Oct 06 2008
Dress Your Dog Up for Halloween in Belmont Shore
If your pooch is a ham, you’ll want to be in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore district on Sunday, October 26. That’s the day hundreds of costumed dogs will get dressed up to strut their stuff up and down East 2nd Street. Yes, it’s a Halloween costume contest for dogs. It’s called the Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade, and organizers say it’s the world’s largest Halloween event for pets.
The hautest costumed dog of the day wins a year’s supply of free dog food! To have your Fido compete, pick out a snazzy costume and pay the $15 advance entry fee (or $25 on the day of the parade). Dogs and their owners are to meet at Livingston Park on 4900 East Livingston Drive in Long Beach. The judges start checking out the competition around 2pm and the parade begins at 2:30pm. Expect the parade to last about an hour, and then leave some time to check out the vendor booths and pet adoption fair. You can learn more about the day’s festivities here .
In the event you do not have a closet full of doggy costumes, stop in to Wiskers Pet Beastro & Bowteek on 2nd Street. Wiskers carries costumes and a variety of other fun treats for those special dogs, cats and birds in your life. See www.wiskers.com for more information.
