ask to wreak your cad to your next engagement reenactment ? hop to gain a Ulysses S. Grant spirit - competition with your doggie ? Always wanted to party like it ’s 1862 ? Stephanie Honodel ’s hand-crafted pawl costumes are here to make your dream a realness .
Honodel did n’t plan to get into the pet costume business , but require to find a agency to keep her chihuahua warm during the wintertime . Other people like what she was doing , and she was eventually ask to make a Confederate superior general ’s costume for a historical reenactor ’s miniature pinscher .
She recently openedDogs of Gettysburg , locate about two minutes from the Gettysburg National Military Park . At her store , you’re able to grease one’s palms hand-crafted clothes , costume , and pet bed from Honodel ’s business organization partner , Diana Guy . The duo met at a pet expo about a decade ago , andhave worked togetherever since .
Honodel estimates that she ’s made hundreds of costumes through the years . The outfits " are not what I would call historically correct , since they did n’t trim the dogs then , " Honodel admitted toThe Huffington Post , though they are based on picture from the era . She does n’t make costume exclusively for weenie , either . Honodel toldThe Evening Sunthat she ’s also made tout ensemble for cat , pot - bellied grunter , snakes , and tortoise , among other animals .
If need to ensure your own puppy is battle - quick ( 150 years latterly ) , you could commission a costume through the Dogs of GettysburgFacebook pageor website . It ’ll hightail it you somewhere between $ 50 and $ 300 , but it could be worth it to shanghai theGone With the Windfans in your life history — Honodel says she ’d love it if someone were to " commission a Civil War - era ball surgical gown and hat"—or just your friends at the dog park .
[ h / t : Huffington Post ]
