"Hard to shop-for pets" Really???

This thread reminds me of how much things have changed. We had a tuxedo cat named Sparky when I was a kid. He never had dry cat food and I don't think it had been invented yet. Puss n' Boots canned cat food was from nasty old fish that must've laid on the dock for days before somebody processed it. The only kind of cat treats we knew about were some hard, dry, barrel shaped objects that were dyed different colors like red, green yellow and black. I think they were supposed to represent assorted flavors but I couldn't detect any difference in their smell. Sparky got a little bag of these in his Christmas stocking for each of his 11 Yuletimes. He loved them. Mom NEVER bought them during the year, only at Christmas. Poor Sparky. He had to live on the table scraps he could get our dog to share with him. Contrast that to NOW when we're lucky to get off for less than a couple hundred when we make a trip to PetsMart. Our two dogs, cat and bird have all manner of treats and not just at Christmas. I hope this makes our pet karma come out even, but am not sure poor litle Sparky would agree.

Well he sure ain't getting one of these ...





But he's been looking at these on Amazon, I think it's Amazon.





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Deb and Ed M wrote:
The headline in another email come-on from Drs Foster and Smith, and it made me giggle to think of a pet being hard to shop for...LOL!!

I guess you've never had a greyhound, they're very particular what they'll accept from their staff...:B

Lassie does not have any toys and could care less about them. Bud has a red football that's his. Mikko has a blue football that's his. For Christmas they will each get a chuck steak. Lassie turns 13 in January.

This is the first year in a long time I did not have very large vet bills. For that Im thankful.

Tennis ball. The gift that keeps on giving.

Acampingwewillgo wrote:
Its a dilemma every year....what do you get a dog that has everything? lol :B I let the girls preview the "Sharper Image" catalog!!!!

Mine would go for fish heads...

Its a dilemma every year....what do you get a dog that has everything? lol :B I let the girls preview the "Sharper Image" catalog!!!!

I just bought my girls their Christmas gifts. a sack of treats each. they love em.

Duke's favorite toy is an empty coffee can( the plastic kind) Easy peezy to shop for and really cheap too. :)

My dog would prefer to choose her own gifts....but she's a bit too short to access the goods at Full-Trashcans-R-Us! :B