Pupkin Time: Costumed Dogs Strut Their Stuff in Brooklyn
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<p>2008 Great PUPkin's first place winner: Joe the Plumber!</p>
<p>Check out the water squirting from Joe the Plumber's... plumbing.</p>
<p>Second place: Stubborn Doggerpillar</p>
<p>Another Stubborn Doggerpillar angle.</p>
<p>Third place winner Peas and Carrots (from left to right).</p>
<p>First runner up: Petey the Polar Bear, Lucy Moosey, and their owners, John McCain and Sarah Palin</p>
<p>Lucy Moosey</p>
<p>Petey the Polar Bear and "John McCain"</p>
<p>Second runner up: Golden Parachute Bailout</p>
<p>Third runner up: Lego copter</p>
<p>A ballerina with Disco Stu-esque owner.</p>
<p>Bumblebee</p>
<p>Another bumblebee-there must have been a hive somewhere</p>
<p>Pup E. Dog, M.D.?</p>
<p>A hunting dog</p>
<p>It's Marty Markowitz's canine doppelganger!</p>
<p>Michael Phelps</p>
<p>Party in the front, business in the back</p>
<p>Lipstick on a pig, repeated</p>
<br/><br/>Calling all canines with a keen fashion sense and a sassy strut for the <em>dog</em>walk to the 15th annual <strong><a href="http://www.fortgreenepups.org/site_2009/php/fgp.php?page=news&item=upcoming">Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest</a></strong> in Fort Greene Park. The adorable costume parade crowns the finest in canine costume couture, which in previous years has included <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/10/27/pupkin_time_brooklyns_costumed_dogs.php#photo-2">working plumbing</a>, <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/10/27/pupkin_time_brooklyns_costumed_dogs.php#photo-17">Michael Phelps</a> and a <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/10/27/pupkin_time_brooklyns_costumed_dogs.php#photo-20">portly pumpkin pug</a>. The festivities are put on by <a href="http://www.fortgreenepups.org/site_2009/php/fgp.php?page=about&item=history">Fort Green Park Users and Pets Society (PUPS)</a>, a community organization that helps keep off-leash rules for the park, provides bag dispensers and supports local animal shelters.<br/><br/><em>Saturday, October 26th, 11 a.m. registration, noon start // Fort Greene Park // $5 suggested donation</em>
<p>And a real pot-bellied pig!</p>