Happy Halloween! I let Frodo be the main
picture today – since he looks so cute. You
can scroll down to see me. Frodo did the
photo under duress. Well not REALLY
duress – but with the promise of biscuits.
Humans love to dress up us canines for Halloween. As if we care.
Anyway, it’s here. The day when we anxiously await the costume
clad trick-or-treaters – who never arrive.
But not to worry - we have PLENTY
of treats JUST IN CASE someone does come.
So why don’t we get any treaters? Well, it could be because we live on a dead
end country road. And our driveway is so
long – you can’t see the house from the road.
So combine a long, dark driveway with our riotous barking – and well,
our property is like something out of a scene from Hound of the Baskervilles. Add to that two pumpkins which our human
purchased too early in the season – and are now beginning to rot and have taken
on a whole new shape – and you have a pretty scary house. If I were a kid, I wouldn’t come here.
Occasionally we DO get kids whose parents
drive them down our driveway to the house.
And then we have to be sequestered while our human doles out the
treats. We used to wear cute bandanas
while we waited – but then Paxton and I tried to rip them off each other – so
now our costume wearing is limited to a few obligatory photos before Halloween.
Our human continues to buy the treats – as
I said – just in case. Of course she
buys things SHE likes. I don’t see her
buying dog treats. Or candy she DOESN’T
like. Then she’ll complain that she has
eaten them all – and her pants are fitting too tightly. Humans.
Anyway, it IS a fun day for kids. And there are no doubt some adults who also
enjoy the day – either eating the leftover treats – or stealing from their
kids. We canines just observe the whole
ritual and remind our humans that THEY always say it’s not polite to beg. Tsk. Tsk.
Anyway. Gotta go try on my mask. This year, I’m actually dressing as a human.
Pretty scary!
©
2014 Linda Wozniak
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