A Tongue-in-Cheek Entry for the "Pets in Costumes" Contest: My Dog as Bambi

My dog is a big movie lover.  His favorite movie of all time is Bambi.  Every time he watches Bambi, he prances around the house for hours, acting like a fawn.  For Halloween this year, he begged and begged for a Bambi costume.  He was willing to donate a whole month of his allowance toward the costume, so I couldn't say no.  I set out to find him the best little Bambi costume available for a dog his size.

After a two-week search, I found the perfect costume.  He just tried it on yesterday and he was a little uncertain at first; it appeared the costume might be a little snug.


After he got used to it, however, it looked like the costume was MADE for him!  It fit him like an absolute glove.  He got cocky and tried out his "deer in the headlights" impression.  I thought he was spot-on!


He thought he'd get fully into character and wear his costume around the yard, doing what Bambi would do.  He ate some grass, ate some ground cover, ate some maple tree...








He got a little too into character, however, when he ate my geraniums.


I had to yell at him to spit the flowers out or lose his trick-or-treating privileges entirely.  In retaliation, the little booger actually stuck his tongue out at me!  I had to remind him that BAMBI would never DO that sort of thing.  (Sigh)


He thought he heard some of his friends snickering next door when he got in trouble, but it turned out to be some ducks in the lake (thank goodness).


He was sure glad his buddies hadn't heard him getting a scolding.  He was also thrilled that they hadn't seen his spiffy new Halloween costume yet.  He couldn't wait to surprise them when they all went trick-or-treating.  He was so excited about it that he was overcome with joy and started jumping into the air and whinnying...


I didn't want to break it to him that Bambi didn't whinny.  He was one happy dog.  ;D