**Guest post from Ellen B.**
Pet owners will likely relate with many of these “tips” for spoiling your pet. A special thanks to the Drs. Foster & Smith Facebook fans for helping us create this list. Feel free to leave a comment with your own tips on how to spoil your pet. Enjoy!
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1. Lots of treats (for any reason) 2. Toys! Toys! Toys! 3. Full access to furniture 4. Sleep with their humans (option: under covers) 5. The option of his own comfy bed (one for each room, ideally) 6. Lots of playtime 7. Snuggling 8. Walking/fetching 9. Belly rubs 10. Butt scratches 11. Vacations in a pet hotel suite 12. Day Care & play groups 13. Window perches for every window 14. In/out the door game (hubby accommodates) 15. Drinking fountain 16. Agility classes 17. Trips to the park 18. A stroller for a comfortable ride 19. TV or radio on when home alone 20. Furniture rearranged for optimal outside viewing 21. Massages 22. Treat like a child, commonly includes baby talk 23. Road trips (car booster seats for those who are too little to see out the window) 24. Presents (from Drs Foster & Smith, of course) 25. Catnip for cats 26. Peanut butter for dogs 27. Pocket pets (hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, chinchillas, etc) have big houses filled with lots of toys 28. Birds have full flight access in the house 29. Just plain good loving! |
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No matter how we “spoil” our pets, it’ll all add up to happy, healthy feather- or fur-kids!
How do you spoil your pet? Please share!
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I bring her everywhere with me!
Glad to see that I’m not the only one who arranges furniture for optimal outside viewing
Sometimes Shelby doesn’t want to jump up by the bed by herself. In this case I will ask, “Do you want help?” and offer my forearm. She will put her front paws on my arm so I can lift her up!
Sheryl – too cute! Shelby is such a good girl, she deserves lots of spoiling.
I spoil Charlie by making homemade dog cookies and on his birthday he gets a special dog cake. #celebrate
I think my favorite thing would be putting peanut butter on all 4 of their noses and watching them licking like crazy to get. #CELEBRATE
number 1 is most important, gotta have treats
#CELEBRATE
My dachshund always has to have a blankie! I’ve been through several, but always make sure she has one for the couch and one for our bed! She is 8 years old now and we hope to have her for a lot more years to come! #CELEBRATE
They get loads of love. I try to limit treats and feed them quality food. They are part of my family and I want them to be with us as long as possible. And they have taken over my water pillow on my bed!! #COMMENTS
I spoil mine like crazy. I take them in the car everywhere and anywhere they can go. They sleep in bed with me and sometimes take my chair over in the living room. My one dane sasses back when I talk to her, its funny! That same dane puts her head out my sunroof in the car and I get many honks, waves, thumbs up and pictures taken of her. Treats are important and all around love for the dogs is a great spoiling. Weather has been unusual and in the 70’s this week in MN so they love to sit on the deck with their heads rested on posts to watch spring arrive early and #CELEBRATE being able to be outside not cold and no snow!!
We spoil our dog by giving her lots of toys and treats. She also has her own queen bed in the extra room that she sleeps on every night along with dog beds in almost every room. #CELEBRATE
My cats sleep on their backs taking up as much of the bed as the two of them can stretch out on, they love belly rubs and trying to get under the blankets. #CELEBRATE
I promised my husband our dachshund wouldn’t sleep with us….I lied
She is only 10 pounds and mysteriously takes up the whole bed, but I don’t mind.
We spoil our baby with homemade treats and lots of love and attention. #CELEBRATE
I do most of these tips. I love giving my pups peanut butter.
#CELEBRATE
My Brie gets lots of new toys and playtime! She also takes over my king size bed laying upside down! #CELEBRATE.
I do most of these for my dog! #CELEBRATE
Spoiling my 2 fur babies is something I have done since we brought them home!! They both love to sit on my lap and sleep next to my husband and I. They also loved to get spoiled with special treats and Dingo bones!! #CELEBRATE
I’m sure I’ve done everything possible to spoil every pet I’ve ever had the privilege of sharing my life with. In return they’ve spoiled ME as well! I #CELEBRATE each and every one of them every day that I am blessed with their company. They have given me unconditional love and support – hugs and kisses, silent listening when I need it, and the strength to get through some tough times. Love from my pets has taught me that, much as I grieve the passing of each one, I know that I will always share my life and my home with another in need of a person to spoil them….I’m just spoiled that way.
