While your pet might not fully understand the concept of Christmas, they would appreciate a gift nonetheless. After all, they need something to snuggle when you're away, too. But don't worry, little Puss and Rex are not as picky as your 13-year-old cousin. Just look at these cats and dogs, for example.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of photos where pets refuse to let go of their favorite toys, and I don't know if I've seen anything cuter. Even if the plushy (or just a piece of rope) is old, worn out, or already falling apart, some animals stand by them forever. Heck, some even sleep with them and take them on trips. Take a look!
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When A Seal At Mombetsu Land In Japan Was Given A Stuffed, Mini Version Of Itself, It Hugged The Toy Close To Its Heart & Gave It A Piggyback Ride
According to specialists at ASPCA, enrichment is essential for both cats and dogs of all ages, and keeping their environment as exciting and stimulating as possible will promote a happy and healthy life.
Keeping the inside of your home stimulating and fun will help decrease boredom and decrease potential behavioral issues. The best part? You don't even have to spend money on it. You can just get creative. Just check out their canine and feline DIY enrichment guides.
Her Favorite Toy Is One That Is Way Too Big For Her And Was Meant For My Larger Dog
Many of the toys we see on this list are plushies. Soft stuffed animals are suitable for several reasons but it's good to know which one your pet would get the most fun of. For some cats, the stuffed animal should generally be small enough to carry around. But if your cat wants to "kill" the toy, the stuffed animal should be about the same size as the cat. Bonus tip: toys with legs and a tail seem to be even more attractive to cats.
Strider Poses Through The Years With His Baby
The same applies to dogs as well. Some pooches like to carry around soft toys. So if your dog sees their toy as a companion, pick one that's small enough to carry too. But other dogs want to shake and "kill" their toys. If that is the case with your little K9-wannabe, choose one that's large enough to prevent accidental swallowing and sturdy enough to withstand the attacks.
To make your pet's toys last longer, rotate them weekly by making only a few toys available at a time. Keep a variety of types easily accessible. However, if your four-legged friend has a favorite toy, you may want to leave it out all the time.
Her Favorite Toy
My Pupper Finally Found Her Donut Toy She Lost A While Back And Has Been Carrying It Around Like This All Day
That Yellow Toy Is His Favourite! Every Time He Sees It, He Just Runs Towards It And Grabs It With His Mouth. But Now He Sleeps With It
Little Meeshy Grabbed His Favorite Toy Right When He Got Home From Surgery. He Is Such A Brave Little Boy!
Our Cat Kitty Bang Bang Is Super Proud Of Herself For This Big Catch. I Don't Have The Heart To Tell Her It's Not Real
It is hard to tell from just one photo, but I think the kitty is a Munchkin with very short legs. She might not be overweight - just shaped differently.
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Oh, you, kitty kitty bang bang, kitty kitty bang bang we love you! And our kitty kitty bang bang, kitty kitty bang bang loves us too! I just had to do this
Just be happy she isn't bringing the real thing to you!!! If they manage to catch more than one they start trying to bring them to you alive so you can learn to catch them too!
My cat Hazel loves to "present" her toys after catching them as well.
Pitbull Showing Their Favorite Stuffed Toy To The Dog In The Other Car While In Traffic
My Dog Got A New “Baby” And This One Had A Squeaky Toy. I Try Not To Get Her Ones With Squeakers Because When She Squeaks Them And She Starts Crying And Nudging Them To Make Sure They’re Okay.
Every Night She Brings A Toy To Bed For A Last Minute Play Sesh And It’s My Favorite Time Of The Day
Rescue Chonk Has A Support Toy For When He Exercises!
How can owners do that to an animal? They can’t feed themselves - over feeding is not love!
Stormy’s New Favourite Toy!
My Old Girl Brings Her Pillow Everywhere Since Stealing It From My Daughter's Toy Box
Awww I have the same one! The toys are called Squishmallows they are SO SOFT AND FLUFFYYYYYYY
She Refuses To Go To Bed Without Her Favorite Toy
The Weather Is Poop, But I Found My Favorite Chew Toy
I can't even! I have no words! That is the cutest little puppy and binky ever!!
