Now that fall is coming and it's getting colder, your pets "will be more than happy to wear that cow or dragon costume to keep their bums warm," according to NoMoreNekkidDogs. This Monday's Etsy Pets piece goes out to NoMoreNekkidDogs' pooches, who are her models for her Etsy shop.  We came across these "lovelies" while looking through CostumeCon entries. Since we published KathrynRiechert's hairless cat as an Etsy Pet, we've been on a bit of a "Fur? Who needs it?" kick.

We also wanted to point dog-lovers to this BurdaStyle open-source pattern for dog coats!  Keep em warm, Etsians! 

An endearing letter from NoMoreNekkidDogs:

I love making these outfits to keep my dogs warm, but most of all I love sharing that joy of helping other people keep their dogs warm and happy, too. I love all of the comments and pictures I get, too.

I saw my first Chinese Crested in the arms of another lady. I fell in love with this little boy even though he couldn't be mine. I approached her and asked if I could hold him and he nearly licked my face off, hah! He was so loving and really affectionate. That sent me on a search for my own.

The next day I went on the computer to search out these strange looking but very affectionate breed. I found my first one almost five years ago. We went to see her at the breeder’s house and I instantly fell in love with this little white ball of fur. Even though I wanted a hairless one, this one was a powderpuff. She was such a love bug. We brought her home and that night put her in an old playpen in our bedroom and not more than 5 seconds later she jumped out and onto our bed! She was five months old, but boy, could she jump. Her name is Mia. Every day when daddy comes home from work she sings to him (howls) and tells him she loves him. She loves to sing and if you ask for “lovies,” she wraps one arm around each side of your neck and lays her head on your shoulder just like she is hugging you.

Two years later I got the itch again and that is when I brought my little Lizzy Lou home. She was just 8 weeks old and nekkid as a jaybird. She is the little black girl model in my shop. My hubby said she looked like a rat. But boy she was the cutest rat I had ever seen. She has not left my side since the day she got here and I will probably go to my grave with her glued to my leg. The breeder had the sleeve cut off an old sweatshirt for a shirt. That is when I decided I had to get busy. I started sewing for her and the outfits were pretty primitive at first. I would sew one for her, and when I was done I would put them on her. She would dance around and act like she was the prettiest princess that ever walked the earth. She loved it when I would finish so she could put it on. On Halloween that year I put costumes on both Mia and Lizzy and she kept trying to take Mia's off. Mia doesn't really like to wear clothes, but will put up with it for me. Since Lizzy is the only princess that reigned in our house, she wanted that outfit off Mia. It was hers!

I slowly got better at putting the outfits together and added to my list of ever growing patterns for dogs. I also made my own pattern for a dog bed. My dogs love to burrow under covers and pillows. I constructed it so that when they got in the bed it would snuggle down on top of them and keep them warm. I also made them pillows for their crates.

My friends kept asking me to make clothes for their dogs and kept telling me I should sell them. That is when I found Etsy. I started up my shop right away and quickly found out that it wasn't going to be easy. I had to work hard to get my name out there. I finally am getting some sales and I love all of the comments and pictures that I get from all of my customers. I have even had a couple of repeat buyers and my best customer has visited me several times. She is as crazy about her dogs as I am about mine.