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Amazing Christmas Gifts for Pets You Need to See (Videos)

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(N.Morgan) Many animal owners regard their precious pets as members of the family and often include them in family activities, including holidays like Christmas.

When buying toys or treats for pets, safety must be first and foremost, so your pet can enjoy Christmas too without any trips to the vet.

Just as when purchasing toys or treats for children, several things must be taken into consideration.

Keeping your furry family members safe during the holidays can present its own set of challenges.

There are the ornaments, plants, presents, lights — oh, and who could forget the Christmas tree.

Here are a few favorite gifts for your favorite dogs in 2016:

Pet toys

Flatties, some that squeak, are always popular, said Mardi Larson, a spokeswoman for the retail chain PetSmart.

They are also cheap.

For the holidays, PetSmart has some with Christmas motifs, like a bright green dinosaur in a Santa cap.

“Pets just love to destroy their toys. Flatties are safe because they have no stuffing,” Larson said.

You can’t go wrong with balls.

Lots of balls.

Or go for durable toys in sturdy nylon or rope.

Consider safety in such things as sewn-on doodads or other swallowable bits.

Pet beds & bedding

As all of us know, a pet’s bed is really part of the home decor.

So shopping for one in just the correct style, just the right color, light take an extra moment or two to find one that looks reasonably good as a gift.

Maybe choose one with a holiday theme for an added festive feel.

For a classic or rustic look, PetSmart.com‘s exclusive Pendleton collection includes beds in autumn colors or colorful stripes.

The company also has combination gift sets that come with a dog bed, cozy blanket and bone toy, all for about $20.

Pet treats

Gifty boxed-up collections that look like human food fit right into the humanization of a pets trend building over the years, Larson said.

Her company carries treats that look like cannolis and macaroons, along with a bag of treats in the shape of lumps of coal, from Bocce’s Bakery. Organic. $4.49.

Outwardhound.com sells a cheery plastic doggie slot machine that will dispense kibble when a dog pulls down a front compartment. $24.99.

If you are short on cash this season, the videos below give some awesome DIY gifts you can make at home for little to no extra money. Craft the unique gift and package it in colorful paper and ribbons to have that very special and thoughtful item to give.

References:

http://gazette.com/gift-ideas-for-your-four-legged-friends/article/1591694

http://time.com/money/4593837/holiday-pet-gift-guide/

http://www.petmd.com/dog/seasonal/evr_multi_christmas_safety

https://www.petcarerx.com/article/a-guide-to-the-best-christmas-gifts-for-dogs/625

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    • Cinders777

      The best and cheapest DIY gift for a cat is… an empty box! Throw in a piece of crumpled up aluminum foil and they’ll be entertained for hours. No sewing required :lol:

    • Pink Slime

      Hello Angle#3,

      Charlie here. Do they have anything for my pet doughnuts? I always have a dozen or more laying around. I found them at the doughnut shop and they put it all in a box for me. How nice. :lol: :lol:

      Sometimes I take them out for exercise by rolling them all over the floor. They are quite lazy I found out. But they are low-maintenance.

      They do shed frosting so be careful with them. Someone said they taste good but you know I can’t do that to my pet doughnuts. :lol: :lol:

      Signed,

      Charlie (do you eat doughnuts?) :lol: :lol:

      • 2QIK4U

        How about a nice pool of Milk❓ Donuts love milk 😂

      • HypothesisFree

        New Game Changing White Paper Demonstrates that the Early Christian Bible Was 100% Vegetarian! [although I do not seem to recall what the Bible says about "pet doughnuts" - lol!] Revision 2 of the English version was censored out at both Reddit and BeforeItsNews, so grab a copy while you can:

        http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=06330830885369365252

    • Deputy Dawg

      The title should read; “DON’T JUST LIE TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT CHRISTMAS, LIE TO YOUR PETS AS WELL!” The real God obeying Christians out there understand that Christmas is a huge blasphemous bucket of rancid horse manure. It is a commercialized pagan tradition, a tradition of man like what Jesus himself warned us to avoid.

