Presents for Non-Humans

KosmosKitten
KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
So.. if you're into gift giving, we give family members and maybe close friends gifts, but how many of you give gifts to your animal companions? If you do, what gift do you give? How long do you spend picking out a gift for say.. your cat? Do you wrap it? Do you unwrap it for them? Do you dress up your animal companions for the holiday? Are there traditions relating to said non-human family member?

Also, you may post adorable photos of animals in holiday gear or that are "festive" or funny images relating to animals and this time of year.

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  • more_skal
    more_skal Posts: 400 Member
    I love this thread meow meow ! :p
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    This should help explain that I do buy and wrap my non-human's presents for Christmas.

    I buy all sorts of things, bones, stuffed toys (they must squeak), etc. My cats don't care, but they do get something as well.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    My sweet boy Charlie and his Santa suit. He wore that every Christmas. Miss that pooch
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    The greatest gift you can give your pet is your time and attention.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    We usually just give them a food treat or a new toy. Don't really dress them up or wrap their gifts.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    The greatest gift you can give your pet is your time and attention.

    We have dedicated reading/napping time, believe it or not. :)
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
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  • kakaovanilya
    kakaovanilya Posts: 647 Member
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
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    My sweet boy Charlie and his Santa suit. He wore that every Christmas. Miss that pooch

    Awww <3
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  • kakaovanilya
    kakaovanilya Posts: 647 Member
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
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    So cute <3 but seems like it is hard to satisfy him :)
  • kakaovanilya
    kakaovanilya Posts: 647 Member
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    No gifts under the tree though, she'd destroy all in seconds before i could take a photo
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    Avocado_Angel wrote: »
    My 2 little kitties don't really appreciate cat toys, iv spent too much money on them and the toys just lay there. Denver enjoys chasing a laser pen, he has 1 of those already so I'l probably just play with him with that on Xmas, and Marley likes nothing more than cuddling up to suckle on a fleece top so I'l maybe indulge her with that lol

    Other than that I will buy them some fancy gourmet cat food and serve them up a nice plate of that, that's basically their treat at Xmas.

    Mine seem to appreciate the boxes things come in and the wrapping paper thrown on the floor for a cat nap more than actual gifts.
    kakaovanilya wrote: »
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    No gifts under the tree though, she'd destroy all in seconds before i could take a photo

    Presents under our tree are actually what's keeping the cats from dicking with it, lol. We have one real and one fake tree and Galaxy has already gone and knocked off all the ornaments she could reach on the tree with no presents, but is perplexed by how to bat away all the ornaments on the present laden tree as well as how to climb it. :D
  • HeavierThanAire
    HeavierThanAire Posts: 39 Member
    I don't give presents to animals. I get them toys as needed.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    My corgi loves these hedgehog toys:

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    She's a toy ripper, and even though these ones are "built tough", after a few good months with our corg, she destroys them.

    We got her another one for Christmas this year and had it stashed away in a bag in a room upstairs. Well, wouldn't you know it, she marches down the stairs triumphantly with her new Christmas toy (still in its package) in her mouth.

    She was very disappointed when we took it away.
  • DananaNanas
    DananaNanas Posts: 665 Member
    I went to two stores to find the right pajamas for my mutt. He also has a treat jar wrapped under the tree full of treats (he's pretty new to the family so I didn't have one and wanted to get one anyway...) and he has a couple of toys wrapped up in his stocking.
  • p1xelate
    p1xelate Posts: 141 Member
    My small dog loves rawhide toys but she destroys the small ones in seconds so each christmas I get her a giant braided one made for a dog much larger than her but she will carry it around the house for months.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    edited December 2017
    I said I wasn't going to buy any cat toys this year, clearly I'm liar because I bought some even though their toy basket is full! I'm a pushover apparently.
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  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    My dogs get new toys, and the cat will probably ge something. The dogs enjoy destroying toys, the cat likes catnip on a scratcher
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