Hounded by Hats

The time of year had come when bouts of maniacal laughter were heard from the Applegate estate.

The Applegate critters ran in fear when the bag of Halloween costumes emerged from its hiding place.

​However, many did an about-face once the bag of treats was opened. 

Of course, Clem was his super professional poser self.

​He patiently kept his getups on for many minutes at a time.

This happened while I tried in vain to get all three canines costumed and sitting calmly.

​It didn't (and never) happened. 

This year I was able to find an extra-large spider dog costume that could fit my huge hounds.

​Clem proudly displayed the "scary" outerwear. He didn't even seem to mind.

 I surmised that the costume fit more like a dog jacket than something that only goes over the head.

However, it was strange to me that the costume has eight stuffed legs.

​Then you add Clem's four and we could be going for more of a caterpillar vibe.

Sadie was also forced to wear the arachnid getup.

Clem

Clem

​She wasn't pleased. I thought she was the saddest spider I had ever seen. ​

Sadie

Clem posing while Sadie eats a small pumpkin.

Gus

I draped the costume over Gus while he was resting on his chair. I didn't attempt to secure it, because I'm not sure it would have fit around his hefty chest. He was not impressed either. 

Sadie

Gus

Gus

Gus

Gus additionally dressed up as the cowardly lion.

​His lowered head showed that he wasn't thrilled with the lion's mane.

He kept approaching me and burying his face in my jacket.

​It almost made me feel bad, but not bad enough to try out a couple more hats. 

Sadie managed to sit pretty with a pink sombrero on.

​She was distracted by the miniature pumpkins that I added as props.

​She distracted herself from the humiliation by chewing on the orange orbs. 

While she was chomping on one, I was able to get a shot of the furry alien hat. It was a little hard to photograph this costume.

​The eyes didn't really stand out. It was difficult trying to get a good exposure on a dark dog and a bright green fur piece. 

Sadie and Clem also donned some devil's horns.

​That was when Clem became bored with the whole ordeal. 

Sadie

Sadie

Sadie

Otis

Clem

I then turned my attention to a new victim, Otis. I only had seconds to snap a photo before he ran off stomping and jumping. He did a little better with the llama hat because he was eating treat at the time.

Otis

 I confess I did have to check the hat's tag to see if it was supposed to be a llama or an alpaca. It was weird that llama Otis had four ears and a whole other face. 

Milo

I didn't try to outfit Milo with any adornments. He's still pretty spooked by getting touched. In fact, while he was being subdued for a vet checkup, he may have dislocated a vet tech's finger. Although, I must admit that he would make an awesome Santa goat around Christmastime.

​I'll have to decide if I wish to chance bodily harm or not. That's just the nature of things 'round here.