{"id":3733,"date":"2025-11-25T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/brits-to-spend-328m-on-dogs-for-christmas-more-than-on-friends-and-family-members\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:11:57","slug":"brits-to-spend-328m-on-dogs-for-christmas-more-than-on-friends-and-family-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/brits-to-spend-328m-on-dogs-for-christmas-more-than-on-friends-and-family-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits to spend \u00a3328m on dogs for Christmas &#8211; more than on friends and family members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-11-25 13:11:55<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Britain has officially gone barking mad for Christmas, after new research revealed UK pet parents are preparing to shower their pups with a staggering \u00a3382 million worth of festive gifts this year &#8211;  overtaking spending on friends, cousins, and uncles. <BR><br \/>\nTurns out dogs aren\u2019t just part of the family anymore &#8211; they are the family, muscling their way into second place in the national spending hierarchy, just behind immediate relatives and miles ahead of pals.<BR><br \/>\nWarburtons have revealed the Crum-PET Bed &#8211; a limited-edition dog bed shaped like a giant crumpet, priced at \u00a320-\u00a325.<BR><br \/>\nAnd judging by the numbers, pups across the UK are about to live like furry monarchs. <BR><br \/>\nLondon tops the spend-fest at \u00a331.70 per dog, with Glasgow (\u00a330.30) and Bath\/Manchester (\u00a327.70) snapping closely at their heels. <BR><br \/>\nSpare a tear for Wrexham\u2019s under-gifted hounds, whose stockings limp in at a humble \u00a313.10.<BR><br \/>\nBreed bias is very real, too.<BR><br \/>\nBeagles are officially Britain\u2019s most spoiled dogs, with 95 per cent of owners buying gifts for them. Rottweilers, meanwhile, get presents less often &#8211; but when they do, they\u2019re basically handed the keys to the kingdom, averaging a whopping \u00a334.40 per gift.<BR><br \/>\nAnd forget Christmas being a once-a-year splurge. <BR><br \/>\nNearly three-quarters of owners celebrate their dog\u2019s birthday, and almost a third mark their \u201cgotcha day,\u201d Halloween, or Easter with presents. <BR><br \/>\nBecause nothing says \u201cseasonal joy\u201d like a Dachshund dressed as a pumpkin receiving biscuits shaped like ghosts.<BR><br \/>\nWith more than half of Brits declaring their dog the true boss of the house, Warburtons\u2019 Jonathan Warburton sums up the nation\u2019s mood: \u201cIf humans get crumpet-soft luxury, why shouldn\u2019t the dog?\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-11-25 13:11:55 Britain has officially gone barking mad for Christmas, after new research revealed UK pet parents are preparing to shower their pups with a staggering \u00a3382 million worth of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}