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Dog Dressing, Revisited

By Edie Jarolim | Published: October 18, 2010
For those of you who might have wondered — and even for those who might not have — my blog’s name is short for “Will My Dog Hate Me If I Dress Him?” It’s one of the “99 Other Things Every Dog Wishes You Knew,” and an alternative title to the book that I ended [...]
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WMDHM: Greatest Hits of the Dog Dressing Phase

By Edie Jarolim | Published: April 5, 2010
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a year since I started this blog, on April 12, 2009. Whenever I’m tempted to think that I’m not where I wanted to be at this point, which is fairly often, I remind myself of a few things: I had no clear idea of where I wanted to [...]
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Dog Dressing and Sumo Wrestling

By Edie Jarolim | Published: May 25, 2009
I promised more Japanese dog dressing and you don’t get outfits more elaborate than those worn by Tosa Inu.  The breed, which originated in the Tosa district on the Island of Shikoku, was created in the second half of the 19th century, when medium-sized Japanese hunting dogs were mixed with mastiffs, Great Danes and bull [...]
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Japanese dog dressing, part 1

By Edie Jarolim | Published: May 12, 2009
I have no hard data, but anecdotal evidence and online research suggest that Japan is the world’s Number 1 dog dressing nation. The size and breed range of dogs involved, the array and elaborateness of their outfits, the variety of events providing canine fashion occasions, the widespread enthusiasm for the practice… Japan rules the roost [...]
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