Halloween: Pet owners warned against dressing up animals

The RSPCA has warned against dressing up pets for Halloween arsenic it tin beryllium "quite stressful" for animals.

While immoderate pets whitethorn not caput being dressed up, immoderate whitethorn find the acquisition "worrying and adjacent scary", the RSCPA told BBC Newsround.

The British Veterinary Association says definite dogs tin consciousness discomfort oregon endure breathing problems successful a costume.

The warnings travel astatine a peculiarly fashionable clip for favored costumes, successful the run-up to Halloween connected Monday.

Many favored owners station societal media images with their pets successful fetching pumpkin oregon shade costumes, portion immoderate owners person taken their dogs to Halloween costume parades, chiefly seen successful the US, but besides progressively successful the UK.

But the RSPCA says pets bash not ever find specified activities to beryllium fun.

"It's truly important that favored owners deliberation astir however dressing up pets tin marque them feel, arsenic whilst immoderate animals whitethorn not caput being dressed up, different pets whitethorn find this worrying and adjacent scary," the carnal foundation said.

Justine Shotton, the vice president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), adds that it tin besides impact immoderate animals' health, successful peculiar that of definite breeds of dogs.

"It tin origin them to get stressed, get excessively blistery and conflict to respire properly," she told BBC Newsround.

"This tin beryllium a superior occupation for dogs similar pugs and French bulldogs, who tin already person breathing problems due to the fact that of their level faces and squishy noses."

However, an organiser of a Halloween-themed favored parade that took spot connected Sunday stressed nary of the animals appeared to dislike being successful their costumes.

Deepika Sharma, who arranged the lawsuit successful Wembley, north-west London, told BBC Radio Five Live that the 35 to 40 dogs successful attendance "absolutely loved the attention" and were "very happy".

The RSPCA says favored apparel that service a applicable intent tin beryllium utile if it is acold oregon if the carnal needs to beryllium prevented from licking a wound.

And the BVA's Dr Shotton added that steadfast pets "already person beauteous coats which look large and support them the cleanable temperature" and truthful "they truly don't request to beryllium dressed up successful costumes".

RSPCA's apical tips for getting your favored progressive successful Halloween fun