      It is beyond me how someone can claim to love God and His son then be more than willing to celebrate Christ’s birth not on his own, but instead on the December 25th birthday of Nimrod an entity in opposition of the One True God and religiously revered in pagan sun worship. I would like to know how exactly participating in this God defiant ceremony honors either Jesus Christ or God the father? Obviously the Christmas desire comes from some really delusional thinking. Of course this is nothing exceptional, we as men often resort ridiculous justifications whenever we desire to do what God has forbade. Although it’s only a reality in our carnal little heads, we humans We have a switch in our sin polluted brain that allows us to turn God on an off at our own pleasure. Even though in our heart of hearts we are aware of His presence we can at the drop of a dime hide in the garden flicking the imaginary off switch so we can go about our evil business.

      If you’re someone who enjoys celebration, God has provided the fun filled annual Holy Days of Passover, Days of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, The Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day all for your pleasure and educational experience. Each Holy Day depicting another phase of God’s Plan for mankind. If you choose to do what fancies yourself instead of what God has instructed you will not participate in His promise. The inheritance is not yours for the taking. It’s a choice we all have to make at some point. Are we with God or against Him?

      A Student of the Word

      • Syco247

        OK scrooge, can’t just enjoy the festivities? Let me guess you’re one of these pricks that calls the 4th treason day too huh?

        • Deputy Dawg

          “Pricks” Your puerile style of interaction leads me to believe that either you’re ten years old or your a complete idiot. What I mean by that is that fortunately for the both of us I have been a devoted Christian for the past eight years and now eagerly embrace God’s way of peace, well unless I am physically attacked. I haven’t quite yet mastered Christ’s example of turning the other cheek, but I’m still working on it and repenting for my failures.

          I’m not bragging or exaggeration even a little bit when I say prior to my Christian conversion because of your disrespectful name calling I would have done a little investigating (skip tracing experience) cranked up the old Harley and hit the highway for adventure strait up your behind. What life taught me is as a rule guys who talk like you have alligator mouths and butterfly behinds. I know from experience, I’ve notched a lot of you punks in my primary belt and did the jail time for it. If you didn’t fit into that category that was even better, I loved every opportunity to brandish my fist to face persuasive capabilities.

          Like I said, it’s is fortunate for the both of us I was called by God and motivated to hang up my spurs and stable my pony. Please, now that your blood pressure is elevated and I got your full attention let me explain why it is I chose to engage you like this rather than to just ignore you as I have in the past. Customarily because I am now a Christian first I just ignore your snide remarks and will again once I’ve made this point. You’ll either grasp and take my advice or you’ll spit it right back in my face. Either way I’m satisfied I did my best to help you.

          Before we continue I want to emphasize the fact you will never under any circumstance find elsewhere where I have engaged in this type of exchange. My sole intention in participating in the conversations in this particular forum is to provide to others who may be seeking the One True God real food for thought pertaining to false religious doctrine. There is so much of it be propagated here!

          Now here’s my recommendation for you, take it or leave it, your choice. I understand that you feel invincible sitting behind your computer screen in the comfort of your mom’s garage. Because of this wall of space between us you wrongly believe that you’re safe to say whatever you want to anybody without paying any consequences for your perversely challenging methods of speech. I am here to caution you that you have erred in judgement. Because reality escapes you, let me remind you that there are lots of men just like the man I once was who literally thrive on violence. I know this to be fact, I road with thousands of them annually.

          Presently in my current state of mind I have no interest in handing you your butt in a basket, however if you continue this disrespectful way of communicating with others you’ll eventually run across one of the guys like I was before my Christian awakening who will have no patience for your name calling. I hope you realize I am really trying to do you a huge favor bro. My hope is by pointing this out to you perhaps you’ll reevaluate your offensive style. You can disagree about a subject matter with other BIN participants without making it personal and I recommend you do just that. Why complicate your life with unnecessary problems. It is always far more beneficial to make friends than enemies.

