15 Reasons You Should Dress Up Your Pet This Weekend

In honor of National Dress Up Your Pet Day, we're here to convince you to consider layering your pet with some cuteness this weekend. Come on. It's cold outside anyway!

Here's some adorable dress-up inspiration from the furriest members of the Patch family.

"Tycho Brewster showing his Patch pride." — A. Brewster, Patch CTO

"Misty D'Olimpio, the lazy wrestling champion." Mike Carraggi — Patch Regional Editor (MA, NH, RI)

"Huckleberry Bixenstine wearing his taco suit at the Lakewood Spooky Pooch Parade." — Rick Uldricks, Cleveland Editor

"Zeke Love Hewitt loved his first Christmas in New Jersey!" — Rebecca Macatee, Patch Pets Writer

"Wyatt Purdy (not so) ready to brave the cold in his winter duds." — Rosie Purdy, Patch Lifestyle Writer

"Itchy Aquilina in his knit scarf." — Michael Lello, Patch Copy Editor

"Luna as the Dog of Honor at my mom's wedding." — Paige McAtee, Long Island North Shore Reporter

"My boy Howard Zevon Heinze." — Justin Heinze, Southeastern Pennsylvania Reporter

"Casey Pivarnik, age 8, a schnauzer mix rescue dog from Pittsburgh. He has a lot of spunk and even more heart." — Kelly Pivarnik, Patch Audience Development

"Rainer Kotelchuck doing his best monk impression." — Sarah Beller, New York City Reporter

"Piper Parrot." — Charlotte Parrott, Patch Audience Development

"Maxx Torrence, we miss you!" — Marc Torrence, Patch National Reporter

"Lady Toy is cool and casual."— Emma Jehle, Patch Video Editor

"When Huck was on the front page of 'The Fluffington Post.' (It's really a thing.)" — Lauren Traut, Illinois Reporter

"The 'Mardi Paws' look." — Kara Seymour, Patch Regional Editor