🎄Christmas Gift Guide 2025 — For Pets & Their Humans in Luxembourg

The holidays are just around the corner! Whether you’re shopping for your pet, your friends who have pets or pet lovers in your life, this guide has something for everyone. We've included many 🇱🇺 local options or stores that ship to Luxembourg.

1. Gifts for Pet Owners

🐾 Personalized & Custom Presents

Celebrate the bond pet parents share with their fur baby, with gifts that feature their beloved animals. Below are examples from 🇱🇺 local pros:

• Hand-painted Ceramic mugs by Popotte.lu 

  

  

  
  
  

• Embroidered Clothes & Accessories from The Furrst Love

  

  

  
  
  

• A photoshoot with Stills by Rohit, a professional pet photographer
  

  

  

  

More personalized gift ideas :

✔️ Custom pet blankets

✔️ Personalized Christmas ornaments with pet names

✔️ Calendars, Doormats, Mouse pads

✔️ Engraved pet leashes or tags

✔️ Pet Portraits from Purr & Mutt

📚 Fun, Decorative or Insightful Books

Great gifts for the pet lover who already has it all — consider coffee table books about pets, humorous cat/dog reads, or festive holiday animal books available from local bookstores or Amazon EU.

Some Examples:

Below are links to European Amazon stores (FR, BE, DE, UK), but always check at your local bookstore first!

Dogs:

• Treat!

• Peanut Butter Dogs

• The Dog in Photography

• Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Cats:

• How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you

• Cats on Catnip

• The book of catitudes

• Cats of the World

🧵 Useful & Stylish Pet Accessories

Practical gifts are always so appreciated! Think reflective walking gear for winter strolls, travel grooming kits, seasonal sweaters or bandanas, and accessories that make life easier for pet parents. Local boutiques are great places to browse.

🇱🇺 Some smalls shops/boutiques in Luxembourg:

• Coconut Pets

• Barks & Bubbles

• CoffiCook

• Liliwouf Boutique

• Dogs Corner

• By Pet Store

• Paws Up

• Happy Paws

• La Maison du Chien et du Chat

• Maison Bamboo (coming soon)

Online:

• LuxoLand

• Frups.lu 

2. Gifts for Pets

🍖 Snack time - but make it premium (& local 🇱🇺)

For some healthy treats, made in Luxembourg, check out:

• CoffiCook : pet baker in Dudelange. She makes treats, cakes and even Buches de Noel for pets!
  

• Oscar's Favorites : freeze-dried treats for dogs with no additional ingredients. We met the founders and Oscar, they're really sweet!
  

• Cool Dogs don't Bark (from Cafe Villa Luxembourg) : they have a variety of snacks and even dog beer! Currently they have a "Box of Joy" for puppies.
  

• LuxPets: premium, anti-allergen cooked meals.

Keep in mind the holidays often include indulging in more heavy foods and more treats. Your pets can't handle it as much as you, so please be careful.

💤 Cozy Beds & Home Items

Holidays are meant to be enjoyed and restful, so why not get your pet a new bed or blanket. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a new scratching post or climbing walls for your cat! (or a cardboard box 😂)

Some ideas include:

• Dog beds

• Blankets

• Placemats

• Dog Stairs and ramps

• Cat beds

• Cat scratchers

• Cat climbing walls

Check out your local pet stores or boutiques we mentioned earlier.

🧠 Interactive Toys, Slow Feeders & Enrichment Gifts

These toys make mealtime and playtime more engaging — perfect for curious cats and clever dogs.

Some ideas include:

• Snuffle mats

• Strategy games

• Slow feeders

• Interactive toys
  

Check out your local pet stores or  boutiques we mentioned earlier.

🎨 3. DIY & Homemade Gift Ideas

Handmade gifts are great activity ideas for the holidays, and the memories of creating something makes it even more special:

• Bake homemade treats (peanut butter, pumpkin, or fish bites)

  • we have a few recipes for dogs here

  • and for cats here.
    

• Craft a scent‑work box or snuffle mat from household items such as a sweater or blanket.
  

• Make custom pet toys with fabric scraps
  

• Create pet‑themed ornaments with kids

  • we have a tutorial for paw print ornaments here

🚫 4. What NOT to get for Pet Owners

We made a list of POPULAR XMAS GIFTS that are TOXIC to pet in this post. A few examples are:

• Chocolate, candy & cookies

• Holiday Plants

• Scented lotions, perfumes and bath products

• Candles and essential oil diffusers

• Toys or decorations with small parts
  

We explain the REASON WHY here.

And offer SAFER ALTERNATIVES in this post. Some of them include:

• Homemade treats with safe ingredients

• Pet-safe plants or artificial plants

• Fabric or felt decorations

• Unscented and pet safe bath products

• Unscented soy wax candles or battery/led "candles"

• Non-toxic wooden toys

All of these are also safer for you and kids!

Support Local & EU Pet Businesses

🇱🇺 Do you know other local stores, pros or creators who sells amazing gifts?

Tag them on our Facebook and/or Instagram GIFT GUIDE post so we can support our community this Christmas!

Preparing your Pets for the Festivities

The celebrations can bring noise, crowds, and fireworks, but with a little planning, we can keep our pets calm and stress-free! 🐶🐱

Here are some examples of things you can:

1. Create a Safe Space

2. Desensitize Them to Sounds

3. Keep Them Inside

4. Provide Distractions

5. Stay Calm

6. Limit Guests Interaction

7. Provide a Routine

8. Play Soft Music

9. Consult a Veterinarian

Full explanations and tips in this post.

🎄 Conclusion

Gifts are great, and personalised, local or handmade gifts are even better.

But remember, the true gift is having people and pets to spend the holidays (and your life) with!

So don't stress if you don't have a gift, or "the perfect one", what we all truly want is more time with our loved ones.