Photos: National Dress Up Your Pet Day
According to the Star's bizarre holiday calender today is National Dress Up Your Pet Day. Take a look as some of the strange and delightful pet photos we found including a UA fan cat photo shoot. Send us a photo of your dressed up pet by emailing starneted@azstarnet.com.
Waldo
Chrissy Taylor sent this photo of her dog Bella as Waldo via the Arizona Daily Star's Facebook page in 2013.
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This photo of a dog in socks was sent in by Arizona Daily Star reader Diana.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
This Santa cat was sent in by an Arizona Daily Star reader.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
This holiday cat was sent in by an Arizona Daily Star reader.
Cowboy Jack
Letty Peña Blanchard sent this photo of her dog Jack as a cowboy via the Arizona Daily Star's Facebook page in 2013.
Ruby
Angelica A Romero sent in this photo of her 9-year-old Chihuahua Ruby via the Arizona Daily Star's Facebook page in 2013.
Romeo Lover Boy
This photo of Romeo "Lover boy" the dog was sent in to the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com by Monica Wright in 2013.
Scout the Jack-O-Lantern
This photo of Scout the dog as a jack-o-lantern was sent in by Shannon Snow in 2013 to the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com
Cloe and Daisy
This photo of Cloe and Daisy the dogs dressed in their very best was sent in by Jennifer to the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com in 2013.
Daisy
This photo of Daisy the dog dressed in her best was sent in by Jennifer to the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com in 2013.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
This photo of Mojo the dog dressed as Santa was sent in by Shannon Snow. Tuesday is National Dress Up Your Pet Day. Send us photos of your pet dressed to impress at starneted@azstarnet.com.
Scout the big plate of spaghetti
This photo of Scout dressed as a big plate of spaghetti was sent in by Shannon Snow to the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com in 2013.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
This photo of Scout the dog as Santa was sent in by Shannon Snow. Tuesday is National Dress Up Your Pet Day. Send us photos of your pet dressed to impress at starneted@azstarnet.com.
Roy
This is "Roy," a Puggle. Photo courtesy of Bill Vancil of Marana in 2013.
Cooper and Coco
Here are Cooper and Coco, Tucson dogs, dressed up last Halloween. Photo courtesy of Darlene Jergens
Keaton the biker boy
Keaton wears a motorcycle vest like his dad does. Photo sent in by Kelly and Lori Rogers to the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com in 2013.
Dress Your Pet Day
Melissa Candek dresses in a UofA cheerleading Halloween costume while her cat dresses up to look like the UofA wildcat mascot. Photo By Ian Wingfield. OCTOBER 20, 2002. Photos by Ian Wingfield
Dress Your Pet Day
Melissa Candek dresses in a UA cheerleading Halloween costume while her cat dresses up to look like the UA wildcat mascot. Photo 10/13/02. Photo By Ian Wingfield.
Dress Your Pet Day
Melissa Candek dresses in a UA cheerleading Halloween costume while her cat dresses up to look like the UA wildcat mascot. Photo for 10/13/02.
Dress Your Pet Day
"Franz" wears a Harley Davidson costume for Halloween. Photo by David Sanders. 10/15/02.
Dress Your Pet Day
"Hawn" wears an Eeyore costume for Halloween. Photo by David Sanders. 10/15/02.
Dress Your Pet Day
"Opey" wears a king's costume for Halloween. Photo by David Sanders. 10/15/02.
