When dressing up a dog for halloween or any holiday, one might want to make sure that the pet costumes are safe for your pet. Pet costumes should be comfortable for your pet and nonrestrictive, inedible, and should not involve anything that could be hazardous to your pet’s health, such as toxic dye or any paint. Target, Spirit Halloween, and Amazon do offer spray paint that is safe to use to decorate your pet with.

Some suggestions when thinking about having your pet wearing a costume is too make sure they are able to move freely when wearing their costume, and make sure they can see when wearing their costume.

Though dressing up your pet may seem exciting and fun but it may really stress out your pet. They also may not always be a good idea for puppies or senior dogs. Puppies tend to lack coordination while senior dogs that have arthritis which can make getting in and out of costumes, and wearing them may be painful.