Shiba Plays With His Favorite Toy
Her Favorite Toy
Someone Got A New Christmas Toy
My Friend’s Little Dog Sleep On A Toy Bigger Than Him
“Do All Of My Toys Really Need A Bath?”
She Loves Her New Toy. She's Not Chewing Or Shredding, Just Holding It In Her Mouth
New Toy!
There must be something else in the toy. Some really good “stuffing”.
Just A Pup And His Toy Corn
My Girlfriend's Very Sweet Service Dog, Feta Cuddling With Her New Yoda Toy
My Sister’s Cat, Tiger, Who Has Become A Full-Fledged Catnip Addict; Seen Here With Toy In Hand And His New Favorite Position To Lay
For those wondering, he is NOT holding an USB rechargeable "pickle." It's a plush dill pickle with a white tag.
Her Favorite New Toy. She Carries It Everywhere
I Made A Mini Winter Hat Out Of Toilet Paper Tubes And Yarn And Gave It To Hank As A Toy. As You Can Tell, She Is Thrilled
Ace (& Ivy) With His Favourite Toy!
She Just Loves Carrying Her Butt Munch Toy!
After Instantaneously Destuffing Hundreds Of Toys She’s Finally Found One She Loves
How She Coaxes Me Into Throwing Her Toys, No Matter How Busy I Am
My Puppy Pulled The Ear Off Of His New Toy, So I Sewed It Back On To Look Like Him
Falling Asleep But Not Letting Go Of That Toy
He Loves His Hedgehog
Tommy Huggin His Fish Toy In His Tent!
Rescued This Kitten After Finding Her In A Garbage Can. She Loves Her Wine Bottle Toy So Much She Needs It To Sleep Now And I Just Wanted To Share It
No, This Toy Isn’t Too Big For Me
Toy Washing Day Is A Traumatic Time
My Boy Decided He Needed His Favorite Toy For Bath Time Today
My Parents' Cat With His Favorite New Toy.
Just A Happy Boy With His Platypus Toy
Let Me Take A Photo Of You And Your New Toy... Say Cheeseeee
Sleepy Boy Cuddling His Favorite Toy
Ginger Snuggling Her Favorite Toy
Sleeping With His Favorite Toy
King Odin And His Favorite Toys
He Loves His New Toy
My Little Buddy Ash Protecting His Favorite Toy. He Still Hasn’t Grown Into His Paws
Bunny & His Toy Teddy
Which One Of Them Is Toy? Cuteness Overloaded
I had a cat named Lucy, who we adopted with her brother out of a barn when they were 9 weeks old. First toy she picked out was a squeaky stuffed duck that was bigger than she was. Over the years, Duckster went through many repairs, many accidental swims in the water bowl, many trips through the washer and dryer (on purpose and by accident if dropped in the laundry basket), and a re-stuffing. When Lucy died, Duckster was buried in her arms. (I still miss her.)
Got Our Boy A New Rope Toy For His Birthday. Safe To Say He Loves It!
Oscar Loving His New Toy And Look Adorable Af
She Can’t Be Anywhere Without Her New Corn Toy
My Girl, Toast, Very Happy About Her Tire Toy!
Tiberius Is Still Cutting Teeth, But He Prefers To Chew His Toy Instead Of My Hand Now. We Are Friends
A Good Girl With Her Favorite Toy
Adopted This Sweet Little Thing Today. Meet Bernie Who Loves Her New Toy Shark
Bernie is a sweetie—-and deserves a happy, healthy, safe, secure, and long life—-with you. Cherish her.