Dress Your Pet Day
Parrothead Beth Weber, Wanamaker, dressed her 11-year-old Golden Retriever Stokeley as a Parrothead, too, for the dog event at Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, Ind., where dogs and their owners gathered for an attempt at a world record for dogs in costume on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye)
Dress Your Pet Day
Dog Mixie is dressed up in green for a St. Patrick's Day parade on the Irish national holiday in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Stephanie Pilick)
Dress Your Pet Day
Haddie, a four-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, goes trick-or-treating with her owner Kami Flathau, right, of Saginaw Township during the third annual Howl-O-Ween pet parade at Frankenmuth's River Place, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 in Frankenmuth, Mich. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Jeff Schrier)
Dress Your Pet Day
Dressed for the occasion, Hec-lin, a toy poodle from the Bronx borough of New York, foreground, waits with other dogs and people for the start of the most expensive wedding for pets Thursday July 12, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
Dress Your Pet Day
Dachshunds dressed for the occasion, Clifford, left, and his cousin Dee Dee, share a moment as they wait to take part in the most expensive wedding for pets Thursday July 12, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
Dress Your Pet Day
Jeffie Lanter pushes her dog, Chico, wearing a crawfish costume, in the Mystic Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras parade on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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A woman holds her dog in costume during an animal blessing ceremony in honor of Saint Lazarus, patron of the sick, at a church in the Monimbo neighborhood of Masaya, Nicaragua, Sunday, March, 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Dress Your Pet Day
A dog wearing a wig sits during a Christmas costume contest for dogs in Lima Peru, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Dress Your Pet Day
This photo taken Oct. 4, 2009 shows pugs Mochi, left, and Olive posing for a photo dressed in their Halloween costumes at flowers at their home in Huntington Beach Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Dress Your Pet Day
This photo taken Oct. 4, 2009 shows Lisa Woodruff holding a pair of chop sticks posing with her 4 year old pug dogs Mochi, foreground, and Olive dressed as sushi at their home in Huntington Beach Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Dress Your Pet Day
This photo taken Oct. 4, 2009 shows pugs Mochi, left, and Olive posing for a photo dressed as Geisha girls at they're home in Huntington Beach Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Dress Your Pet Day
This Sept. 2013 photo released by The National Association of Professional Creative Groomers shows a 5 year old poodle, Xerxes, dressed as a Zombie for Halloween at the A.B. Grooming & Pet Spa in Childersburg, Ala. (AP Photo/NAPCG/Amy Brown)
Dress Your Pet Day
In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 photo, Tracy Conley, of Holland, enters her dog Lucy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, into the best costume contest at the pet contest dressed like a banana split as part of Pumpkinfest, in downtown Zeeland, Mich. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Matt Gade)
Dress Your Pet Day
Pogo, held by owner Tasha Michalczuk, wears a hot dog costume at the Wienerfest festival for Dachshund dogs, Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Thamesford (east of London) Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)
Dress Your Pet Day
This photo made Sunday, June 10, 2012 shows Simone Noel scooping up her Miniature Dachshund dog Daisy, who is dressed to show support for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, during the outdoor dog festival Woofstock in Toronto on Sunday, June 10, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Michelle Siu)
Dress Your Pet Day
Dressed as a lady bug, Norfolk terrier Button waits his turn to be photographed by event coordinator Cindy Hayden, foreground, during the 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Costume Party in the small dog park at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday Oct. 25, 2009. Photo by Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
Dress Your Pet Day
Pug Ponzu almost loses his cow costume while running and playing during the 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Costume Party in the small dog park at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday Oct. 25, 2009. Photo by Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
Dress Your Pet Day
Lulu the dog parades through the wiener dog costume contest during the Oktoberfest activities in Deadwood on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Ryan Soderlin/Journal staff)
Dress Your Pet Day
Dogtoberfest for Handi-Dogs Mary Ann Matters and her dog Tiny, a pug dressed as a penguin are having their pictures taken at the event. Photo taken Sunday, October 27, 2013.Â
Uncle Milo
Milo, a schnauzer jack russell mix, dressed up as Uncle Sam at the Dogtoberfest for Handi-Dogs in 2013.
Lucky Snow White
Lucky, a yorkshire terrier dressed up as Snow White at the Dogtoberfest for Handi-Dogs in 2013.
