For the 11th year in the a row, the DogWatch® Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest entertained us all October long. We received over 200 amazing entries this year, and were thoroughly delighted by all of the spooky, silly, creepy, super-cute and wonderfully creative costumes on display. And we want to give a special salute to all of the pets who patiently posed for the photos – these good boys and girls have definitely earned some yummy treats and belly rubs!

As usual, the DogWatch team had a VERY hard time choosing a winner. After lots of deliberation (and many laughs), we are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 DogWatch® How-O-Ween Costume Contest!

THIRD PLACE: Kitty as Puss in Boots

Photo by @weeweefrenchie on Instagram

SECOND PLACE: Heidi as a Scarecrow

Photo by @heidis.wildlife on Instagram

FIRST PLACE: Baby Steven as a Mailman

Photos by Karen Traister Sullivan

HONORABLE MENTIONS

In addition to our top three winners, we also wanted to give a shout out to some of other favorites this year! Here are our 2024 Howl-O-Ween Honorable Mentions:

Milo the Xenomorph by Haoran Cui

Poppyseed the Superstar (Photo by @dearpups on Instagram)

Neptune the Golden Raisins box (Photo by @magicgolddogs on Instagram)

Dirt McGirt as Frida Kahlo (Photo by @littledirtmcgirt on Instagram)

El Moochador aka Watson (Photo by @the.wattage.meter on Instagram)

We’d like to say a great big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this year’s DogWatch Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest! And if you don’t already, follow us on Facebook and Instagram (@dogwatchfence) for more fun, informative and adorable pet content all year long.