For the last three years, I have helped dd to make a pupcake for our dog on her birthday, and dd picks out a new toy to give her on the day. This is really just for dd's benefit though, to underline the fact that the dog is part of our family and that we all love her and must look after her, etc. The dog likes her treats and toys, but she gets these anyway and couldn't care less what day of the year it is, obviously! I thought your OTT-ness was endearing until I read your heartless reply to Dogwood's post.
Obviously it's up to you where you donate to or not, but it's hardly biscuit-worthy for someone to respectfully suggest (since you're the one who compared your dog to a child 
), that you might like to help real, actual, suffering children instead of wasting money on 'luxury' items for a creature whose idea of luxury is more likely to be rolling in fresh manure than wearing a leather collar. And while it's always wise to know where donations go to and to check charity CEO salaries etc., it does actually cost money to raise money, and "I wouldn't want it to go to more ads" is just a transparent and very pathetic excuse not to bother.
I realise that the Nepal earthquake and the validity of charity donations were not the point of your thread, and if you'd just said "thanks for the suggestion, I donate to other charities" or whatever, then fair enough, back to the topic at hand. But I really think that responding to that link with a hmm face, a biscuit, and snide comment about donating to a dog shelter instead is just... ugh. Disgusting.