Dress Your Pet Day
"Kito" and "Mini Pearl" get a little excited as they try to walk together during a dog show for the residents at Catalina Care Center, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Photo by David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star.
Dress Your Pet Day
Penny Lincoln Blake, a 10-month-old mini dachshund owned by Rachel Blake, Cicero, dressed as President Abraham Lincoln for a dog fest event at Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, Ind., where dogs and their owners gathered for an attempt at a world record for dogs in costume on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye)
Duck Dynasty Ricky
Ricky, a border collie dressed up in a Duck Dynasty outfit, came to a dog fest in Noblesville, Indiana in 2013. Â
Dress Your Pet Day
Beauregard, a chihuahua, waits with his owner, Pat Day, at the start of the Mardi Gras Dog Parade held Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at Baytowne Village in Sandestin, Fla. Beauregard was dressed in surfer garb to reflect the theme of this year's parade, "Fetch a Wave." (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily, Devon Ravine)
Dress Your Pet Day
Brody, a Westie belonging to Vicki Rice, sits in a remote controlled car at the beginning of the Mardi Gras Dog Parade held Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at Baytowne Village in Sandestin, Fla. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily, Devon Ravine)
Dress Your Pet Day
Kelsey Cagle, dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, with her neopolitan mastiff Mama Mia, dressed as Cinderella, during DOGood's annual Howloween event, featuring prizes for costumes, free treats and information on responsible dog guardianship on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 at Whole Foods in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/ Chattanooga Times Free Press, Maura Friedman)
Dress Your Pet Day
Dressed as Elle Woods from the Broadway show "Legally Blonde", Peanut, a Chihuahua owned by Heather Scheffold of North Brunswick, N.J., left, waits with other costumed dogs to compete in the fourth annual Times Square Dog Day Masquerade Sunday Oct. 19, 2008 in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
Dress Your Pet Day
A dog dressed in a Superman costume walks on a street in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo)
Dress Your Pet Day
Jacquelyn Slade, 10, of Hampstead, Md. puts the finishing touches on a costume for her cat Sneakers while preparing for the Small Animal Dress Up competition at the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair in Westminster, Md. Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Carroll County Times, Dylan Slagle)
Dress Your Pet Day
Lulu, a rat terrier-Jack Russell mixed rescue yawns while dressed as a fairy during the Howl-O-Ween doggie costume contest during the second annual Dogtoberfest benefit for the Animal Friends Rescue Project at Tarpy's Roadhouse restaurant in Monterey, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/ Monterey County Herald, David Royal)
Dress Your Pet Day
Little, a Chihuahua, owned by Liz Newton, of Salem, Mass., waits during the second annual "howl-oween," a dog costume contest, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Little won best of show. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
Dress Your Pet Day
Lily the Chihuahua dressed as Vivienne Westwood Bride at the Pet-A-Porter dog Fashion Show and champagne reception celebrating Harrods' wide range of doggy fashions, at Harrods Knightsbridge on September 15, 2005 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images)
Dress Your Pet Day
Peanut, a cute little chihuahua, who is 15 years-old, dressed-up as a baby and riding in this stroller at the Dogtoberfest for Handi-Dogs where dogs painted pictures, run obstacle courses and run past a radar gun. Photo taken Sunday, October 27, 2013. Photo by Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star.
Sheriff Rudy
This is Rudy, a treeing walker coonhound, dressed up as a sheriff at the Dogtoberfest for Handi-Dogs in 2013.
Tate the Mime
Morgan Hilpert and her dog Tate, a beagle, dressed as mimes at the Tucson Dogtoberfest for Handi-Dogs in 2013.
Waldo
Tucson's holiday pets
Photo from the Star's 2013 pet contest.
Tucson's holiday pets
Photo from the Star's 2013 pet contest.
Tucson's holiday pets
Photo from the Star's 2013 pet contest.
Tucson's holiday pets
Photo from the Star's 2013 pet contest.