          This is America dude so feel free to do as you please. You surely are not obligated to take my advice and I don’t expect you’ll ever consider my Churches doctrinal commitments or repent of your sin but believe this, that tidbit of wisdom I just provided out of love for my fellow man could at some point save you lots of avoidable drama. I pray you have an eye to see and an ear to listen!

          In closing let me wish you the best. I suspect you’re an athiest but I will keep you in my prayers anyway. There is always the hope that at some point you’ll come around.

          Offered out of love,

          A Student of the Word

      • Sun Rabbit

        Why should anybody celebrate “Passover, Days of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement, The Feast of Tabernacles…” when they have no meaning to him/her. Besides, those are OT holidays.
        What’s wrong with celebrating Christmas, which I sometimes call “4th quater earnings holiday” for the retail sector. It’s a celebration of CAPITALISM, which is a GOOD thing.
        I celebrate holidays that have meaning for me, like 15th May because that’s the day I founded my most successful company in eastern Europe, a company I loved because it put me in the stratosphere, financially speaking. I celebrate it by getting together with my first 2 employees and going out to a sumptuous dinner. These 2 guys were with me through thick and thin, through missed paychecks, and sometimes having to do menial jobs just to keep my company afloat, like painting tram cars, even though it was a finance company. My most insane idea ever, and it made me millions because I’m an insane guy. It was all my “normal” businesses that were failures, like when I had the supermarket.
        So if all goes as planned with my latest finance venture, I’ll be celebrating 1st October as well.
        I think people who denounce Christmas do so only because they can’t afford any Christmas presents, because, yes, I’ve been in that situation myself.

    • Redlist Renegade

      Don’t forget the electric Dog Polisher !!!

    • Sun Rabbit

      In Czech Republic, everybody knows that Christmas is an ancient pagan tradition that’s been incorporated into Christianity, so what? It’s also a beautiful tradition. We don’t have santa claus. The communists tried establishing him as a Christmas icon and called him “Christmas Man” but it never really caught on. I guess he wore red because he’s a bolshevik.
      Actually, if you research this, you’ll see that he actually represents the devil, who also wears red. A good movie about this that combines comedy, horror, and documentary in one would be “Santa Claus: Serial Rapist” by Bill Zebub. Clothing can not only conceal identity but can also reveal it, in which case, what’s really underneath those red clothes?
      When kids gets get presents underneath the tree, the Czech tradition is that the Baby Jesus has left them there, NOT Christmas Man or Santa Claus, and he does so on the 24th, not the 25th of December.
      As regards animals, farm animals traditionally get a gourmet fit-for-humans meal on Christmas Eve. Same goes for house pets. My house rabbit would always get a gourmet salad and a piece of dried bread soaked in coffee. They love that.
      For people, the traditional Christmas meal is carp, a native fresh-water fish.
      Taking an evergreen tree without its roots into your home is the worship of Svarog, Radegast, Radhost whatever you want to call him. He’s a sun god, giver of life. The evergreen aspect symbolises eternal life. The fact that the tree has no roots means that Veles, the god of the underworld has been vanquished. The star on top of the tree symbolises the union of Radhost and Zhiva, goddess of procreation.

    • Sun Rabbit

      Almost forgot: in Czech Republic, we also celebrate the 5th of December. In the Christian tradition it’s the feast of St. Nicholas, but it’s actually a secular holiday commemorating King Charles the 4th, who would dress up like a homeless guy and talk to ordinary people to find out what they wanted. He was also known for leaving presents of food on people’s windowsills. Today it’s also celebrated that way where presents of candy and fruit are left for children on windowsills at night.

    • 2QIK4U

      I gave my dog a huge pikachu soft toy and all the bugger did with it was rale it.. Gotta admit it looked so screwed up youd have to laugh

      • 2QIK4U

        Translation ….rale is rape

      • Sun Rabbit

        I know, male dogs will do that when they’re young. Young dogs also have a taste for eating brand new 135 Euro men’s leather business shoes.

      • 2QIK4U

        Dirty little buggers huh but i still think dogs are the best pets

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