AUBURN – It was a cold December morning and Lilly, Lucy and Red were dressed to go out.

A brown fleece jacket with a blue hat for Lilly. A patterned snowsuit to cover Lucy’s cold paws. And for old man Red, a horsy Halloween costume complete with black yarn mane, a saddle and a tiny teddy bear as rider.

The three dogs barely seemed to notice their apparel, choosing to curl up for a nap rather than to shake off the clothes. To them, it was comfortable.

To their owner, Anita Boulay, it was fashionable.

“Look at pretty Lilly,” Boulay cooed, her voice pitched high to catch the attention of the dozing bichon frise, a variety of toy spaniel. “Pretty Lilly. She looks like an angel.”

For the past 20 years, Boulay has created custom pet clothes, designing, sewing and tailoring material to fit any animal.

Red, a Pomeranian, and Lilly and Lucy, bichon frises, are her models.

“Red really loves it. When I’m upstairs sewing, he’s right under my feet,” Boulay said. “I say, Get dressed,’ and he gets excited. Most of the time he’ll go find his jacket before we go out.”

Boulay began making winter coats for her two Pomeranians 20 years ago. Store-bought clothes didn’t fit properly, she said. The dogs didn’t like them.

At home she experimented with soft fleece and Velcro, fitting the coats over furry heads and securing them around bellies. When Boulay took the dogs and their colorful coats to craft shows, other pet owners were smitten. Boulay immediately began filling orders.

Most people wanted custom coats, snowsuits or T-shirts for their dogs. Some wanted clothes for their cats. One person ordered a pink hat for a cockatoo.

Most of Boulay’s clothes are for warmth or fashion. Others, like a tiny boot commissioned by a New Hampshire family, can help correct medical problems. The family needed the pinkie-sized shoe for a pet chicken with an injured foot.

“It sounds funny, but when they sent me the picture it wasn’t funny. She was just walking around in the boot, happy,” Boulay said.

Boulay stopped touring craft shows several years ago. It cost too much to rent space and it got to be too much work to set up, she said. Now she sells her tailored items on eBay and creates custom designs at owners’ requests.

After Boulay’s two Pomeranians passed away, her new dogs continued the modeling tradition. Year after year, Red wins prizes at a local Halloween costume contest.

In November, Boulay adopted Lilly and Lucy. Last week, she gave them each their first coat. In brown fleece, the dogs were so comfortable they fell asleep.

Photos of them adorn her eBay page.

“I don’t think I’ve ever met a dog who didn’t like a jacket,” Boulay said.