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As Thanksgiving week and Black Friday sales officially kick off the holiday shopping season, your four-legged friends may be wondering whether Santa Paws will be leaving them a special toy under the tree. From feline-friendly feather teasers to plushy penguins for your pooch, seasonal toys can make playtime with your pet even more festive this year. To spice up your pet's stocking, our friends at Zootoo rounded up some of their favorite holiday toys for the furry folks on your gift list. Petco An adorable addition to your canine's stocking, the Holiday Cabin Fever Big Head Penguin Dog Toy from Petco gives dogs a plushy, durable option for indoor fun during the wintry months. The soft ...

Do you remember our old friend Jack Tripper, the cat who was born without eyes? We learned from Jack (and his owner, Jamie) that a cat can adapt quite well to its environment when born blind. "He loves toys that he can hear," Jamie told us when we asked her what kinds of toys a blind cat plays with. Rattle mice and plastic balls with bells in them are all well and good, but variety is the spice of life. Sometimes you have to make your own fun with your blind pet. 5-month-old Oskar, who also was born without eyes, can be seen in this video playing with his favorite improvised toy: a hair dryer! Says Oskar's owner, "His blindness does not hold him back at all. He can do pretty much everything ...

We showed this video of new iPad games for cats to an old friend of ours, Grumpy Old Cat. This is what Grumpy Old Cat had to say about it: "These young cats these days; they're so spoiled. iPad? Feh! In my day, we didn't have 'video games.' We didn't need video games. In my day, you were lucky if once in a while your owner got so bored that they threw a ball of old yarn on the floor for you to chase. That was the only 'toy' we ever had! That and mice. And I mean real mice, the kind you have to go outside to get (unless your owner keeps a dirty house). Not like these fake mice they have today, felt-covered lumps of plastic that rattle when you throw 'em. These cats today actually think ...

Here at Paw Nation, we love funny animal videos and we love pet stories. So we hit the streets to ask dogs (and their owners) about everything from how they were adopted to what the naughtiest things they've ever done are. It's our weekly video series, "Pet On The Street." This week we're in Chicago asking owners what their dogs love to play with. ...

Timmy and Tanya's love is the classic story of what happens when a shy boy tortoise meets fake, plastic girl tortoise. At the Tortoise Garden sanctuary in St. Austell, Cornwall, U.K., Timmy was "regularly bullied" by the other boys in the garden, leaving him shy and lonely. Even after he was introduced to other tortoises, they simply disliked him, even starting fights with the guy! But when the sanctuary owner Joy Bloors placed plastic Tanya inside the pen, it was love at first sight. Timmy immediately began to "nuzzle and kiss" her, and continues to play with her every day. In other words, true love exists, even among real and fake tortoises. Never give up hope! Share ...

Kyjen Squeaky Squigglers dog toys from Kyjen are described as "having flapping tentacles and squeaky heads, along with an inner layer of nylon for durability." There are four versions to choose from (pictured here is Squeaky Squiggler Sea Monster Squiddy) and come with a tennis ball double-stitched into the middle for extra imperishably and a squeaker which provides a thrill for Fido when he shakes the poor thing back and forth. In fact, the Squeaky Squiggler designer refers to that feature as the "flappability factor" -- coincidentally the name of the band we're now going to form. Oh, and also, we don't want to share it with our dogs. Like, seriously, a squishy sea creature toy? Can we ...