RSPCA to prosecute people who dress up their dogs

This is quite possibly the stupidist thing I've ever heard. Get a life and stop trying to come up with stupid things to" take legal action against".

Animals have fur, or feathers...duh, I've always thought it's stupid to dress up your pet. Although if you own one and want to have fun dressing it up and playing doll with it, go ahead!!! I don't think people should be prosecuted for doing this, that's going too far...just think in those parents that don't pay a lot of attention to their kids...nothing happen to them and you're going to punish someone who want to play with his/her little pet...next project...let's knit scarves for the giraffes in the zoo ROFL!!!

For those who sent LOL to me. . . . .I'm an old man whose lives alone with his dog. He's very important to me and I haven't trained him because he minds me naturally. Seeing eye dogs perform a vital function and so do dogs who visit old folks homes. And there are lot of people like me who love and need their dogs and the dogs give them love back. You can LOL all you want because I don't let jerks bother me.

Dogs and humans came together a very long time ago and it turned out to be a wonderful match. Dogs and humans give each other love, protection, and loyalty. I have a lab and we communicate as if he is a person. I would never dress him up because that insinuates he's a toy instead of a good friend. Would you require a friend to put on a costume so you can show her/him off for entertainment. I also think a dog should be spared from having to do certain tricks. Teaching him to sit and come when you call is usually a necessary thing to do but making him walk on his hind legs, and other unnatural things is for people's entertainment but humiliating for him. This is abusive. All animals are innocent and should be treated with respect.

I don't like wearing clothes, either.

Better walked than wokked!

Pet is a euphemism for slave. Slavery is immoral. Anyone who supports pet ownership supports slavery and has unsound morals, just as was true for the slave owners in our history books.

“Every generation laughs at the old. fashions, but follows religiously the new.” ~Henry David Thoreau

How does this really turn into slavery? Anyway at least they aren't eating them. Damn!

Oh no! Now all those Idiots are gonna have to go underground with this stuff! And what about bird diapers? Next thing you know their gonna make pot illegal and pull breastfeeding photos off Facebook!

thanks god!

My pug, Miss Veda LOVES when I get something for her to wear, only once in a while, but she stands poses she loves it.
We DOMESTICATED dogs what next turn them loose for their right to not be adopted.

I usually support the SPCA much more than PETA (extremists), but this is total crap. Sooner or later, people won't even be able to own pets.

How well.

I reckon they should be prosecuted for threatening to tie up the Court system with frivolous cases.

You got it right uberdeft. this is lol funny. believe me my kids tried this with every pet we had and if they didn't like you couldn't even get the stuff near them. they tried to put soft reindeer horns on our beagles for the christmas parade { that's what it was called back then] no way was either one going for it. we routinely take in pets that would otherwise not be taken care of so they do well with us. some people treat their pets better than their kids. thanks for the laugh.

Whether it's bad for the dogs or not, it certainly does look stupid.

Q: Kevin, what are the two things Jay hates the most? A: Stupid criminals and stupid people who dress up their pets. If the pet can't whiz or poop don't put costumes on them. Our chaweenie has to have her sweater on to come on the patio when it's cold and still gets under the lap blanket with her momma. If I were to attempt to put an article of clothing on the collie, she would pout at me for a month. Using common sense is usually the answer.

utterly ridiculous.

My spanish professor dresses up her cats for every season and occasional holidays. She sets the humiliating pictures as the background of her computer and every few weeks the whole class anticipates what the stupid costumes will be. It's pathetic, animals have fur and that is why they don't need clothes. DUH

Maybe a little judicious weeding of people breeding and spawing more peple with nothing better to do in the world than worrying about some pug with a little jacket on would work too. Lets everyone put down their guns, put the phones on hold, quit starving/dieing/mutilating/killing and worry about the pugs.

faithicus is right, some dogs NEED coats when they go outside. My old roommate has a yorkie who has very fine hair (more like human hair than dog fur, making him hypoallergenic.) We live in NY and it's damn cold in the winters; with no coat, poor little baby jay jay will freeze! He even has little boots for extra snowy days.

The conversation of PETA wanting to get rid of pet ownership came up, and I have also heard that- and think it's absurd! We've been domesticating animals for thousands of years to live with us- what's wrong with that? I had two St. Bernards that lived full, wonderful lives with us and didn't have to spend all of their time surviving! Now I have two indoor kitties and I love them very much- I think they are perfectly happy and enjoy their cat lives. Get off my jock, PETA!

Dressing dogs is wierd, but I'm not sure if it's criminal.

Why don't they start by going after dog shows and puppy mills? I think that is a better start for trying to reduce animal cruelty, etc.

Yet another act of useless Activists that will never gain anything. Another stupid attempt. I will dress a dog whenever I want.

I own Mini-Daschunds,both long & short-haired, Who ride on My Motorcycle with Me in customized saddlebags complete with doggy-fairing windshields & a "gas tank saddle"...& in cooler weather, They are quite pleased to wear their sweaters, or Doggy-Tailored Jackets (pseudo "Carhartt" or Leather)to the point of standing calmly while gearing up...believe Me, when they object to something, they have no qualms to making it known, as anyone with Daschies will tell You.
I suppose the RSPCA will claim I'm abusing them by taking them riding, too, but They've never seen Them throwing a fit if I try to get on the Bike without them. ( & They're thoroughly "leashed/strapped in, I don't trust their tiny little daschie minds to NOT try & chase a rabbit or what have You while riding, They have NO sense of physics...)

What do you expect in a society that sends people to prison who shoot burglars attempting to smash their skull in with a crowbar. Their is no freedom in the UK unless your a violent Islaminc Fundamentalist urging your followers to blow up the people who gave you a country to live in.

my dog owns a coat, only because she has very short hair and lives in the northeast region of the USA. if she doesn't have her coat on, guess what? she won't go out. some dogs need jackets like horses do around here in the wintertime. however, putting costumes on dogs is not cool. unless the dog likes it--and trust me, I've known more than a few chihuahuas (and pit bulls, and black labs) who enjoy wearing a necklace or a hat. the problem is when the clothing interferes with the animals' movements and body functions... people go too far.

HAHAH good because that whole dress-up-your-dog fad was getting ridiculous. I feel for those animals...

About time. Dogs are meant to wear clothes, too bad they can't talk for themselves to these ignorant people.

finally! I know people think it's cute and funny, but unless it's a special sweater to keep your dog that isn't made for cold climates warm, then you really shouldn't be dressing them in tutus. not only does the dog probably secretly hate you for it, so does the rest of humanity.

My companion and best friend is a dog. I often feel bad when I see some dogs dressed up because you can see they are uncomfortable with the whole thing. But, there are other dogs who enjoy dressing up and being the center of attention.

When me and my dog do therapy work he wears a vest, other than that he goes natural.

i get the point, but i think it is harmless to throw a sweater on your companion animal when you take him/her outside.

hahaha this makes me feel much better about calling people who put clothes on their pets assholes...

...as though i wouldnt have found another reason.

People should not be jailed for this behavior just put under psychological observation.

Actually this is the beginnings of trying to stop pet ownership altogether...

What are the animals supposed to do... walk around naked!?

Imagine the prison chat: "What are you in for?" "I put a hat on my dog."