Local Doggy Dressups Precede Halloween

Next Saturday, Oct. 27, won't quite be a dogfight between "dress up your dog" events.  In fact, if owners can cram Fido into a tutu for four or five hours, they can enter him in both Lake in the Hills' Doggy Costume Contest and Algonquin's Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade.

The LITH contest is at the Village's Bark Park on Haligus Road at 10 am.  It's simply B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Dog) only on a leash.  Algonquin's parade will be at Village Hall at 1 pm but pre-registration ends Friday.  A registration form's here: https://rec.algonquin.org/docs/registration%20form.pdf.  The fee for residents is $5, non-residents $8.

In the pic:  Some dogs and owners at last year's Algonquin Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade.