Canines bring fun and fright to Dog Daze in Menifee
Big, small, cute, campy and spooky best describe the 35-plus furry contestants in the eighth annual Dog Daze Canine Festival and Costume Contest. Entrants and their leash holders paraded before judges at the Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District sponsored event Saturday, Oct. 1, at Aldergate Dog Park in Menifee.Caroline Mott of Menifee said she and her 2 1/2-year-old dog Hector were having fun, attending the contest for the first time. She had made his unicorn costume for an Idyllwild Renaissance Fair and welcomed the opportunity to share it once again.The Mallette family of Hemet all joined in the fun with father Keith wearing a black T-shirt that read “Pretend I’m a Lion,” mother Hailee with a lion head covering, six-month-old Jackson dressed in a full lion’s costume a