By Miriam Fauzia
BU News Service
Fenway (left), a red and white Boston terrier, and her friend Ellie get ready to be flamingos for Boston’s Halloween Pet Parade 2019 outside Faneuil Hall. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Ellie, a Pomerian-Husky mix, spray painted pink to match her friend Fenway for Boston’s Halloween Pet Parade 2019. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Oliver, an Irish setter mix, in coordinating pirate costumes with his owner for the pet parade. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Jason Labonte (left) and German Shepard Raven make a pair as bear and honey bee. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Clockwise: Sarah Midkiff (R), Sloan, Huxley, and Steve Dunkel. Sloan, a Pitbull/Hound mix, plays the protagonist Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz while her brother Huxley, a Pitbull, is fashioned after the Cowardly Lion. Steve and Sarah make up the other half of the quartet as Scarecrow and Tin Man. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Lauren Ingram (background) and 2 year-old Master Scrappy cosplay as human and dog versions of Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Chihuahua Chip plays along as lobster to Kerry Brauer’s chef. Halloween Pet Parade 2019, Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Posiden, a 2 1/2-year-old purebred Corgi, bares a not very shark-like smile. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Bentley, a 3 year-old Terrier, representing Boston while riding a Duck Tours push wagon, wearing a Patriots jersey, and sitting next to a poster of Tom Brady. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Pokémon trainer Cameron Breither and Ivysaur/3 year-old Sheltie Mix Roscoe. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Roscoe cosplays as a Ivysaur Pokémon during Boston’s Halloween Pet Parade 2019. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
8 month-old Labradoodle Waffles dresses up as owner Martha Anderson’s favorite Supreme Court judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
Rafael Depaula (far right), Yeny Alvarez, Rosie, Magarita Gomez, Gisele Alvarez (far left) all dressed in matching skeleton suits. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
All the attention is tiring for Shih Tzu Rosie dressed in a skeleton for the Halloween Pet Parade 2019. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service. 
5 year-old Jackson, a Pittbull/Pointer mix, is in his finest Granny cap, flannel, and glasses while his owner, Catherine Rowland, sits pretty as Red Riding Hood. Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 2019. Photo by Miriam Fauzia/BU News Service.
Humans and their canine companions, dressed in costumes of varying genres and themes — from Game of Thrones to Dr. Seuss, from corsair to culinary — for what is the Faneuil Hall Marketplace’s Halloween Pet Parade and Costume Contest 2019 in Boston, Mass. The parade, held in Boston’s West End and sponsored by New Hampshire amusement park Canobie Lake Park, awards prizes for Best of Show, Best Owner and Pet Combo, Most Creative, Spookiest, Best Group, and Best Local Representation. Participants and visitors flock from all over Massachusetts, even some as far as Maine, to compete in the contest or simply to enjoy the Halloween festivities on Sat. Oct. 26.
[…] its 30th anniversary this year with a virtual gathering. Boston has also begun to host its own pet parade at Faneuil Hall; however, this year’s celebration, which would have been its eighth year, has been […]