I have been traveling in Perú for a while and have been surprised to see so many dogs with clothing. After a recent post here on the forum, I have been inspired to post these pics here. I will add more as I see them!
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Interesting to see. Is it cold where you are?
I guess it could also be to prevent somewhat from dust, dirt and ticks - or even to signal that this dog has a home and is not a stray. Apart from the fashion side of it! 
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Loving the denim/shirt combo
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I love it too.
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Hi @Makelikeanapeman these are a couple of dogs I spotted with clothing whilst we were in Lima, Peru.
Great photos too btw! 
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Pathetic…And hilarious !
Animals in clothing always make me think of the animal-related term for “emasculated”…if there is even such a comparison !
That said, they never fail to make me smile.
Not quite trousers, but a nice cosy coat and shoes! This is one of my sister’s pups, Jonah. He doesn’t like walks in the forest without his little coat and shoes on.
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What a cutie, @Jenny! And I love that he wants to wear booties and a jacket.
I tried booties on my dog and he won’t put up with them. That was especially a bummer when we lived in desert climates, where his feet could get fried. Instead, we had to walk him at much more limited times of day.
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It is cool here, but i wouldnt call it cold. I think people in Latin Ametica are just always cold. Three of these dogs are Peruvian Hairless dogs. So i think the coats are to protect their skin as well as to kerp them warm.
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Thanks! There are even more dogs with just coats, but i love the dogs with pants. I saw one wearing a dress. It really seems to be a thing here.
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He is adorable!
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I’ve seen some rather comical videos of dogs who don’t like them trying to walk in them, though I do feel sorry for them!
Jonah is a very easy-going chiahuahua (he takes after his Dad, Noa, his Mum Mimi is a yapper!) so there haven’t been any problems.
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Great pictures, but makes me think back to my own pups.
I lived in Minnesota for 15 years and winters were very very cold.
My first dog companion was a Weimaraner - Lucy was about 60 lbs and loved the cold and had no interest in having a coat or boots, no matter how cold it was. She lived her first 5 years in Louisiana but was still happy in the cold. We would walk at least 3x a day and on weekends would go xc skiing together when she would roll in the snow.
After Lucy, there was Sam, a 180 lb Irish wolfhound. We also would walk 3x/day and ski on weekends. He also had no interest in coats or boots. He would get ice balls in his big paws and whenever that happened, he would pause and raise his left front paw - a signal to me to check all 4 paws for ice balls and remove them - but I had to check all 4 as the signal was to raise his left front paw, no matter where the ice balls were.
Before digital cameras so unfortunately no pictures of either pups.
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I’d love to have a skiing dog! What fun.
