Looking for holiday gifts for pet lovers? You’re in the right place! With the holidays in full swing, Fidose of Reality has you covered. Over the past 12 years, we’ve formed relationships with some of the best pet experts on the planet.
They know what holiday gifts pet lovers want. Because these folks are true pet lovers and pet bloggers, you can finish holiday shopping for the special dog lover, cat lover, book lovers, and more. PLUS a special item later in this post especially for the pet parent.
Note: This post contains some Amazon affiliate links for which I earn a small income if you click through and purchase something on the links. Please see my disclosure policy for details.
Holiday Gifts For Dog Parents
Come Wag Along is a blog that informs and inspires dog owners and families. Kia Chambers is having a big sale on a sleighful of goodies for dog moms and dog dads. Looking for hoodies and stickers?
Shop Come Wag Along’s Holiday Gift Guide
Home Sweet Pups has a fab selection of dog mom goodies, too.
Holiday Gifts For Dealing With Pet Loss
Roxanne Hawn is a prolific blogger and writer who has written one of the most comprehensive books on dealing with pet loss I’ve seen in ages. Heart Dog: Surviving The Loss of Your Canine Soul Mate is a beautiful gift for anyone experiencing the devastation of losing a pet.
Roxanne also has a Zazzle store of the most adorable designs on totes, shirts, and more. Check it out: Champion Of My Heart Zazzle store.
Holiday Gifts For Dogs Who Travel
We love pet-welcoming hotels and we’re all about the “have dog will travel lifestyle.” We aren’t alone in that mantra, as Jenna Emmons shares a practical list of gifts for the traveling dog in her blog post.
Gifts for Traveling Dogs From Dog Friendly Travel
Presents For Whippet Lovers And Whippets
Looking for breed-specific goodies? Renee Dobbs love Whippets and has you covered with her two gift guides.
Best Whippet Lover Gifts on Etsy
Best Cocker Spaniel Gifts
Cocker Spaniel lovers, rejoice. We scoured the Internet and curated 84 of the very best Cocker Spaniel gifts online. From handmade and vintage to jewelry and crafty, wearable to giftable, this merchandise collection is a Cocker Spaniel lover’s dream come true. We personally curated this list of Cocker Spaniel lover goodies.
Gifts For Spoiled Dogs
Let’s face it: Dogs should be spoiled year-round. If you feel that way, Spoiled Hounds has you covered with their Favorite Dog Products on Amazon gift guide.
Meow It Out For Cat Lovers Gift Guide
For any of our readers who share life with a cat, Emilia Evans has you all set. Her Life and Cats Gift Guide for Cat Lovers is purr-fect to get all your feline shopping done.
Gifts For People Who Foster Dogs
This is such a creative gift guide idea from Betsy Aust. She has over 40 ideas for gifts to get people who foster dogs. How special is that?! Head over to Pooch On A Couch’s post to share the foster love.
Pet Lover Gifts In All Shapes And Sizes
Dawn Miklich doesn’t want you to rack your brain thinking about what to get your pet-loving pals. She has a bevy of gift guides such as Subscription Boxes for Pet Lovers and more. Check out Pet Faves to see all of her amazing selections.
Dawn also designed some fun ugly Christmas shirts for pet lovers, too!
Kris over at Home Sweet Pups has the cutest selection of dog toys and gifts. Home Sweet Pups toys and gifts for dogs.
Healing Whiskers Gifts For Rat Lovers
We met several of Abby Chesnut’s rats over the years and we fell head over tails in love! Abby has a cute Etsy shop full of rat lover merch. Check out the Healing Whiskers store.
Calendars Galore for Cat Lovers
Yassar Nakchbendi is a cat expert of the highest order. She says, ” I do a calendar each year and the proceeds go to a TNR group called TUFCAT (The University Feral Cat Project) in my home town, Cape Town, South Africa. They also rescue homeless dogs and do lots of community outreach and education about spay and neuter. Read all about it in the blog post with a link to buy from my Zazzle shop. Thanks so much!”
Snag Your Remembering Earl Grey 2020 Calendar
Aimable Cats knows cats, as the name states. Get your feline fix all year long with a selection of cat calendars. Why not snag some for yourself? They are the cat’s meow, after all. Aimable Cats Cat Calendars.
Educational Gifts for Savvy Pet Parents
Want to earn a passive income? Maybe you’ve dreamt of becoming a copywriter. Marketing pro Karon Thackston is offering 50 percent off many courses through Cyber Monday. Hurry and snag your deals. Marketing Words Gifts For Savvy Pet Lovers
Gifts For Epileptic Dogs
Blogger Dorothy Wills-Raftery specializes in seizure dogs, but she says all dogs will benefit from her fab gift guide. Check out the Five Sibes Gift Guide for Epi-Dogs
Speaking of special needs, the folks at Paws for the Holidays are asking for help for Tended Treasures, who help folks in domestic violence situations find shelter for their pets, and Operation Wild Horse, who help veterans through the use of Mustangs. Shout out to Aimee Gertsch for this fab find!
Goodies For Doodle Dogs
I love how specific pet bloggers are with their gift guides, and that includes Irene McHugh of McSquare Doodles. She’s got 17 unique goodies for Doodle lovers. Gotta check it out!
Holiday Gifts for Chihuahuas and Chihuahua Lovers
Cathy over at I Love My Chi is a Chihuahua expert. Look no further than her two totally adorable and timely gift guides for the Chi folks and Chis on your list.
Special Item For Pet Parents
Remember that special item we told you about? We’ve got a great book to help you grow your pet blog, start a pet blog, or grow your social media presence. Maybe 2020 is the year you make your pet a star on social media. Snag Pet Blogging for Love & Money, the book I co-authored with Maggie Marton.
Enter the Dex the Halls 2019 Dog Holiday Photo Contest
Before you go, head over to our annual dog holiday photo contest. There are FIVE prizes up for grabs totaling $700!!! Here’s the dog holiday photo contest scoop, how to enter, and where to send your photos PLUS check out all the prizes.
Note: The above post contains some Amazon affiliate links for which I earn a small income if you click through and purchase something on the links. Please see my disclosure policy for details.
Carol Bryant
A dog lover of the highest order is how Gayle King introduced Carol Bryant, when she appeared with her Cocker Spaniel on Oprah Radio’s Gayle King show to dish dogs. Carol created and owns the trademark, My Heart Beats Dog® and lives that mantra. A 30-year veteran of the dog world, she is President of the Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA) and the 2020 DWAA winner for Best Dog Blog.
Your post and those posts are all great posts with wonderful ideas ! Thank you ! Purrs
What a great list! I love to travel with my Husky, so I love looking for toys or travel beds. Also it’s amazing what is out there now with technology so there are a lot of really cool toys and gifts for dogs now than there were even 5-10 years ago.
This is such a great post so many options for us pet lovers! Thanks for mentioning me .. I just love helping dog owners…
I love the calendars. People forget to give them as gifts and YES they are still use by millions of people!
What a great post! Thanks for sharing that! I love this list so much.