Christmas and Dogs

External Since: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 1373

I have waited over 15 years for a dog of my own. In August, my puppy, Maui,
finally came home. Since then he has been spoiled and treated as a king. I
don't have kids or a husband so he is my main companion. We share a bed and
play for hours. Here's my question, this is his first Christmas and I get
so excited about buying him all kinds of stuff, a stocking, some new toys, a
car seat (to help with the carsickness) and treats. My sister and family
just laugh at me going all out for a dog. How do you guys do Christmas with
dogs? Do you buy them stuff? Wrap it? I know I want to wrap some treats
to see if he can sniff out his own on Christmas morning but beyond that,
what should I do? Thanks!

External Since: Jan 22, 2004 Posts: 90

MauiJNP wrote:

> I have waited over 15 years for a dog of my own. In August, my puppy, Maui,
> finally came home. Since then he has been spoiled and treated as a king. I
> don't have kids or a husband so he is my main companion. We share a bed and
> play for hours. Here's my question, this is his first Christmas and I get
> so excited about buying him all kinds of stuff, a stocking, some new toys, a
> car seat (to help with the carsickness) and treats. My sister and family
> just laugh at me going all out for a dog. How do you guys do Christmas with
> dogs? Do you buy them stuff? Wrap it? I know I want to wrap some treats
> to see if he can sniff out his own on Christmas morning but beyond that,
> what should I do? Thanks!

Of course we buy them stuff! And wrap it! We wrap our dog's presents
in white tissue paper, to differentiate them from the rest of the
packages. Half of the fun is ripping the paper into little shredlets
.... oh, wait, is there a toy inside too?

When I was a kid, we had a chihuahua who caught on to this very quickly.
In full view, of course, he'd "sneak" over to the tree and pick up one
of his presents during the days before Christmas. We'd "catch" him and
make him put it back. Over and over. He never bothered any of the other
presents - except the year that my friend gave me a present wrapped in
white tissue paper.

FurPaw

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