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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
do u really believe that dogs like to be dressed up? for heavens sake they are animals not dolls. Many costumes restrict their natural movement--
Its one thing to put a protective coat against the weather but all this other nonsense is all for the owners to show off their dogs in ridiculous clothes. I am dead against it but who cares when designer dogs and designer clothes are big business.
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I think it's possible that some animals can enjoy it.
I can't remember which it was - Twycross Zoo or those PG Tip adverts, or maybe both, lol - but they used to have monkeys dress up as people and play with various toys. I
know monkeys aren't the same as dogs, but still . . . the monkeys absolutely adored it, but what with 'animal rights' it was deemed 'cruel' and they were forced to stop dressing the monkeys up. Now apparently the monkeys were upset for a long while afterwards, because - like children - they found it a fun kind of play-time.
Now, dogs aren't like children or monkeys, fair enough, but if the animal isn't distressed then is it really a bad thing? Is it a far jump to assume it might like it? The dogs in the cafes mentioned have been around people and handled since they were puppies, for them it's a daily part of life and something they're used to, and to be dressed means to be handled and played with. I don't know many dogs or breeds who - being handled since birth and around humans - would mind or actively dislike being dressed up.
However if a dog was to show distress or displeasure, then it would be a whole other matter . . . then it's cruelty, and I imagine a lot of adult dogs not used to such behaviour would be displeased, but these are puppies raised in a very different environment to working dogs or regular pets.