Growing up, I loved to include my family dogs in our Halloween celebrations. My grandmother fondly recalls that when I was about 4 or 5 years old, I insisted on matching costumes with my pup Shadow.

Shadow was a black pug who followed me around like my very own little shadow, hence his name. That Halloween, I dressed up as a pumpkin and Shadow willingly wore a matching hat.

Fast forward to when I was seven. My family got a rottweiler named Caeser. Caeser was incredibly sweet, but it turned out he did not share my enthusiasm for matching costumes.

My dreams of going as Mario and Luigi that Halloween may have been squashed, but I learned a valuable lesson. It’s always important to listen to what your dog is telling you—whether through their body language or behavior.

Caeser was clearly u

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