Make Christmas Eve Exciting for Your Dog

The Christmas season is an exciting, magical time for the whole family! There's a tree to be trimmed and gifts to be exchanged, holidays parties to be attended and cookies to be baked. Why should your dog be left out of all the fun? As a beloved member of the family, your dog is entitled to an enjoyable holiday season too. Here's how to give your favorite pet a merry, merry Christmas!

Steps

 * 1) Add your pup to the shopping list. Fill a doggy stocking with all his favorite things, like milk bones, chew toys, and treats.  A stocking filled with goodies will make his Christmas morning a blast![[Image:Make Christmas Eve Exciting for Your Dog Step 1.jpg|center]]
 * 2)  Host a doggy Christmas Eve party!  Invite all your friends and their dogs over.  While your group enjoys fresh-baked Christmas cookies and hot chocolate, your dog and his friends will be munching on Christmas-shaped peanut butter dog biscuits.  You could ask each of your friends to buy and bring a dog toy so that the dogs can have a Christmas gift exchange.[[Image:Make Christmas Eve Exciting for Your Dog Step 2.jpg|center]]
 * 3) Dress your dog for Christmas.  A simple red holiday sweater and Santa hat will have him looking spiffy for the annual Christmas Eve party, or you can be over-the-top by dressing him in a full Santa or reindeer costume.  Either way, you'll put him in the Christmas spirit![[Image:Make Christmas Eve Exciting for Your Dog Step 3.jpg|center]]
 * 4)  Let him play in the snow.  As if a game of Frisbee wasn't fun enough already!  This cold, fluffy, white stuff will have your pooch excited during the holiday season.

Tips

 * Take your dog with you to visit Santa! He may not be able to write and deliver wishlist, but he'll enjoy being included in the fun rather than left home alone.  Plus, it'd be cute to get a photo of your pooch on Santa's lap!

Warnings

 * Don't wrap his gifts! He could easily swallow some of the paper in the process of unwrapping his edible goodies, which could be a choking hazard.  Stick to the doggy-proof stocking instead!

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