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Cory Doctorow at 6:30 am Sat, Oct 8, 2011

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Laika the dog is seriously styling in this AT-AT costume, created by Katie Mello.

(via Super Punch)

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  • Just_Ok

    Where’s Bark Vader?

  • http://profiles.google.com/stellans Stella Sloop

    I don’t think the dog is so much seriously ‘styling’ as seriously ‘disliking’ how she’s strapped into all that junk.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JAMQMRG7BGMWHZIMM2PCIKKX74 Cran

    In terms of time expenditures, how does this endeavor compare to dressing your dog up as Boba Fett?
    http://www.theonion.com/articles/dressing-up-your-dog-as-boba-fett-is-something-you,16286/

  • Ivan Knezevic

    I agree, he’s being treated quite ruffly.

    • Likesyrup

      Not being ” treated quite ruffly”. You don’t know the dog. He could move freely and actually liked running around in it. 

      • SomeGuyNamedMark

        Wait until someone trips him with a cable.

  • http://twitter.com/amanicdroid Mari Lwyd

    omg the puppy is so cute!

  • IamInnocent

    Way to make a very pissed off AT-AT ! :D

    Do you have it in Rottweiler size ?

  • http://twitter.com/amanicdroid Mari Lwyd

    yes he is! YES HE IS SO CUTE

  • SKR

    I’ve never seen a costumed dog that didn’t have this look of total shame on it’s face. Why people why?

    • Philip Hades

       Because it’s SOOO much fun. One halloween we put a bunch igs  in lobster costumes, then put on our chef whites and put a big pot

  • xkot

    She’s not ashamed; she’s looking warily for snowspeeders.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QN6WUG7WMBDAGUPFVSJ6HJAS2A Darth

    The dog looks completely freaked out.

  • Matthew Foglia

    Haha, not that it matters, but the dog’s name is “Bones”, … Kate works at “Laika”, an animation studio in Portland, OR.

    • galacticore

      To further clarify/correct- Matthew, It’s Katie, not Kate.
      Nice job KT! Bones deserves a bone!

  • jeligula

    Well, that’s one way to slow down a greyhound.

  • sisyphus321

    This reminds me of listening to my wife and daughter while they’re watching Project Runway. They’re always annoyed when one of the male contestants designs something that they judge as being unwearable by normal women.

    Maybe we should just let dogs design costumes for dogs.

  • knoxblox

    I think the idea of a CAT-AT would be cute, too.  But y’know, not to actually make one, cuz you can just imagine how that would look…

    Step…shake…step…shake…step…shake…etc.

    • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/SDHYUQAGBIZZU63N7QJWMQAM4U PremS

      If you tried to put something like that on a cat, you would have your hands torn to shreds.

      Just sayin’

  • Wingnut

    Dog is thinking:
    “My master is going to be the first to lined up against the wall when the Dog Revolution comes….”

  • tiredofit

    OK, so you have a dog pretending to be an AT-AT.  Here’s an AT-AT pretending to be a dog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CVYOCMpJRY

  • SomeGuyNamedMark

    Just a wee bit abusive.

  • Just_Ok

    Imagine what it does to fire hydrants.

  • Likesyrup

    nothing abusive about it. The dog loved being in it. His names Bones.

  • Matt Jacobson

    You really need TWO dogs in costumes…

  • http://twitter.com/eurotrash505 Ted Geving

    Great costume!
    I have 3 whippets.  Mine would not tolerate anything like that on them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/thewilliamg William George

    And people wonder why I cheer when animals go on rampages…

  • itinko

    How to freak out your best friend…

  • snagglepuss

    “Here come the rebels! I am so FUCKED!”

  • yasviridov

    Look at my buckjump!

  • Philip Hades

    A fellow ig owner sent me a link to the Facebook page for the dog, Bones Mello, as well as the construction of the outfit 
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bones-Mello-the-AT-AT-Dog/225465154180747