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These seven stylish Maltese pooches have a wardrobe so big that their owner Fiona Gordon is running out of space to store it all.

Among the thousands of items of canine clobber in the collection, there’s an array of Christmas- themed outfits as well as Halloween costumes, raincoats, woolly jumpers and countless fashion accessories.

Some of thee outfits have been hand-handmade in Americaerica and shipped over specially.

Fiona – whoho started buying dog clothes in 2003 when she got her firstrst Maltese – has no idea how much she’s spent over the years, but giveniven the amount it’s likelykely to be well intoo the thousands.

For Fiona,, it started out ass a necessity.

Her first pup had a heart condition which left the poorr pooch more vulner-ulnerable in cold weather.eather.

To h e l p, Fiona bought her a jumper and coat to keepep warm.

Little did she know this purchase woulduld be the first of many as her collectiontion of dogs – and their clothes – grew.w.

Fiona, 31, said:aid: “Before I knew it, the wardrobe had grown very large.

“From shirtss and jumpers, to coats and pyjamas, to hand- made Christmas dresses, madede to size and sent over from America.a. Plus, of course, a new Halloween costume each year.

“It’s actually a bit of a joke now at our local vets. They are very disappointed if the dogs ever turn up ‘naked’.”

Fiona’s pack is made up of Floee and Mya, both aged seven, three-year-old Hamish and two- year- olds Angus, Theo, Ellie and Isla.

The clothes in their huge wardrobe range in price from £5 to £45.

Fiona, who dresses her pups “a couple of times a week”, said some peoplel thinkhik iit’s’ wrong to put clotheslh on dogs, but she maintains her pooches won’t wear something if they don’t want to.

She said: “You may say they are dogs, they don’t have a choice in the matter, but iit’s quite clear when they a re not willing andan don’t want to puput somethingthing on, so they don’t. “I love my dogs aand they are very well taken care oof.

“I certainlyil ddon’t’ thinkh that pampering them and spoiling them a bit is the end of the world.”

Fiona said some of the clothes have a practical use, too.

For example, little Isla wears pyjamas