Does anyone give their pets a Christmas dinner (or Sunday roast?)

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We always have, to both. So they will get some roast chicken etc. The dogs (when they were alive) used to love a roast potato.

Then first year I was with DH he was travelling abroad over Christmas so I made the dogs and I a full dinner. Found out that one of our dogs was a little crazy for prawns in a plain mayonnaise sauce. But they all loved a plate of meat, potatos and meat juices.

We only have cats right now but they get a portion of meat to themselves as well.

Damn it, one of my cats was reading that over my shoulder and is now asking why they don’t get parties and gifts.

I give my hamster a little bit of turkey and a green bean. Then in the evening he has a bit of wensleydale cheese with a cranberry in it.

Of course. Whenever we have a roast they have meat, mash, roast potatoes, veg, Yorkshires and gravy. Only difference at Christmas is they also get pigs in blankets (and we are all, dogs included, wearing matching Christmas Jumpers. Yes, I am THAT person 🤣🤣)
I once tried them with Pawsecco but they didn’t like it! They all get a special doggy cupcake on their birthday too 🥰

Our dog isn’t really a beggar. But on Sundays she’ll sit with big eyes under the table nudging for bits of the roast. Then she farts happily in her sleep all evening…. So no sh3 doesn’t get. A special meal as she’s already scavenged it…

Yes, dog gets a mini roast whenever we have one, plus seconds by finishing any leftovers from the plates. Such short little lives they have - meat, veg all very dog appropriate food so we go for it. Obvs not stuffing, salty (packet gravy) or things like bread sauce, and were careful with bones.

When I’m on my own I may have been known to throw extras in the oven to cook for her… she’d eat it raw, but I like to do it.

Growing up, my mum would give our cats little portions of "people food"; one cat I remember was very fond of pasta and sauce!
When we had 2 dogs, they would enjoy shared food if any leftover, but our cats, none of them, have ever eaten anything we've shared with them; e.g. bits of cheese, cooked chicken/beef, thin bits of ham, even a bit of butter I have offered.
So no, we've never cooked a special meal for any of our dear pets, although our small breed dogs would never said 'no' to cooked turkey and even had an actual fight over a raw garden bean I offered to one of them while I was topping them outside!

Mine gets scraps off plates with watered down gravy. Only issue is he then expects it for days afterwards. He’ll often tune his nose up at dry dog food unless I’ve chucked in some peas or carrots.

My dog loves her Sunday roast and will have a Christmas dinner. She’s no good at pulling crackers though.

Of course!

Dog, yes but just the meat. Cat, no, won't eat it.

Our dog gets a roast potato, the scrappy bits off the carving tray, and a couple of carrots. She’s a Labrador, it’s genuinely the greatest moment of her life when she gets her roast dinner.

I include the cats in the per person serving suggestion 😹

This is just so adorable!

Loving the stories of well-loved pets.

In the days when we had more disposable income and used to go and visit National Trust properties we often bought the dogs toasties at the cafes as well.

DH likes to roast an epic chunk of meat.
DD gets the bones after. He's always very happy with that.

Can I also add the chicken trifle, in a large bowl the bottom would always be sweetcorn their favourite then finely chopped tomatoes (cherry if possible) thin sliced bananas topped with natural yogurt with a small sprinkle of meal worms.

In the summer frozen watermelon/sweetcorn would be in there, helps cool them down.

Heads all covered in yogurt trying to see whats further down then all picking/cleaning at each other to get the last bits of goodness.

Spoilt girls indeed.

Yes we give ours a roast dinner whenever we make one. We also buy them steak when we have it too. Can’t handle the guilt or their beautiful big eyes otherwise!

He has an advent calendar with treats in it too. Kids insisted. I absolutely did not sit there all evening making it and putting treats in it. He knows what it is too. He's up at 6 o clock sharp when the kids have theirs, waiting for his treat. This year its going to be a wooden one with drawers so I can fit a babybell in for the 24th.

Tried a few times at Christmas but the cats turned their noses up at roast goose!

Yes, our dogs get a little bit of meat, veg and gravy at Christmas. We are extremely strict about their food otherwise, so it’s a huge treat.

My cat wouldn’t eat anything that’s not his usual food as he is so fussy.
He gives everyone presents though.

My little spaniel always had a roast on a Sunday, and quite often would get appropriate leftovers from dinner during the week. I remember my dad making a pot of tea in the mornings when I was a kid, there would be mugs for all the family then a special bowl for the dog which was only ever used for his tea.

My new kitten isn’t that bothered about food at all but I give her a few bits of whatever I’m having for dinner. She seems to prefer the meat raw though, and is also partial to a tiny bit of Greek yogurt!

Yes, DDog gets a roast. He also gets a slice of buttered (gluten free) toast at the weekends. He’s a lurcher, and old, and his greatest joy in life is butter on anything. When he was a puppy he ate an entire block of butter when he managed to break into the kitchen- and revealed he has a cast iron stomach in the process 😂

Our dog has what we're having for dinner most evenings! Unless it's something spicy, or full of garlic. We did the same with our other dogs, they always had dinner with us, and lived to 19 & 18, so I don't think it did them any harm. Current dog is 15 and still acts like a puppy apart from being completely deaf now. We invite the cat but he usually turns his nose up, unless it's roast chicken

DCat1 would be most put out by this thread: just his luck to live with a bloody vegetarian! Actually, DD is a pescatarian, so he does get the odd fishfinger/out-of-date prawn. And he enjoys licking out empty food containers etc. He is particularly fond of olive oil.
DCat2 will try and steal almost anything - pizza, lemon drizzle cake, doughnuts - but is in fact on a strict anallergenic diet due to digestive problems.
When I left home, one of my parents’ cats sat on my empty chair at meals, though he wasn’t offered food.
Cats give everyone birthday and Christmas presents.