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When The Pet Shop bloggers launched our first Halloween Pet Costume Contest a few weeks ago, we didn’t know quite what to expect.

As entries started to trickle in from the Greensboro area (and across the country), giving us daily laughs, it became clear that this was going to be a tough contest to judge.

There were seafaring dogs and kitty pirates, giant squirrels lurking in bushes, bumlebees and flying monkeys, and even a headless horseman.

The expressions were priceless. Some pets really owned their costumes, embracing it for the camera and making you believe they really are pirates in their daily lives. Others stared down their owners with scorn, shame or a look of “why are you doing this to me?”

In the end, we had more than 50 entries. And after much deliberation and various tie-breakers, we finally have our winners.

Check out the slideshow below to meet our winners. (The results were also published in the Life section of today's News & Record.)

And here are all the entries:

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