In this photo you see our granddaughter, a lovely pink butterfly. She's enthusiastic - to put it mildly - about filling that pink pumpkin with candy! This photo doesn't do justice to her cuteness, as can happen with candid shots, but I have a reason for using it so I'll put a better picture as a treat at the end.
Now look at Toby. We knew he was a little nervous and didn't dress him up because that would stress him out even more. We didn't expect such a big crowd. We didn't anticipate that we wouldn't be able to keep strangers from patting him as they walked past. When I sat down to edit our photos from the weekend and I saw this image I realized he was finding the whole experience more scary than we thought.
He was so good! Toby just followed close to Ted's legs and tolerated the noise, the chaos, the touches. Rest assured he got a lot of extra loving and treats at the end. Interestingly, just as our grandson (who is autistic and also had tolerated all of the above incredibly well) was done for the day, Toby seemed more agitated too. We adults found a quiet side street and walked back to our car.
Lesson learned. Next year Toby will skip the scary trick-or-treat on Main Street while our little goblins fill those pumpkins!
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Looks like a fun outing. There are a couple events like that around here. Both actually shut down the area for trick or treating to avoid car accidents, which makes sense. With that many kids it is asking for someone to get hurt if you mix kids in the street and cars.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is hard to choose which events to take the dogs to for us as well. Bailey especially hates being left behind. However, some crowds just aren't dog friendly and once there it is generally too late to turn back. Glad everyone had a good day.
Thanks for the great comment. Yes next year I hope they eliminate the traffic problem. So dangerous.
DeleteWhat a pawsome event, looks like you had funs and the outfits were amazing.
ReplyDeleteAll the peeps and noise can be a bit tiring fur us pups, lots of concentration needed!
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
Thank you Princess Leah. Yes he was pretty worn out after.
DeleteOhhhhhhhhhhh the grandchildren are adorable. I bet Princess Leah loved your little human buttie pillar.
ReplyDeleteToby hugs to you for enduring all the touching and chaos!!
Hugs madi your bfff
Thank you Madi.
DeleteAw so cute! We had a fun time as well. Shiner stayed home, because she doesn't do crowds so well. We were just in the neighborhood, so it doesn't sound quite as busy as where you were.
ReplyDeleteIf we'd been home we'd have crated Toby and left him, but he'd never been to their house and we weren't sure how he'd do being left there either. Glad to hear it was a fun Halloween for you too!
DeleteWhat a wonderful halloween you had - the kiddos looked great :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteThat sounds like fun for the kids. Love the costumes! Rita hates Halloween so we just hang out at home watching TV in the dark! She's with Toby - Halloween can be scary! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's not my favorite holiday by a long shot but I do enjoy seeing the little kids dressed up and passing out the candy. It's takes two now because someone has to keep Toby from running to the door barking and scaring them.
DeleteYour grandkids are absolutely adorable! We are expecting our first grandbaby in April and I cannot wait. I thought Saturday night how much more fun next year's holidays will be with a new little human! Haha! The town sounds like a perfect place to enjoy Halloween. We hid out this year in the bedroom with the dogs. It would stress them out too.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! that's wonderful! Grandparenting is so much fun. Every holiday is better with little ones around.
Deletetrick or treating with grandkids & toby sounds wonderful. everyone is adorable.
ReplyDeletewags, bailey unleashed