Better late than never, I present today photos of this year’s pet costume contest winners!
This contest has been run for the last few years during the village’s Trick-or-Treat Trail, but it’s been difficult to get the word out and actually get people and their dogs to meet up at the appointed time and place. So this year, Peter Elder — who organizes the contest every year — came up with a creative solution.
He wrote,
My son and I served as judges for the dog costume contest and since we could not find anyone gathered in front of Village Hall, we spread out through the (very large) crowd and found several dogs and their owners in costumes. After passing through once, we went back and awarded them first second and third prizes.
Peter added that this was “an excellent strategy for making the people and the dogs happy. … People loved being stopped and given gift cards.”
The three lucky winners this year are included here.
Make sure to get out there and trick or treat with your pup next year, ’cause you never know…you might get a treat yourself!
Also, we’re hoping to resurrect the business-sponsored scarecrow contest next year as well, so watch for more news about that!
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