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Easter Outfits for Small Dogs: Boo’s Closet, Bunny Edition

The closest thing this site has to a Boo Easter outfit is a toy. Gund, which made the licensed Boo plush line, put one of its five-inch Itty Bitty Boos in a bunny hood, ears and all, and that one is still sold new. It tells you something about the holiday: on a small dog, bunny ears are the whole costume, and nothing else needs to happen.

Easter outfits for small dogs are ranked by comfort here, as on every holiday page in Boo’s Closet. First the thing a dog can wear through the whole brunch, then the ears and props that last exactly one photo, with an honest line about which is which. Whether dogs like wearing clothes at all has its own page; whether they should dress up for the holidays has another.

Wear all brunch

None of these were Boo’s; they are the picks we think he would have loved, chosen today for a small dog that likes a party.

1. The bunny shirt. The one Easter outfit that is also just a soft shirt, which matters on an April morning that is colder than it looks. Fitwarm’s bunny tee is stretchy cotton, pulls on like a t-shirt, and close to nine hundred reviews is a lot of people agreeing on the sizing. Fitwarm’s Easter bunny dog shirt.

2. The egg dress. A pastel egg print with a skirt hem, no hood and nothing over the head, from the same brand and the same stretchy cotton, for the owner who wants the brunch table photo to read as Easter from across the room. Fitwarm’s Easter egg dog dress.

3. The pastel bandana, two of them. A small reversible bandana in two spring prints, for the dog that has decided clothes are not happening this year. It ties on in a second, and the second one in the pack is for the other dog, the cat, or the inevitable jelly-bean stain. The QUQULE Easter bandana two-pack, small.

Easter outfits for the photo

4. The bunny ears. This is the one everyone came for. A soft hat with upright ears and an elastic chin strap: on in five seconds, one great photo, off before the dog has an opinion. Six hundred reviews on this one, and the ears stand up, which is the entire job. The XIMISHOP bunny ears hat for small dogs.

5. The bunny snood. The gentler version: a knit tube with crocheted ears that sits over the head and neck like a scarf, so the ears flop instead of standing up. Dogs that hate chin straps usually tolerate this, because nothing clips and nothing tugs. The Zoo Snoods bunny snood, small.

6. The bunny bow-tie collar. A collar with a detachable bunny-and-egg bow tie, so the Easter outfit is the collar the dog was wearing anyway. Five hundred reviews on a collar is mostly five hundred people reporting that the metal buckle held. Babole’s Easter bow-tie dog collar.

The toy version. If the bunny ears are really for the Boo fan in the house, Gund’s own answer exists: the Itty Bitty Boo in the Easter bunny hood, five inches tall, and the rest of the plush line is on the collectibles page.

The basket rule

The Easter basket is a small dog’s idea of a buffet, and most of it should not be eaten by a dog. The plastic grass looks like a toy and swallows like string, so it stays in the basket and off the floor; the foil wrappers go straight in the bin; and the chocolate is for the humans, the same rule the Valentine’s page makes in February. The egg hunt happens with the dog in another room, because a small dog finds a dropped jelly bean faster than any child, and the dog gets its own treat after.

Fit, in one line

Sizes come from a tape measure and the brand’s chart, not a guess, and the winter clothes page has the measuring guide. Ears and hats need the dog’s head free to turn and the strap loose enough to slip a finger under.

Boo’s year-round wardrobe is in Boo’s Closet, the holiday before this one is on the St. Patrick’s Day page, the one after it is on the Pride page, and if the Easter walk is a wet one, the spring page covers the raincoat and the mud.

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