Five years ago I wrote a blog post on National Dress Up Your Pet Day and I started off with how "the pet market for pet products and services is a multi-billion dollar market." Oh my goodness, how much the headlines have changed since that time.
This news story appeared a year and a half ago. And twenty twenty-five continues with this trend. It's not just a local issue, BBC also wrote about the same issue as well. Yes, times are heartbreakingly tough for a lot of us with the price of EVERYTHING going up and the newly re-elected and soon to be president of the United States threatening economic hardship towards my country. Things are well past the sticker shock phase of inflation and price gouging and threats of tariffs. It has lingered into eye rolling and walking away territory. And sadly, according to animal shelter employees and these new articles, it is happening to beloved pets.
So maybe on National Dress Up Your Pet Day, instead of sewing up the latest pet attire let's think about the poor abandoned pets as well. Maybe, this year we might consider helping a local shelter care for the animals looking for a forever home.
Of course, celebrate our pets and even dress them up, maybe just add a different twist to the celebration this year and help out the ones looking for a forever home.
Happy Sewing!
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