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Patient has purchased a seventh Halloween costume for their dog Theodore. This year's theme is 'Ted Lasso.' Theodore has never seen Ted Lasso. Theodore has stood motionless in every previous costume. Patient has a coordinated human costume. The photos go up at 6 PM. They do not ask Theodore.
Permanent. Halloween is, now, primarily the dog's.
None. Theodore's costume has a tiny mustache.
Patients with Pathological Pet Halloween Participation typically present with some or all of the following:
Pathological Pet Halloween Participation was added to the Institute catalog in response to a pattern our clinicians kept seeing. The pattern did not have a real name. This is the real name now. Everything about this entry is made up, except the behavior.
The Institute has assigned this condition the Latin binomial Dies horroris canis obligatus — fictional nomenclature for a non-fictional pattern.
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