Doggy AT-AT

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

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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