Monday 27 January 2014

From a bulldog in a bowler to a corgi in a crown: Hilarious Hounds in Hats calendar shows dogs getting all dressed up

A heart-warming new calendar contains a year's worth of adorable pictures of cute hounds wearing hats. 
The dogs pose in hilarious headpieces, ranging from a bulldog in a bowler hat to a corgi in a crown.
Some headgear even matches major events in the months the portraits illustrate, such as a retriever donning a Saint Patrick's Day hat in March and a chihuahua puppy wearing a straw hat and sunglasses in sunny August.
Driving home for Christmas: A golden retriever dog wearing a Santa Claus hat adorns December in a new calendar called Hounds in Hats
Driving home for Christmas: A golden retriever dog wearing a Santa Claus hat adorns December in a new calendar called Hounds in Hats
Hungover hound: A partied-out puppy sleeps off the New Year's Eve excesses
Hungover hound: A partied-out puppy sleeps off the New Year's Eve excesses
We shall chase them on the beaches: February sees a bulldog wearing the traditional English bowler hat
Yorkshire yelper: A German wire-haired pointer with a cloth cap features on the cover of the calendar
We shall chase them on the beaches: February sees a bulldog wearing the traditional English bowler hat
There is also a golden retriever wearing a Father Christmas hat as he's driving home for Christmas in December and a labrador puppy with a party hat sleeping off the New Year's excesses in January.
Other pictures show a yawning Lhasa Apso in a baseball hat and a beagle wearing a vintage motorcycling helmet and goggles as the landscape whizzes by.
Hounds in Hats is the brainchild of the animal experts at Ardea photo library, who worked with calendar company Maverick Arts.
Privileged pet: A gorgeous Welsh corgi wearing crown and pearls in July
Privileged pet: A gorgeous Welsh corgi wearing crown and pearls in July
Cool customer: The August sun sees this chihuahua puppy reaching for a straw hat and sunglasses to escape the heat
Cool customer: The August sun sees this chihuahua puppy reaching for a straw hat and sunglasses to escape the heat
Hippy chic: Many of the images match the months, such as this golden retriever in May
March's Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever wearing a Saint Patrick's Day hat and holding a pint of stout
Hippy chic: Many of the images match the months, such as this golden retriever in May and March's Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever wearing a Saint Patrick's Day hat and holding a pint of stout
Jaunty June: A Jack Russell terrier wearing a pink hat worn at a rakish angle
Jaunty June: A Jack Russell terrier wearing a pink hat worn at a rakish angle
Cutie in a cap: November's Lhasa Apso cross puppy, just seven weeks old looks unbelievably cute as it yawns while wearing a blue cap
Cutie in a cap: November's Lhasa Apso cross puppy, just seven weeks old looks unbelievably cute as it yawns while wearing a blue cap
They used a mixture of images set-up by trained animal handlers and some produced using clever computer trickery.
Maverick managing director Steve Bicknell, said: 'My soft spot is the cover image, the dog in the cloth cap.
'I love the look on his face and the warmth of his expression and the inquisitiveness. The hat really gives you the character of the dog.'
Salty sea dog: For October a golden retriever is shown wearing a captain's hat and smoking a pipe
Salty sea dog: For October a golden retriever is shown wearing a captain's hat and smoking a pipe


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509280/Hilarious-Hounds-Hats-calendar-shows-dogs-getting-dressed-up.html#ixzz2rdcqRhRJ
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