If you consider your four-legged friend to be of child status, we totally agree. Correctly dubbed “man’s best friend”, our pets hold a special place in our lives — and that extends to special occasions like birthdays and Christmas. It’s not uncommon for owners to throw parties for their dog or to hang a stocking for their cat during the holidays. But, in many instances, the generosity often flows the other way, too!
Raise your hand if you’ve ever received a gift “from the dog” or “from the cat”. We’ll assume a good chunk of our readers have (you can lower your hands now). Increasingly, friends and family members are buying each other gifts “from” or on behalf of their pets — and we’re so here for it.
In this blog, we’ve listed gifts for both categories to get you inspired. So, whether you’re looking for the perfect present to get your partner from Fido or you’re giving Mittens a present for her birthday, we’ve got some great ideas.
Gifts From Your Pets
If your partner’s birthday is coming up and you’re thinking it might be nice for the cat to get them a little something (as well as the kids), these gifts have got you covered.
Pawprint Jewelry
Starting off sentimental, pawprint jewelry is always a tearjerker when gifted from a pet to their human.
There are some beautiful, customisable options out there — from necklaces with your pet’s name in a heart to a string of pawprints designed to be worn as a bracelet. Depending on your budget, this is the perfect heartfelt, durable gift for a dog or cat mom.
Dog-Walking Gear
What do dogs love most in the world? If you said “walkies”, you’d be correct. So it seems fitting that they’d want to gift their owner any and everything designed to make walks more fun (and more regular).
From recall whistles and rain boots to dog-walking socks and personalized baseball caps, you simply can’t go wrong with this type of gift from a pet. This could extend to leads, poop bags, and toys, too, if you’re planning on filling a stocking. Essentially, everything a human would need for the best walk ever. Love from Buster xx.
Pet Portrait
Artists on platforms like Etsy offer some stunning personalized pet portraits that would make for the ideal gift from pet to owner. While a black-and-white sketch is a lovely way to capture the ultimate good boy. Pug mug shot? Your Labrador Retriever reimagined with a flat cap and pipe looking like an extra from Peaky Blinders? Nothing better.
For stunning stills of your favorite breeds of cat and dog (ok, and some funny designs, too), check out Displate’s collection of animal-themed metal posters). Whether you own guinea pigs, reptiles, cats, dogs, or farmyard animals, we’ve got thousands of designs that would make the perfect gift from pet to owner.
Cat Cookies, Cat Candles, Cat Cushions…
Ok, we know how dog lovers would choose to hang out with their fur baby over most other humans any day. That’s a given. But cat lovers seem to take things to a whole new level.
You can see them coming with cat-print clothing (covered in cat hair) — not to mention how their living rooms are usually filled with various climbing structures and apparatus for their feline friends. This is all to say that: cat lovers really have a strong personal brand. So, why not feed that fire with the following gifts from pets:
- Funny cat candle – A grumpy little fat cat candle to brighten up their living room.
- Decorative cat cookies – The perfect “thanks-for-feeding-me” return gift from a cat to their parents.
- Funky cat cushions – Something comfy to lay on in the sun and cover in fur? Sounds like the perfect gift from the cat.
What to Gift Your Pet In Return
If you’ve been spoiled by your fur baby this year, be sure to give them back something that will make their tails really wag or their nose twitch.
Pawprint Art Set
If you want to gift your pet something that you can do together that doesn’t involve repeatedly throwing a ball for them to fetch, how about a pawprint art set?
These mess-free craft sets have been going viral online as a way for owners to keep a perfect pawprint keepsake on their mantlepiece. This is a sentimental and beautiful way to capture a part of your pet forever, too. Make sure you frame it and pop it pride of place for all to see!
Treat Bag
While it feels like an obvious choice, gifting your dog or cat a treat bag is the equivalent to giving a human a candy hamper or a muffin basket — the stuff of dreams.
While treat bags are a perfect gift for your pet, they also make sense for you too. Gone are the days of finding loose treats in your coat pockets along with a handful of crumbs… Dedicated drawstring treat bags keep your pockets clean and muffle that lingering dog-treat smell (if you know, you know).
This is an especially good gift for puppies who are being trained. You know what they say: Incentives drive results, right?
Things That Are Fun to Unwrap
If you’re gifting to a dog or cat, you have to think like one, and what do we know? That dogs love things that squeak and cats love an opportunity to get their claws out. So, rather than focusing purely on gifts with purpose, why not also make a gift out of the unwrapping?
Wrapping up tennis balls and squeaky toys provides a fun and enriching experience for your dog – especially if you might have hidden a few treats in the wrapping layers (like a delicious pass-the-parcel, if you will). For cats, even the wrapping paper itself can be a fun activity, especially if it’s shiny or especially crinkly. It’s the little things.
Spruce Up Their Kennel
Who says animals can’t appreciate interior design like humans? For this gift, we’re suggesting some ideas to make your pet’s living quarters a little more interesting.
Whether they have their own kennel or sleep in a designated corner of the kitchen or nook under the stairs, adding some finishing touches to where your pet sleeps is definitely a winner. Try the following:
A New Bed
You cannot go wrong with a mattress upgrade (although, your cat will probably prefer the cardboard box it comes in). Invest in some new bedding for your hamster’s enclosure too as a treat — the deeper the better as, as you know, these guys can burrow for days!
We haven’t forgotten about our scaly friends either, if your pet lives in a cage or an aquarium, kit it out. Add some statues to your fish’s tank for it to hide in (or some plants to simulate its natural environment).
Artwork
For the dedicated pet owner, putting up some decorative wall art in your pet’s nook or dedicated sleeping corner is a fun way to really make it feel like home. You can get super creative with this, just think about your pet’s favorite things.
For your cat, you might opt for a nautical theme with fish prints… so yummy. For your dog, on the other hand, how about some framed tennis balls and bone prints? They’ll dream well under those!
For more gifting inspiration and home decor guides, keep up with the Displate blog. In the meantime, why not get to work on that nook decor and browse our collections?
