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.

DH eats watermelon for breakfast every day of his life. One of our cats adores watermelon and if he is tardy in presenting her with some she will hook it off his plate

I have just puzzled myself with my double standards. I buy Christmas presents for my DDs cat and my DSs dog, but I don't buy for my own dog! She gets Christmas dinner leftovers, and that's it.

I rationalise that she is probably neither Christian nor interested in human festivals and really only cares about a nice bit of chicken. I do not know how I explain the cat and the other dog, who have never expressed any religious beliefs either.

Be very very careful.
It's well known most dogs will eat absolutely anything if it's offered... they mostly live to eat.
But you can't just give them everything on a roast dinner.. you are doing more harm than good. My friend gave her dog roast ham a lot with a Sunday roast... ham can cause pancreatic problems and hers did and died..

Many of the ingredients that go into our favourite Sunday dinner can be toxic to dogs, and those that aren't have a very high calorie count.
So in theory a dog should not be given a Sunday dinner. ( From Vets online).
I never ever gave my dog one.. ( Jack Russell).she lived until 18 and died of old age ..never had any health problems.

Not a special dinner, but they get bits/leftovers. Meat, carrots and potato.

Yes ddog gets a Christmas dinner apart from the stuffing and gravy.

DDog would love a roast, but unfortunately any deviation from his usual food will have him pooping his insides out for a week!

The cat comes and patiently sits while the meat is being carved. He gets scraps given to him which he likes. Not a full roast though.

It's getting so that he arrives just as the carving is about to start - he often appears from nowhere.

I don't think it does a dog any favours to give a roast dinner and I've never done it since owning dogs ( 40 years). it's my responsibilty to ensure their diet is appropriate and balanced and all my dogs would eat anything they were given and easily turn to fat.
I've sometimes saved a few vegetables and added a couple to their food but that's as far as it goes ( current two love lightly cooked leeks)

A babybel! What an epic hamster treat - I want to see him trying to carry it. My hamster has had yoghurt, pear and banana for breakfast today - she'd be beside herself with a babybel (but is a big fan of cor ish crackler too!). I love the fact that your hamster is always up for breakfast too - ours eats porridge from a teaspoon in the winter, woth a little piece of fruit to wash it down.

The cats get the turkey giblets with gravy. They also get a lityle bit off a roast, the carcass pickings from roast chicken.

DH usually eats late, 9ish, still a bloody workaholic. Every night he co.plains because the cats sit on the table watching him. Every night I admonish his complaining because it woukd never have started if he'd never given them titbits from his plate.

I thought anything from the onion family was toxic for dogs?
but I do agree with you that a lot of food meant for humans is probably not that good for dogs/cats, due to salt, etc

Dogs absolutely shouldn't be having leeks, they are toxic.

Gosh yes I'm usually very careful, it's only every now and again, probably once a month or so but I'll google it now. Thank you

So googling shows me just how toxic leeks are to dogs so I've just been lucky up until now with my mutts. So leeks off the monthly treat menu now!

my animals over the years have always got a christmas dinner and this year will be no different. 2 kittens, 3 small dogs will get a little bowl of dinner after we have had ours.

Sometimes the dogs get any left over veggies and gravy on a sunday.

ive just bought my dog an advent calendar from Lidl

One of my dear departed cats loved a full Christmas dinner: turkey, stuffing, roast potatoes, carrots, pigs in blankets, sprouts and all, chopped up and mixed with some lovely gravy. You really didn't want to be around him later that evening - his farts were killers.😂

My lovely dad always used to give our dogs a little roast dinner on Sundays when I was a kid. I have a photo of him carving a turkey at Christmas with both dogs standing there staring at him ready for their portions.

I also used to keep rats and they very much enjoyed a miniature roast. And afterwards they’d sit and carefully clean the gravy off their little whiskers.

Of course not

@midlifeattheoasis We aren't talking about sitting them down at the table with cutlery and a party hat, we're talking about passing them a few leftovers off a turkey carcass.

DCat1 is 15yo with enough life experience that an oven timer isn't necessary for roast chicken or turkey, despite us rarely having a roast outside Xmas. She appears about 5 mins before it's due out of the oven (hasn't quite caught on about it needing time to rest!). She will wait very, very patiently for her bowl. At Xmas she gets a full (cat) bowl of turkey with a tiny bit of stuffing and some beef, if we're having that too. She would sell her whiskers for the turkey, the beef is acceptable, and the stuffing plays the same role as the token sprout for a lot of humans (not us - we love them!). For a random roast she will have a few bits fed by hand but not a whole bowl. The only other human foods she is interested in is fish skin (ideally fried and crispy) and licking out the remains from yoghurt pots.
Our 2 youngsters aren't fussed for anything day to day except escaped morsels of grated cheese, but they were too young last Xmas for the full experience.

My dog gets any meat we have, and various dog food brands have a Christmas dinner tin, so she has that too. Lilly's usually do a Christmas dinner tin of food.

But yes, our pets don't know Christmas or the concept of it. Giving them very different foods can upset their tummies.

Yes my two dogs get a Christmas roast the same as us .

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The OP says: "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."

That's not a few leftovers off the carcass

Yes, our dog (and any visiting dogs, friends had 3!) would always get some turkey and gravy.

Plus I still have a vision in my head of around the 28th one year, when I was busy stripping the turkey carcass, and turned around to see all 4 of them sitting in a row, looking the picture of good manners and hope!

They did get a good share with their dinners. All RIP now, ❤️🐶