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Yesterday afternoon, dog-owners and dog-lovers gathered in Fort Greene Park for the 10th Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest. Over 50 dogs entered the competition (yes, each pup got to walk around to show off their costumes), those gathered got to "ooh" and "aww" over the cute canines.
In this election year, first prize went to "Joe the Plumber." He was definitely the crowd favorite as he walked around squirting water out of a pipe on his back. A "Stubborn Doggerpillar" (a dog dressed as a caterpillar) won second place and third place went to a pair of pups who were "Peas and Carrots."
Politics and other current events were themes for the first and second runners-up: First runner up was "Lucy Moosey and Petey the Polar Bear" --with owners dressed as John McCain and Sarah Palin-- and second runner up was "Bailout Golden Parachute." The third runner up brilliantly utilized bubble wrap--"Lego Copter." Other entrants were dressed as that perennial favorite--the doggie bumblebee--and others touched on celebrity: Michael Phelps, Laverne (from Laverne & Shirley) and even Brooklyn's own Borough President, Marty Markowitz.
But dogs weren't the only ones to make an appearance. As a nice surprise to the audience, the last four-legged animal to walk the circle was a large pot-bellied pig.
Reporting and photographs from Christopher Kim
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the pig looks like he is doing the catwalk. LMAO
can gothamist plz post a picture of a wire fox terrier every morning? that little guy made my day.
Thanks for the shoutout! I work on the Pupkin every year and it's a blast. This year was truly the best ever.
What Gothamist left out was that I, Shuggie the dog wore a 'Joe The Plumber' costume and carried on my back a working human and doggie water fountain because the one in Ft Greene Park is broken. My costume title was 'Joe The Plumber fixes Fort Greene Park's doggie fountain'. Thanks for the post, it made my day too!
What, no pit bull dressed up as Sarah Palin? Although maybe a mad dog would be a better candidate for that costume.
that pig rules
There were a pair of dogs dressed as pigs with lipstick on.
at first, i thought it was strange to see dogs as bees.
then i found out it wasn't that strange at all:
http://beedogs.com/
Why isn't that pig wearing lipstick?