Cake Day Post Of My Best Bud Jackie... He Loves Toys... For Size Reference, That Is A Jumbo Tennis Ball, A Full Size Screaming Rubber Chicken, And His Stuffed Duck
Happy Adopted Puppy Enjoying Her New Bed And Toys
Our German Shepherd/Corgi (And Maybe Fox?) Mix, Scout. Goodest Girl, Wrecker Of Toys
My Puppy Has Been Sleeping With Her Chew Toy Like A Stuffed Animal
Jack Playing With The Toy Dog
This Is Daisy, She Has A Toy Banana But All The Stuffing Fell Out And Now It’s Just A Yellow Rag
All Of My Toys Have Been Herded Together. Time For A Nap
Remember when you were a kid, how all your toys had to be in bed with you, in their own particular places, before you could finally go to sleep? Same thing here with this pupper.
Saylor Moon And Her Favorite Toy
Old Man Porter Showing Off His Favorite Toy!! He's In Foster With Me Awaiting Test Results, But He's Part Of The Gang Now!
Mature cats are awesome. Bless you for fostering, it saves innocent lives.
A Crate Full Of Toys To Choose From, And Tali Brings In Leaves
She Was Trying To Get Her Toy That Was Stuck
My Freinds Dog With The Toy I Got Her For Christmas
My Dog Sleeping With His Favorite Toy
Reaction To Me Taking Her Bunny Toy
Cups > Toys
My Lovely Boy And His Scratching Toy
She Always Sleeps With Her Little Toys
My Pup Getting Ready To Chase His Tug Toy
Zuri’s Found A New Toy!
New toy, or recycled toy, found toy, rediscovered toy, or maybe liberated from a neighbor’s dog?
Our Tired Girl When She Was Just A Puppy
After A Lot Of Trial And Error, I Finally Found A Toy Style My Foster Dog Loves!
This Is Gemma. She She Is Smiling Because She Got A New Toy.
My New Puppy Fell Asleep Playing With His Favorite Toy
Somebody Got A New Toy
A Christmas Boy With His Christmas Toy!
It’s funny how they always seem to know which wrapped toys under the tree are theirs.
New Bed And Toy
My 15 Year Old Good Boy Got A New Toy Today
Her And Her Scrimps Time! She Loves Her Scrimps Toy
So sweet! She can’t dose off unless she’s touching her favorite toy.
Mune Got New Toys! Had To Share The Moment!
My dog Scruffy loves Christmas, because he knows he’s going to get some new toys. Every time he sees a box—-even if it’s not Christmastime—-he thinks it’s for him.
Favorite Toy
Vax’ildan And His New Toy. He’s Brought So Much Joy To Our Family Since We Got Him In March.
And it looks like you’re giving him just as much joy as he gives you.
Marley Wearing One Of Her Favorite Toys As A Hat
A Kitty And His Favorite Toy
Well, we all had favorite toys when we were kids—-some of us still do—-so it makes sense that our companion animals would adopt that behavior. I’ve always thought of my animals as being kids. Even when they get to be senior citizens, they still retain that childlike quality and continue to love on their favorite toys.
My Small Dog, Next To His Even Smaller Dog Toy Of A Dog.
My Püpper With His Toy
Jax Playing With His Toys. Had To Share My Cutie Pie
When You Buy Toys To Welcome Your New Puppy Home And You Don't Know How Big Puppies Really Are
Well, it really depends on the kind of puppy anyway. You still did good.
Bubbles Is Still Hyper-Vigilant, But He Has Decided He Likes Toys And Cuddles
Sounds like Bubbles is a rescue. You’ll know he finally feels like he’s safe and truly at home the first time he stops being so hyper vigilant and sleeps really really deeply.
Norm Is Pretty Excited About His New Toy!
My Baby Got A New Toy Today. I Think She Likes It
My Cat Big G Playing With His New Catnip Toy
Which you will probably have to repair several times over the years.
Tuckered Out Playing With Her Toys
My Little Bro Dougal And His Favourite Toy
Bro is right—-they are as much a part of our families as the two-legged members!
Blaze Loves Sleeping On His Snake Toy!
Our Girl Pepper Can’t Get Enough Of Her Fox Toy!
Don't Touch My New Toy! Defense Mode On.
