- January 15, 2025
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Laura Keller and her dog Lord Bentley, Anoch Whitfield and her dog Artemis, and Jeff and Trish Hicking and their dog Penny celebrated winning third, first and second place overall respectively.
Coco dressed as Mrs. Claus while her owner, Ana Lopez, also dressed in a festive sweater. "I'm very thankful for the City of Ocoee for putting this parade together," Lopez said. "We never get to do anything with our dogs."
Cocoa made her debut at the Annual Holiday Dog Parade. She was ready to snuggle by the fire and watch a holiday movie in her pajamas.
Despite their small size, Dobby and Winky brought a ton of holiday spirit to the dog parade.
Beth Otts, William Fravel, Jeanne Fravel and Emerson Fravel served as the judges.
The third Annual Holiday Dog Parade kicked off on West McKey Street.
According to Loki's sweater, although he didn't make the naughty list or nice list, he tried.
Luna had the biggest smile on when going down the red carpet.
Fiona walked the red carpet like an angel.
Santa hitched a ride on top of Winky.
Dressed as a Christmas tree, Oliver Daff made the red carpet shine.
Dobby won Best Dressed by dressing as the most famous reindeer of all.
Athena showed off her Snoopy sweater on the red carpet.
Toby, dressed as Stitch from Disney's "Lilo & Stitch," wanted to wish everyone a merry Stitch-mas.
Penny wanted to meet everyone at the parade.
Lilie, a 12-year-old dog, had plenty of spunk.
Joel Keller and his friends had their Great Danes dress as Santa's reindeer. Keller said he and his friends met at a dog park, but now they hang out at other places, including Ocoee's Annual Holiday Dog Parade.
Drogo was transformed from a dog into a reindeer.
Joel Keller, Amy Gehring and Laura Keller dressed their dogs Lady Grace and Lord Bentley as reindeer. They were part of a larger group of dogs all dressed as Santa's reindeer.
Owners volunteered their Great Danes to be Santa's new reindeer. Each of the dogs donned antlers.
Anoch Whitfield matched her dog Artemis and her snowman sweater by dressing as a snowman herself. Together, they won overall first place.
Steve Bauman and Chris Bauman had Spode dress as Santa and Red Rosie dress as Mrs. Claus and completed their costume with a sleigh. They won Best Owner and Pet Look-alike.
Sylvie, a poodle, was ready to hit the red carpet. Her owner Steve McClung said when he told Sylvie she was going to the parade, she was really excited.
Apopka's Trudy, 16, left, and Lilie, 12, loved going to Ocoee to participate in the Annual Holiday Dog Parade.
Anoch Whitfield found out the only outfit that would fit her giant schnauzer, Artemis, was a sweater with a snowman on it.
So she had to get creative to match her four-legged friend for Ocoee's third Annual Holiday Dog Parade Saturday, Dec. 14.
Whitfield put on a black top hat, white long sleeve shirt, white tutu and white pants. She put large black buttons on the shirt and finished her outfit with a scarf. She had transformed into a snowman.
Whitfield and Artemis strut down the red carpet during the parade and earned themselves first place overall.
At least 65 dogs participated in the parade, dressed as Christmas trees, Santa, Mrs. Claus, reindeer and more.
