“Penelope Cruz” and her handler Maria Miller hang out during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![“Hoagie” and Jeff Solomon hang out as LAX and Southwest...]()
“Hoagie” and Jeff Solomon hang out as LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Sophie Meagher and “Hugo Maxwell” participate in the Howling Halloween”...]()
Sophie Meagher and “Hugo Maxwell” participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Abbie Vollers and her boys Jordy, 5, and Noah, 3,...]()
Abbie Vollers and her boys Jordy, 5, and Noah, 3, meet “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Dae Levine interviews “Penelope Cruz” and her handler Maria Miller...]()
Dae Levine interviews “Penelope Cruz” and her handler Maria Miller during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Abbie Vollers and her boys Jordy, 5, and Noah, 3,...]()
Abbie Vollers and her boys Jordy, 5, and Noah, 3, meet “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Mitchell Peavy, 10, pets “Dazu,” during the Howling Halloween” Parade...]()
Mitchell Peavy, 10, pets “Dazu,” during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in...]()
Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Sophie Meagher and “Hugo Maxwell” participate in the Howling Halloween”...]()
Sophie Meagher and “Hugo Maxwell” participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Jeff and Lorraine Solomon participate in the “Howling Halloween” Parade...]()
Jeff and Lorraine Solomon participate in the “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Debra Mindlin and “Jack” are Batty as a Bat during...]()
Debra Mindlin and “Jack” are Batty as a Bat during the “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers...]()
LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Mitchell Peavy, 10, pets “Chance” the Taco Tuesday during the...]()
Mitchell Peavy, 10, pets “Chance” the Taco Tuesday during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Evelyn Cortez pets “Kona” during the “Howling Halloween” Parade at...]()
Evelyn Cortez pets “Kona” during the “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in...]()
Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in...]()
Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in...]()
Laura Olson and “Roxy,” aka Spaghetti and Meatballs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Debbie Selzer and “Coral” participate in the “Howling Halloween” Parade...]()
Debbie Selzer and “Coral” participate in the “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in...]()
Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
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Heidi Huebner, founder of the annual Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) “Howling Halloween” Parade at LAX, walks to work in costume with her dog “Chance” on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in...]()
Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![“Zoey” and Bob Wilkinson participate in the “Howling Halloween” Parade...]()
“Zoey” and Bob Wilkinson participate in the “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in...]()
Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in...]()
Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in...]()
Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![“Abe Lincoln,” with Lisa Burns, left, “Jack” and Debra Mindlin,...]()
“Abe Lincoln,” with Lisa Burns, left, “Jack” and Debra Mindlin, and “Penelope Cruz” with Maria Miller, right, hang out as LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in...]()
Merin Dahlerbruch and “Dazu,” aka Bacon and Eggs, participate in the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers...]()
LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Dae Levine interviews “Kona” and her handler Lorraine Solomon during...]()
Dae Levine interviews “Kona” and her handler Lorraine Solomon during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![Sophie Meagher and “Hugo Maxwell” hang out during the Howling...]()
Sophie Meagher and “Hugo Maxwell” hang out during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
![LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers...]()
LAX and Southwest Airlines hold its annual Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) “Howling Halloween” Parade at Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
“Penelope Cruz” and her handler Maria Miller hang out during the Howling Halloween” Parade at Southwest Terminal 1, featuring dogs and their handlers in costumes to meet and greet airport passengers at LAX on Tuesday, October, 31, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
ExpandThe pooches’ goal for Halloween at LAX: no tricks, lots of treats and no stress.
Los Angeles International Airport hosted its annual “Howling Halloween” parade, Tuesday, Oct. 31 at the mammoth hub packed with stressed-out travelers (and perhaps a few ghosts and goblins on Halloween). The airport’s Pets Unstressing Passengers program provided the costumed canines.
More than 80 dogs and their handlers put on their very best costumes to entertain airport passengers in Terminal 1, and then hoofed it over to Terminals 2 and 3.
Southwest Airlines co-sponsored the event, adding seasonal decorations, giveaways and sweet treats for travelers.
Because air travel can be stressful for many people, LAX’s PUP program includes therapy dogs and handlers, who frequent gate areas to with visiting passengers awaiting flights. The program also distributes information about LAX construction projects. Participants are registered with the with Alliance of Therapy Dogs, according to airport officials.
