Seriously? This is what's wrong with the new "ecofab" environmentalism. What dog needs an effing bathrobe? I thought we're trying to downgrade our consumerism and buy less shit we don't need. Instead people are making robes for their dogs.

^ exactly.

My dog doesn't need a bathrobe. I mean, yeah, I *do* spoil my dog -- I'm currently reaching 'round his wriggly little heinie to type this -- but that same money could buy a whole heap of tennis and golf balls at the local thrift, and we'd both enjoy that a lot more.

Some friends of mine went out a few weekends ago to PetSmart and spent $250 on "clothes" for their pets. The bathrobe pictured above, as stupid as it is, might actually have some modicum of practicality after you wash the dog (however if you are buying the animal a bathrobe you are probably also paying someone else to bathe it for you); they bought motorcycle jackets in turquoise faux snakeskin, doggie tiaras, etc. They thought it was hilarious and adorable. I tried not to gag.

Oh, my... come on, you guys, stop it.

I love pets, but this is an absolutely wasteful product.

Actually, I get a lot of practical use out of my dog bathrobes. I got them because my dogs love nothing more than rubbing themselves all over my home when they get out of the tub. Even if they're towel dried off vigorously, they still manage to make a fair bit of mess. They also shiver a fair bit post-bath. I don't own a blow dryer, and the bathrobes have worked out well for us to keep them warm and my stuff dry.

I admittedly love spoiling my dogs, but I have no illusions that most of it is for me and not them.