Iowa Animal Shelter Gives Their Rescue Dogs Chance To Pick Their Own Toys From Under The Christmas Tree

Dec 16, 2019 by apost team

It’s Christmas time, but sadly not everyone has a home for the holidays. Many dogs find themselves spending these special days in shelters, waiting for someone to want them. Thankfully, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa realized that these dogs need a little extra love during the Christmas season, so they set out to give them a party all of their own.

The League got the local shelter dogs together and surprised the animals with a large, decorated Christmas tree that was loaded with gifts, reports Cesar's Way. The dogs were then set free to go pick out their favorite gift from under the “Tree of Life”. A true Christmas gift, the dogs were able to take the special toy back to their kennels with them.

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The Tree of Life was loaded up with gifts such as dog squeaky toys, chew toys, bags of food, and even cat litter. While the necessities were to be shared among the animals in the kennel, the tree also gave dogs a chance to pick out a toy for themselves.

The shelter took a video of these excited pooches practically attacking the tree, overwhelmed with excitement as they were given the chance to pick out what might be their very first toy.

In the video, we see that the shelter took the dogs in one at a time to pick out their gifts, giving them a chance to choose what they really wanted without having to battle with the other animals.

Some of the dogs were so excited that they were even playing with the toys before they got them away from the tree. Aside from the dogs, the cats were also given a chance to pick out special toys.

When the video was uploaded online, the animal shelter was quick to point out that, while the animals were excited to get their new toys, what they really wanted most was a new home.

Sure enough, when the video started gaining popularity, people became interested in some of the beautiful pooches that they saw in it. As of now, the dogs named Jango, Snoop, Boss, Hemi, and Luanne have all found families that love them and they have been adopted.

Watch the video for yourself to see the excitement of these animals as they pick out their special presents. Have you ever let your dogs pick out presents under the tree? Let us hear what you think about this awesome idea to help shelter animals and then invite your friends to watch the video as well!