All the Creatures at Today.com

With all the hype about dressing up your dog for Halloween and other costume events for your dog, it looks like manufacturers have made too much of a good thing. The after Halloween sales at Walmart for human costumes have not sold too well. The dog costumes have even fared worse.

The fad looks to be fading and fading fast. The only dog clothes that seem to be still selling well are the dog coats made to keep dogs warm during the harsher winter weather. The larger dog jackets and coats are selling out pretty quick, leaving only the smaller sizes in the store.

Even the Dollar Tree now has dog raincoats and sweaters, meaning that those items did not sell very well in the regular stores. I also personally saw reindeer antlers and ears for dogs at the Dollar Tree today.Is that more evidence of what is to come this holiday season?

The pet industry had remained strong so far in this recession but it looks like that strong run may have loss its steam.

Why is it that humans have a morbid fascination with celebrities, politicians, actors, singers and the wealthy? If that was not enough some people go one step further and want to know what pet they have. Take for example when President Obama took office earlier this year. There was more press coverage on what breed of dog the first family would pick than there was of other major issues at hand.

The latest curiosity in the world of celebrities and their pets is when Jessica Simpson’s dog was grabbed by a coyote . Although the incident took place over a month ago, there is currently a surge in searches on the subject.

It seems that whenever someone famous is seen with a certain breed of dog or cat, that breed has a huge increase in interest from the press and media. I don’t think it is as much a need for the regular public to even know but that the media hypes the interest to generate sales of their magazine or TV show.

I don’t really care what breed of dog Martha Stewart has (before you make a comment, yes I know they are Chow Chows) because I have my own dogs that I think are just as wonderful. Maybe the press should learn to let sleeping dogs lie and cover more news worthy items like the pollution problem in Nigeria or global warming.