Dogs With Busy Social Lives Dress up for More Than Halloween

Wally the Welsh corgi used to get dressed up to go trick-or-treating for Halloween, often as a banana, once as a dinosaur.

This Oct. 17, 2015 photo provided by Marc Dalangin shows his Welsh corgi, Wally, dressed in a Batman costume at Conklin Farms in Montville, N.J. Marc Dalangin via AP

LOS ANGELES — Wally the Welsh corgi used to get dressed up to go trick-or-treating for Halloween, often as a banana, once as a dinosaur.

But Wally, owned by Marc and Cynthia Dalangin of Wharton, New Jersey, doesn’t go trick-or-treating anymore. Like a lot of busy dogs, he has too many other engagements. And as a budding Instagram celebrity, he needs a wardrobe full of costumes to choose from.

As dogs have filled their social calendars, they’ve had to fill their closets too. They’re not just dressing up once a year on Halloween. These days, dogs and their owners are getting invited to parties, parades, meet-ups, pumpkin patches, picnics, Christmas tree farms and many other themed outings.

This 2015 photo provided by PetSmart shows a dog dressed for Halloween in a Batman costume. PetSmart via AP