to remove the costume you put so much effort into making. Then, there are more subtle indications. For instance, if you see your dog tucking its tail or your cat flicking its tail, these might be indications that it’s time to take the costume off and to spend Halloween without the frills.
Frankenweenie
This Good Boy "Tripod" Halloween Costume
thank you for taking care of a dog with only three legs you have my upvote, and great thanks.
No Covid Puts Baby In A Corner. My 2020 Halloween Costume With My Dog
My Roommate Did This With My Cat While I Was Out Buying Candy
Simple Yet Effective
Pew Pew
My Halloween Costume Ft. My Pug, Chuck
She Appreciates Tricks, But She Definitely Prefers Treats
Boof Is An Uruk-Hai For Hallowe’en This Year
Prince Charming And Cinderella
Beauty And The Beast
The only thing better than dogs are dogs together with children who love them.
When Black Cats Prowl And Pumpkins Gleam, May Luck Be Yours On Halloween
Maleficent The Dragon Witch
Smallest Shark Ever
A Little Late, But Here’s My Little Chewbacca And My Girlfriend For Halloween
Every Journey Needs A Sam. Have You Found Yours?
Leeloo Dallas Multipass
This Is Our Foster, Butter, Being Himself For Halloween
What We Mew In The Shadows
A Spooktacular Spider Costume
My Dog Summarized 2020
Okay, a 2nd one with "this is fine." What have I missed? Who said this and why?
Working On Our Halloween Costume. Just Need To Work On Wearing Our Glasses
I Put A Spell On You And Now You're Mine!
A Froot Loops? Heck You Karen
My Dog Is A Beanie Baby For Halloween
This Ebony Bird Beguiling My Sad Fancy Into Smiling...
Copper Is A Free Dog
Hairy Pawter And The Chamber Of Fluffs
Oreo As 2020’s Most Fitting Meme
I Think She Wins This One
My 2 Siberian Huskies As Little Red Riding Hood And The Big Bad Wolf.
Spoiler Alert: The Costume Stayed On Long Enough For Exactly This One Picture
Suffering From A Perpetual Existential Crisis
We Bare Bears
Untitled Goose Game
Our Cat Is Named After A Space Telescope, Hubble - So It Was Only Fitting. Happy Halloween!
Me And My Cat Dressed Up As Morticia And Pugsley Addams
Grandmother, What Big Eyes You Have!
My One Eyed Kitten’s First Halloween And We Figured A Pirate Would Be The Perfect Costume For Him! (He Had An Eyepatch To Go With It But He Took It And Hid It Somewhere Lol)
Happy Halloween From Me And Chewie!
Happy Halloween! Blu In His UPS Costume
You Really Think A Black Suit Is Going To Solve All Your Problems? No. But, Looks Damn Good On You
Good Boy And Bad Boy
Both of the are god boys; only one is in costume, the other is in its true form!
Dogtors
Gary Does Halloween 2020
Cupcake Dog
Sven From Frozen
Want to grab Sven and run. He can have all the carrots he wants, and basically anything he wants.
Dogtini
I Got The Idea From The Movie "It" And I Have Two Sweet, Very Tolerant Dogs Who Allowed Me To Do It 😊
Mad Hatter
Dogtor Octopus Costume I Made For My Chihuahua
Norbert Dr.
Mane-Jestic Lion Costume
Purr-Ate Cat
The Cutest Paw-Parazzi Ever 📸🐾
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superdog
I Alwayz Wanted To Be A Starbuckz Puuuurrrista
My Cat Is Tom Nook For Halloween This Year
Halloween Is Definitely Different This Year But Not For These Two, Leo The Lion And His Scaredy Cat Whisky
Money Heist
Chihuahua Ghost
Most cats don't like wearing clothes and most of the times they freeze, that's why they loose their balance and fall over. It's not funny, it's stressful for them. However there are some cats that like it, so we should really pay attention to their reactions.
My old cat used to like to go into the sleeves of my jacket like a little sausage
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Uh so you made a post with adorable pets in costume and then proceeded to interweave an article and bout why people shouldn’t be doing it? With quotes from those freaks at PETA? Wtf?!
Most cats don't like wearing clothes and most of the times they freeze, that's why they loose their balance and fall over. It's not funny, it's stressful for them. However there are some cats that like it, so we should really pay attention to their reactions.
My old cat used to like to go into the sleeves of my jacket like a little sausage
Load More Replies... Uh so you made a post with adorable pets in costume and then proceeded to interweave an article and bout why people shouldn’t be doing it? With quotes from those freaks at PETA? Wtf?!
