LOVING LICKS: Blake Bain and Amy Kennedy with Sir Reginald the corgi, in his knight’s costume. Picture: CAMPBELL BRODIE
Source: News Corp Australia
REGGIE has a knight’s costume, a castle-style teepee in his room and his toybox is filled with stuffed swords and dragons.
While this may sound like a child’s medieval dream, Reggie, or Sir Reginald, is a nine-month-old Pembroke Welsh corgi.
Reggie is a part of a growing trend of people humanising pets — dressing them up in costumes, feeding specialty food and hiring petsitters via a rigorous recruitment process.
He has an Instagram account, a following on Facebook and won the Melrose Park PetStock’s cutest pet award last year.
Owner Amy Kennedy says Reggie is treated like her and partner Blake Bain’s child.
“His name is Reggie Bear and I call him my baby,” Ms Kennedy, 25, says.
“We spent $90 on a set of stairs so he can access the bed because he sleeps with us.”
Ms Kennedy and Mr Bain drove to a breeder in Victoria to collect Reggie when he was two months old.
Ms Kennedy says she is already planning Reggie’s first birthday party in June.
Holdfast Bay Dog Centre operator Karyn Molloy says demand for doggie day care is increasing and up to 60 dogs are dropped off each day.
“Our day care business has grown drastically over the past 12 years,” Ms Molloy says. “We were the first one in greater Adelaide and now that number has increased tremendously.”
Ms Molloy says she is seeing more dogs who get taken to day care with ribbons in their fur or wearing clothes.
“I have no problem at all if they want to bring their pets more into the family because it gives the dogs a better life,” she says.
Puppy love: Growing trend of pets being humanised — dressing them in costumes, feeding specialty food
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