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Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Pets and Christmas

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Southern_Belle wrote:
Do you buy your pets Christmas presents? I usually get something special for mine. Maybe a few new toys and some extra yummy treats.

Yes, SB. We get ours some treats and toys, too. smile

Divine Geek · Guru

Yep! Corgi is getting a bone shaped like a candy cane and a stuffed toy and Miss Pig is getting a new play tube and some seed sticks

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I thought maybe I was a bit crazy for buying presents for the fur children.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Southern_Belle wrote:
I thought maybe I was a bit crazy for buying presents for the fur children.

If you're crazy, you are in good company! biggrin

We love our pets! Why not get them a little something for Christmas?

I think it would be crazy not to! wink

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nope. They get spoiled 365 days a year.

flan

karl271 · Guru

Some extra special treats for our cat. A small Christmas decoration cake (about 8 inches) that she turns her nose up at and then we eat it. LOL

NAOW · Vette's SS

Yes, we buy them new toys and rawhides.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Yes. We always buy them stuff. We always seem to have a shortage of tennis balls which is the favored play toy. So at Christmas we generally stock up. They usually get some special treats we wouldn't normally buy. And bones of some sort. This year with three dogs shedding has become an issue so they are getting a combined gift of a Furminator dog brush. It's supposed to be da bomb when it comes to eliminating shedding. It's expensive. But they all three have to share a stocking!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

If I am able.

His first Christmas with us Monster got a bed.

Spot always gets the bone from the ham and a new padding of straw and cedar.

They usually get a new collar too.

If I am not able then they don't.

Divine Geek · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Yes. We always buy them stuff. We always seem to have a shortage of tennis balls which is the favored play toy. So at Christmas we generally stock up. They usually get some special treats we wouldn't normally buy. And bones of some sort. This year with three dogs shedding has become an issue so they are getting a combined gift of a Furminator dog brush. It's supposed to be da bomb when it comes to eliminating shedding. It's expensive. But they all three have to share a stocking!

I have a furminator for Corgi. I love it. It works great getting his undercoat. Honestly, not sure how effective it will be on smooth coats like your dogs have. Hope it works

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Divine Geek wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Yes. We always buy them stuff. We always seem to have a shortage of tennis balls which is the favored play toy. So at Christmas we generally stock up. They usually get some special treats we wouldn't normally buy. And bones of some sort. This year with three dogs shedding has become an issue so they are getting a combined gift of a Furminator dog brush. It's supposed to be da bomb when it comes to eliminating shedding. It's expensive. But they all three have to share a stocking!
I have a furminator for Corgi. I love it. It works great getting his undercoat. Honestly, not sure how effective it will be on smooth coats like your dogs have. Hope it works

We have one for Jupiter. It does a great job. You will love it, NJN. smile

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

DG, they have tons of hair. Today DH was petting Carlee and handfuls of her hair came out. She has thick long hair. So does Hemi. It's deceiving. The only one that doesn't is Layla and we're actually treating her for hair loss. She doesn't have enough.

Blankie · Guru

We hang a small stocking for Pooch, and put one treat in it.

And maybe a homemade sock toy. He needs one.

Divine Geek · Guru

Glad to hear tha FWM. The one I have is pretty useless on the lab and beagle, but is great for Corgi's undercoat

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Sonny has a stocking. I put new rawhide bones and treats in it. He can't have toys because he eats them then I spend the morning walk pulling the material out of his butt has he tries to poop it out.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Oh but we do buy gifts for his friends.

JPT · Senior Member

We have stocking with "naughty" and "Nice" flip ornaments for the pups. We get them treats and toys...not just Christmas but year round. Ours are spoiled rotten...

ladyloonatic · Regular

When I had pets I did. I had cats, so I'd get them stuff, but they had fun with the paper, the ribbons and the boxes too!

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Pepper gets her own stocking, complete with motion sensor action toys, and catnip. Her special treat, though, is a full package of shaved ham (all of one ounce!), given throughout the day. She will do ANYTHING for shaved ham! And if she pukes it up during the night, well, I'll just have to clean it up! LOL!

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Z-dog gets presents from me, from my parents, from some of my parents friends, from some of my friends . . .

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Z-dog also gives gifts. Especially to his favorite cat ex-roommate.

voiceofreason · Guru

My little guy is spoiled. He gets more presents than we do. Our friends even get him gifts.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I feel sad that my friends don't buy my dogs gifts.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I feel sad that my friends don't buy ME gifts! lol

Ohfour · Hooker

I get the hell cats NOTHING. NOTHING. Maybe they will run away????

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
I get the hell cats NOTHING. NOTHING. Maybe they will run away????

If you put them in a box and ship them to LL...

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Ohfour wrote:
I get the hell cats NOTHING. NOTHING. Maybe they will run away????

Do you want DH to come take care of them? He said he wanted to visit...

Ohfour · Hooker

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I get the hell cats NOTHING. NOTHING. Maybe they will run away????
Do you want DH to come take care of them? He said he wanted to visit...

Y'all Come on! Actually, my SS recipient is going to get them...LOL!!!!!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

We seriously need a vacation. DN has offered to house sit the dogs and DS. She has really stepped up. She's growing up so well it makes me sad. We're looking at times we can take some time off to ourselves. We'd like to do the run we made last time but I'm refusing the to stay in the house in Ohio so it's a snag. We may just skip them.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I used to get my pets presents but I don't anymore. They have treats & toys.

My dog always gave my mom & her dog gifts. He stayed there on weekends so he needed to thank them.

huskerbb · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
I thought maybe I was a bit crazy for buying presents for the fur children.

You are. So is referring to them as "children".

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

huskerbb wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I thought maybe I was a bit crazy for buying presents for the fur children.
You are. So is referring to them as "children".

husker, for most of us, pets are part of the family.

I know, you don't get that.

That's fine.

But, our fur babies are important to us. (Not the same as our human children. But, important and loved.) smile

That's not crazy. That's called, loving your pets.

JMHO.

Quit being such a Scrooge! wink

huskerbb · Guru

I get "important". That's still not equated to "children".

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

huskerbb wrote:
I get "important". That's still not equated to "children".

Roger that.

I never said, they equated to children.

But, pets become part of the family.

We love them. And, it's not crazy, to buy them a treat for Christmas.

So, please, try to understand, that people who love their pets, will buy them a little something for Christmas. smile

huskerbb · Guru

They don't know its Christmas.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

huskerbb wrote:
They don't know its Christmas.

Of course not!

They just know that they are loved.

And they are getting a little treat! smile

That's good enough, for me! wink

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Whatever.

So, I had a toy in the bag. Jake the cat dragged it out of the bag and across the living room. It's a wand with shiny ribbons hanging off it. His favorite, he goes through a few each year because the ribbons eventually come off.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Monster is like having a perpetual 3 year old only I can leave him home by himself and let him out in the yard by himself.

He is my fur baby.

Spot is my older fur baby. He loves to get in my lap. Of course he is 80 pounds and no longer fits but he tries.

They don't know it is any particular day, neither does a 1 or even 2 year old. So what?

They get something because they bring joy into our lives. Because we love them.

I often refer to Monster as my granddog. I don't have grandbabies yet. So he gets the spoiling for now.