Pet Pampering for the Holidays
We belong to the Pet Blogger’s Influencer Group at BlogPaws, and recently participated in a survey about pets and holidays. They put together a neat infographic to show the results.
There are a couple of things that I found interesting on here: First of all, that the number of pet bloggers who have only 1 or 2 pets is about the same as those that have 5+, and that those with 3 or 4 are far less. Apparently it’s all or nothing! I’m always trying to figure out what the perfect number would be, right now we have 5 (3 dogs, 2 cats), but at one point we had 8 (4 dogs, 4 cats)! The only thing I’ve determined so far is that 8 was too many for me!
We usually spend $50-100 on all of the pets together at Christmas. I might spoil them more for the holidays, but I really spoil them all year long anyway. I can’t tell you how much time I spend shopping (mostly online) for the pets, year round! We laugh when packages come to the house; it’s either something I’ve ordered (or won, or for a review) for the pets, or car parts that my hubby has ordered for his (or my) Mustang!
I haven’t done Christmas cards with the pets for a few years now. I don’t think I’ll have time to do them this year either, but I might try again next year. I’m not big on dressing them for photos, but I’m hoping for a little more of that this year, especially with Luke who seems to be pretty tolerant of having things put on him (unlike the girls).
Speaking of spoiling and Christmas shopping, I am still on the hunt for indestructible toys for Luke and Sheba. The Orbee-Tuff football they got for their birthdays has been a success! It has held up and they still play with it. Here you can see that Luke has it stashed in his favorite spot on the windowsill with some other favorite toys.
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Sherman Sheep
When Black Friday shopping I found a different tough stuffed toy – a Tuffy – and we’ll see how this one goes!
This ‘n That
I don’t think I ever properly thanked Jodi at Heart Like a Dog for passing on the Liebster Award to us. As with all awards, there are rules and I will get to those another time. I just wanted to be sure to at least acknowledge the award to start!
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We didn’t get a chance to send out our Holiday cards this year, but we have a special surprise coming up that we’re excited to share!
I usually order treats for the dogs for Christmas. I try to get ones I don’t buy all of the time. I would buy treats anyway even if it wasn’t for Christmas but ssh don’t tell them. I love that picture of Luke!
Thanks! I just did the same thing….I ordered some different treats for them. Something I read about on another blog, and yes, I would have ordered them whether it was Xmas or not. LOL
My ideal number of cats is 3 or 4, but Raven enjoys being an only so we just have her. The most I’ve had is 5 cats plus a dog, and that was a lot to manage.
I think Luke looks very handsome in is holiday collar.
Thank you! Luke’s black and white colors really make collars stand out.
My biggest issue with having many pets is that I feel that I don’t have time to give them all the love and attention they deserve. Especially with the cats….the dogs are so much more demanding that sometimes I feel like the cats miss out. That’s one reason we’ve let our numbers reduce lately.
We’re definitely pampered! Today the mom mailed our Christmas cards that we’re sending to all our furiends. She didn’t send any to her friends. That’s how pampered we are. 😉
I love it!!
Of course I pamper! LOL and I dress them up too! Glad to hear the toys have lasted.
It’s so much fun pampering them and dressing them up, isn’t it? I wish mine would put up with more dressing up. Luke might, but I haven’t tried too much yet. But I plan to!
For now, I have to stick with a small amount of pets. I just don’t want to get too many that I can’t afford to have. Shiner has that blue bone too, except it’s black. That thing has lasted her a year now.
That bone is another one of the few things that hold up to Luke and Sheba, and that they will actually play with. I got them another one (orange) for Christmas (we actually lost one at the river last year).
I think you’re very wise to just have the number of pets you can afford.
The spoiling/pampering question is a point of disagreement at our house. Mom says we are spoiled and pampered, but we dogs feel we have what we need and deserve. We will let Santa be the judge.
Hmmmm….can’t wait to see what Santa determines! 🙂
Bwaahahaha mom couldn’t figure out what the numbers were for! She probably filled out the survey when it was just me, it kind of proves the no one can have just one pet blog post that we did. Mom was still writing hers when she saw you did the same thing, but she won’t look until she’s done, maybe she should have this time! Love Dolly
LOL! Yup, it’s so true, you can’t have just one! I know, if I happen to see someone is writing on the same subject as I am, I always try not to look until I’ve finished mine!
I love this infographic. Makes me feel less crazy with how I treat the pups 😉
It’s always good to know you’re not alone in the crazy. LOL
Pampering is pawesome and required! WOL!
You are so right, Ku!!
Oh that tuffy sheep toy thing looks neat! I am interested to see if it holds up!!! Congrats on your award and I do love to pamper my pets as well!
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Thanks, Jenna! Keep your fingers crossed for the sheep! LOL
I completely spoil them rotten. Christmas videos and pics and presents from Santa, usually a new chew bone.
That sounds wonderful!! Video is something I haven’t done for Christmas yet, I might have to do that!