Barktoberfest Costume Contest and Parade
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025
Visit PIDO’s 2025 Barktoberfest
Canine Collaborators!!
Grand Prize Winner: Pirates & Parrots
1st Place Winners
Dorothy, Tin Man & Toto
The Candy Family
Taco Night
2nd Place Winners
Where’s Waldo
Dirty Martini
Cow Family
3rd Place Winners
Addams Family
Pope Leo, the Conclave, & Sister Rosalini
Beetlejuice
Many thanks to our judges:
Contra Costa Couny Supervisor John Gioia
East Bay Regional Park District Board Member Elizabeth Echols
PIDO Member Rochelle Nason
Director/Founder at Milo Foundation Lynn Tingle
Lauren Kaufmann
and Mudpuppy’s Claudio Eleccíon
Photos by Maya Lowe, Sam Goldsmith, and Beth Feingold
Richmondside and Contra Costa Pulse covered this year’s Barktoberfest!
And thank you to the following donors and sponsors:
Barkstix
Brutus Broth
DGH Outfitters
Beth Feingold
East Bay Regional Parks District
Mike Maxwell
MudPuppy's
Sit n' Stay Cafe