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I spoil my pup by letting her nap on a heated mat. She snuggles right up to it as soon as i turn it on! #CELEBRATE
We are spoiling our Westie, Roo, with a trip to Cape Cod next month to #CELEBRATE the end of winter!!!!!!!
Buster is spoiled with chicken treats, country music playing when we are gone, and the chance to sleep with “momma” after he makes “daddy get up. #celebrate
Our animals are so spoiled! #celebrate sometimes I sleep on the couch so they can have the bed all to themselves!!
I do most of what’s on the list for all our animals. #celebrate.
My dog, Tucker, is most spoiled when I devote 4 days a week to her being on the boys soccer team. The absolute joy on her face when we pull up to the soccer field and the boys call her name! Two hours later and she is exhausted and #celebrate full of love! (she is an amazing team player)
#CELEBRATE – Our Peanut stares at me when it’s bedtime until I follow her to Her couch and I cover her up and tuck her in for the night (on Her pillow on Her couch) If I don’t give her a treat at the same time she gets back up and we do it again (and again) until I give her a treat as I’m tucking her in, then she stays there all night. Our Angus climbs under His cover by himself on my bed wether I’m there or not. ( #CELEBRATE CHIHUAHUA LOVE )
I am glad to see I am not the only one who gives their dog Butt scratches #CELEBRATE. My Chuck is so spoiled he gathers up mouthfulls of his kibble and spits it out on my bed then eats it piece by piece that is the only way he will eat it.
#CELEBRATE Maddie is spoiled by all the love I can give. She also get to sleep with me, she gets high quality food and treats, she has lots of toys to stimulate her mind, and a fenced yard to run and play in.
Wow. These are ways to spoil your pets?! Most of this list is just a normal day for my “doghter”.
Pets are family and family is a gift. We #CELEBRATE their lives everyday. 
I spoil my dogs I admit it hehe, toys, treats, car rides, etc! #celebrate
Thanks so much for these awesome pointers! I often wonder if my dog knows exactly how much I love him and these suggestions will me me feel sure he’s aware. Love my Tripp! Thanks you! #CELEBRATE
I love to spoil all of my seven St. Bernards equally.#Celebrate
Kemo loves his ice water and rawhide. My husband spoils him with treats all day long.#CELEBRATE
My Yorkies are so spoiled rotten from my love, they both sleep with me and have to have their bodies covered up and head on a pillow.Just love them so much , best little friends I have in my life.#CELEBRATE
On our dogs birthday we always celebrate with a big steak for her and of course I do make dog biscuits for her alot. She is our baby and is always spoiled with treats. #CELEBRATE
Yep, my dogs are spoiled. Many things on the list apply to them, i.e., treats for any reason, sleeping in bed, radio or TV for them, toys, butt scratches, brushing, walks, car rides, swimming in the pool, comfy dog beds. #CELEBRATE
My husband and I spoil our dog by doing his favorite activity with him; canoe rides! Our Gizmo sees us getting the paddles and boat cushions and gets all excited. When I go to put his life-jacket on (purchased at the Drs. Foster & Smith retail store) he sits very still so I can hurry up and get it on him. He has never tipped us over and knows just where to walk in the canoe so he can visit both my husband and I during our ride. He can’t wait for the lake to unfreeze so he can go out again. #CELEBRATE
Great post! Our pets are definitely spoiled, and this gives me some great new ideas
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I have a 2 year old cat who absolutely adores my 5 year old little girl. “Stalker” sleeps with her and plays little games with her and even tries to take baths with her. Yes, I’ve actually had to remove her from 8″ of water. Lol. Anyway I’m entering the contest for a cat spa since she’s the third member of our little family, and deserves some winning attention.
from daddy Melissa and stalker, y’all have a great day. And love your pets. We have stalker 2 eels 8 fish n two turtles and love them all
I am spoiling my dog by letting her sleep with me.., allowing her on furnitures…and giving her new toy almost every day..she is just 2 months..and I treat her like my little princess…