Stevie With Her Favorite Toy
Hedgehog Toy For Scale
Stole His Aunt’s Toy For The Night
My Buddy Guarding His New Favorite Toy Bone!
I Have Toy- I Have Sleep
Griffen With His Chew Toy (6 Weeks)
Adorable Kitty Posing With Her Favorite Toy
Sleepy Boy Cuddling His Favorite Toy
When I was a kid, I used to go to sleep the same way-cuddling my favorite toy.
My cat, now 16 months, was hand reared from a day old as he was the runt and unable to latch to mum and started losing weight. Originally planned to get his weight up then return to the litter, however he came down with calicivirus so it wasn't possible. Before he was big enough to mix with my other cats he had a unicorn beanie toy that he was the same size as to snuggle. This is still his "sister" to this day, he carries her around, washes her and gets distressed if we throw her or touch her!
Thank you for saving him and they sound adorable
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Mikko and Teddy have a complex relationship 074-5fe20f...62a04c.jpg 
I loved every one of those cuties. ❤️ I was slightly disappointed there weren’t other animals. 🐦
My dog Shilo LOVES his balls and throw rings. He puts the rings around his neck himself so he can carry the ball around so we can have a choice what to throw for him. IMG_5216-5...93-png.jpg 
I had a kitty named Hobbes (from Calvin and hobbes) and we went to the fair and got a plush banana from a game and it was his favorite. We got toy mice and jingles and all kinds of stuff but that was by far his favorite toy
Our dog, who we lost a couple of years ago, gave one of our cats one of those unstuffed fox plush toys and she drags it everywhere, plays with it, and sleeps with it. Another of our cats carries around a little stuffed mouse and sometimes sleeps with it. Our other two cats like a wide variety of toys, but don't have just one that they are particularly attached to. Maybe we just haven't found their favorite toy yet.
Priceless pictures of these adorable 🥰 pets with their favorite toys. Loved them all. ❤️❤️
My brother brought a stress ball shaped like a hedgehog home from an arcade once. Our cat promptly stole it and used it to teach herself how to play fetch. She loved that thing to death, and resurrected it from the trash repeatedly before we were finally able to get her attached to something else (mylar crinkle balls FTW).
My cat, now 16 months, was hand reared from a day old as he was the runt and unable to latch to mum and started losing weight. Originally planned to get his weight up then return to the litter, however he came down with calicivirus so it wasn't possible. Before he was big enough to mix with my other cats he had a unicorn beanie toy that he was the same size as to snuggle. This is still his "sister" to this day, he carries her around, washes her and gets distressed if we throw her or touch her!
Thank you for saving him and they sound adorable
Load More Replies... Mikko and Teddy have a complex relationship 074-5fe20f...62a04c.jpg
I loved every one of those cuties. ❤️ I was slightly disappointed there weren’t other animals. 🐦
My dog Shilo LOVES his balls and throw rings. He puts the rings around his neck himself so he can carry the ball around so we can have a choice what to throw for him. IMG_5216-5...93-png.jpg
I had a kitty named Hobbes (from Calvin and hobbes) and we went to the fair and got a plush banana from a game and it was his favorite. We got toy mice and jingles and all kinds of stuff but that was by far his favorite toy
Our dog, who we lost a couple of years ago, gave one of our cats one of those unstuffed fox plush toys and she drags it everywhere, plays with it, and sleeps with it. Another of our cats carries around a little stuffed mouse and sometimes sleeps with it. Our other two cats like a wide variety of toys, but don't have just one that they are particularly attached to. Maybe we just haven't found their favorite toy yet.
Priceless pictures of these adorable 🥰 pets with their favorite toys. Loved them all. ❤️❤️
My brother brought a stress ball shaped like a hedgehog home from an arcade once. Our cat promptly stole it and used it to teach herself how to play fetch. She loved that thing to death, and resurrected it from the trash repeatedly before we were finally able to get her attached to something else (mylar crinkle balls FTW).
