Or, "Angie's List Jumps the Shark."
The San Jose edition of Angie's List for August has an article about planning a "pawty" for your pet. (Sorry, no link. I'll type in the juicy parts.)
Edit: Found the link.
http://www.angieslist.com/articles/pet-party-planning-how-throw-purrfect-bash.htmCanine Cabana in Riverview Florida hosts 2 to 3 birthday parties a month for clients. For $195, staff invite up to 15 dogs.
Staff invite? For $195, the dog can't choose his own guests?
Member Cathy Kimmel says it's a price she was willing to pay for her dog, Abby-Renae. . . . "Knowing my dog was treated like the princess she is was so special," Kimmel says
You can tell she's a princess by the hyphenated name.
. . . adding that the other pet owners even brought gifts for Abby-Renae.
Well, naturally. Etiquette says you don't attend a birthday party without a gift.
The most elaborate event that [party planner] Robinson planned cost around $3,000 and featured a pink leopard-print party theme for a bulldog names Pickles. She decorated tables in leopard prints with hot pink fur . . . [Pickles' owner] ordered a custom leopard dress with a pink tutu for Pickles and made sure she dressed in the theme pattern as well.
Pickles
loves pink.
I have a cat, and I have no problem with people who want to give lots of love and goodies to their pets, whether it's fancy snacks or doggie daycare. But really--dressing your dog like a cat, only in a color no cat has ever been, and making it wear a tutu? For $3K?