Images of West Hartford pets have been submitted by our readers.

Compiled by Ronni Newton

Last week, when it seemed like every news story was about something negative or tragic, we were looking for something fun and light and asked We-Ha.com readers to submit photos of their pets in festive holiday attire or “helping” with holiday decorating tasks.

Thank you so much to all who responded and sent in their photos. We hope, as requested, that none of the animals were harmed in the process!

Here are all of the photos! In order to be as fair as possible, the photos are posted in the order in which they were received, with the exception of the photo of my own dog (who of course is my favorite) which I put at the end.

Note that the photo of the dachshund wrapped in Christmas lights, which was one of the inspirations for this feature, was the first one received!

The honor of being the feature photo on the home page went to Fozi, because his owner Gary Holmes was the person who suggested the festive pet photo gallery.

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Riley Fisher. Courtesy of Ted Fisher

Bentley meets Santa for the first time at Petco Farmington. Photo courtesy of Melissa Bierowka

Photo courtesy of Stacy Raney

Stella dresses as Mrs. Santa. Photo courtesy of Karen Connal

Santa Paws Koda (11 years). Photo courtesy of Renee Huebner

Santa Paws Tucker (6 months). Photo courtesy of Renee Huebner

Brutus in a death grip with Frosty’s hat. Photo courtesy of Kim Green

Buddy loves Christmas and pulled the Santa hats off the chair so he could sleep with them. Photo courtesy of Patty Swanson

Georgia and Lucy LOVE their matching festive sweaters! Photo courtesy of Katie Wickham

Abbe. Photo courtesy of Elaine Knowlden

Fozi in festive collar. Photo courtesy of Gary Holmes

Olivia in her Santa hat. Photo courtesy of Debbi Zimbler

Photo courtesy of Mariana Sgarbi

Happy Holidays from Scarlett Newton! Photo credit: Sam Newton