Pretty Puppies

So, as winter is looming, I decided that my dogs might need a little warming up for the holidays. The white one is a Maltese named Macho. His coat got very matted about a month ago, so we had the groomer shave almost all of his fur off. He looked so cold (and skinny ^_^)! So, I made him this sweater.

I know it looks a little grungy, but that's because my other dog Bruce got jealous and tried to tear it off of Macho with his teeth. Bruce is a Boston terrier. 'So,' I said to myself 'I'll make Bruce one of his own so he won't have to be jealous.'

This one was a bit more difficult to engineer. Because Bruce is a Boston terrier, he's top heavy. This means that every time he tries to lift his leg up to pee properly, he feels like he's going to fall over :( . So, he overcompensates and pees all over his legs and chest. Gross!

Actually, this problem is pretty common for the breed. But I wanted to make him something that he wouldn't pee on even with his balancing problem. Thus this bare-bones "sweater(vest?)" was born.

He tries to bite it when I put it on, but once he has it on, he likes to strut around in it. I wanted to take pictures of the dogs in their sweaters because the sweaters look better with pretty puppies in them. At first Bruce was confused by the camera...

but he started to like the attention and pose for me.

With Macho it was quite another story. I had to sneak up on him to get this one:

And after that, I had to chase him under the table. But he still turned his head so I couldn't quite see his face.

Clearly, he's camera shy so I left him alone after that. But aren't they cute?!