What Not to Get Your Dog for Christmas

A CD of cats meowing popular Christmas songs.
A chew toy shaped like a shoe which he is immediately going to confuse with the right sneaker of your favorite pair.
Central A/C for his Dogloo when you're still using individual wall units that are barely up to cooling a small close-size area in your house.
Anything Garfield.
A remote control for the refrigerator door.
A knitted pink sweater that makes your macho Doberman look like a poodle.
Doggie antlers when your near-sighted hunting relatives will be spending the holidays with you.
A doggie door between you and the suspicious butcher next door.
His own Petsmart credit card.
Originally published November 14, 2002.