In the neighborhood that I live in, everyone dresses their dogs up in a costume for Halloween. For those who do not have pets, they become the judge to determine the winner. The categories that they have for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places are: Scariest dog, Prettiest dog, Ugliest dog, and Most Original dog. Most of my fellow neighbors have small dogs. However, this year I just adopted a Great Pyrenees.

I had no clue what kind of costume I was going to put on my 150 pound monster! Come to find out that was not my only problem. He is very friendly and he loves to play with other dogs. No matter how much I train, yell, or pull on his lead, he always winds up with the other dogs somehow. So I was determined to work hard every day so that he knows that I am the one he has to listen to even though he wants to play so much more.

My first idea was to dress him up as Zorro. Not such a great idea, he riped it right off and went along with his day. Each passing day, I kept training him to stay with me and not run off. As well as kept trying to get him to keep costumes on his body. I tried my best not to let my neighbors or competitors I should say, see me struggle. Of coarse you’ve gotta be careful cause they will hire little spy’s (their children) to come and see what costume you have so they know they don’t have the same one or to make sure they can top what you have in order to win.

I finally found a way to dress my dog up with out him riping off his pet costume. I decided to dress him as Clifford, the Big Red Dog. I dyed his fur Red with pet safe vegetable dye. And I put a collar on him that said Clifford. This was the only way for him not to rip it off. It finally came time to parade around out lovely pates. My dog seemed to have really caught on to the idea that he was supposed to stay with me. He did very well as it all started off, holding his head high, and wagging his tail. I was very pleased with my Big Red Dog. We saw lots of different costumes such as superman, or “super dog” would be more appropriate. Raggedy Ann, a princess, a convict dog and many more.

All of a sudden out of nowhere a man came running and grabbed my camera right out of my hand. As he took off, my dressed up Clifford bolted after him, knocking him into the kiddie pool used to the dogs to take a drink. The man got up and my dog got in the pool turning the water red. My dog was just barking and growling at this man, and every thought since the water was turning red that the man was bleeding. Talking about an uproar. As my big half red dog leaped out of the pool and shook off, the man was pleading, and stated that he would gladly stay there in the pool until the police arrived. The judges added a new category this hear. “The Hero”