Some pets need their favorite toy as much as we need them. Whether it’s dirty or barely holding it together, if the darn thing has become their source of comfort, they might refuse to part with it, even when their owner is stitching it, making sure it will last just a little while longer.

Dogs, for example, love to have soft and cuddly toys for comfort. These are great for catch and carry games, for the hunt and kill scenarios, and for the ease of separation anxiety if ever they have to travel to a new place.

Soft plushies are good for cats as well. Just like pups, they might be drawn to stuffed toys and even sleep with them, enjoying reassuring comfort in situations outside their comfort zone such as car travel and visiting their vet.

Bored Panda has collected a list of photos to show you just how sweet these relationships can look, so continue scrolling, upvote your favorites and enjoy.

#1 Bonnie Put Her Favourite Toy On My Packed Suitcase… Oh Man, The Feels

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#2 Pickles Has Found A New Toy To Guard. Let’s Hope Nobody Tries To Take It From Him

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#3 Hedgehog With Plushie

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#4 4 Years Later, She Has Ripped Up Hundreds Of Toys, But She Refuses To Hurt Her Dino

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#5 Elliot’s Owner Shares What He Looked Like At 4 Weeks vs. Full Grown, With His Favorite Toy

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#6 Twenty Year Old Mister With His Favourite Ghost Toy

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#7 Trash Panda Loves His Plushy Trash Panda Toy

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#8 My Dog’s Favorite Toy. Watching The Faces Of People Who Are Walking Past When My Dog Is Staring Out The Window With Them In His Mouth Is Brilliant

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#9 My Cat Carries His Toy With Him All Over The House. I Just Went Out In The Kitchen And Saw This. Apparently He Thought It Was Hungry Too.

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#10 My Friend’s Horse Showing Off His New Plushy. He Is Very Proud Of It.

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#11 How I Found Him Moments After I Changed The Batteries In His Snuggle Buddy, A Toy With A Little Heartbeat He’s Had Since He Was 3 Months Old

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#12 This Is Rizzo. She Likes To File Her Toys Now. I Have No Idea Why

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#13 My Son Has Noticed How Old Our Dog Is Getting, So He Tries To Comfort Her With His Stuffed Toy Sloth. She Loves It.

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#14 My Cat Ripped Open His Favorite Toy. This Is My Grandma Sewing It Back Together

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#15 A Good Boy Growing Up With His Favorite Toy

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#16 His Favorite Toy Is The One That Looks Just Like Him

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#17 My Cat With His Catnip Toy Bottle Of “Furrball Whiskey” That He Got For His Birthday. I Think He Likes It

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#18 This Is The Only Toy He Doesn’t Rip To Shreds

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#19 For 13 Years, He Has Tried To Catch A Squirrel To No Avail. I Just Bought Him A Plush One And The Poor Deprived Dog Has Been Carrying It Around With Him Everywhere All Day And Snuggling With It. Sorry It Took Me So Long Buddy

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#20 Whenever Someone Comes Over He Shows Them His Favorite Toy.

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#21 Sleeping Baby Corgi With His Toy

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#22 Today Was The First Day He’s Ever Picked Out His Toy At The Pet Store. He Carried It To The Car, Into The House, And Right Into His Crate At Bedtime. My Heart

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#23 Charlie’s Favorite Toy Is One That Looks Just Like Him

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#24 My Girl Molly With Her Favourite Toy

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#25 Holidays? Alpaca My Favorite Toy!

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#26 He Came In To The Thrift Store With His Toy And Then His Owner Asked Him Do A Trick For My Photo! Made My Day

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#27 My Mum Washed All The Dog’s Toys. And Now He Won’t Come In The House Without Them

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#28 All These Years Later And It’s Still Her Favourite Toy

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#29 Old Girl (15.5 Years Old) Cuddling Her Toy.

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#30 Her Favorite Toy Is A Stuffed Dog That Looks Just Like Her. Every Time I Visit She Grabs This Toy And Runs Over To Show Me

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#31 After 7 Years Of Buying Her Stuffed Toys That She Completely Destroys Within A Couple Days, I Finally Found Her One That She Absolutely Loves. She’s Had Her Dragon For Few Months Now And Cuddles It Every Chance She Gets

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#32 A Year Later And 12 Pounds Heavier, It’s Still Dobby’s Favorite Toy.

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#33 Almost Every Morning My Puppy Likes To Grab A Toy And Take It To Go Potty. It’s The Cutest Thing Ever

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#34 My Sister In Laws Dog With His Toy Cigar

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#35 “Do My Toys Really Need A Bath, Mom?”

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#36 My Pup Waiting For My Husband To Get Home! She Likes To Bring Him A Toy

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#37 Our 6yo Rescue Dog Didn’t Know What Toys Were. He’s Slowly Learning, And His Favorites Are The Plushies. Here Is Frank With Slothy.

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#38 Murphy Destroys Every Single Toy He Gets Within A Few Hours, Yet This One Is Different. He Only Cuddles It And Won’t Let Anyone Touch It

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#39 Dino Is His Favorite Toy. He’s Our Favorite Pup.

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#40 As A Lonely Kitten, Monster (Left) Would Pull The Stuffed Animal Off The Shelf For Cuddles, Kisses, And Play Times. It’s 6 Yrs Later And The Toy We Now Refer To As “Monster’s Baby” Has Made It To Every Vet Visit, Emergency Surgery, And New Home. Baby Is A Lil Worn But Monster Loves Him All The Same.

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#41 Cuddled Up With Her Favorite Toy, Watching Her Favorite Movie

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#42 Ollie Is Still Obsessed With His Toy Donut That He Received From Secret Santa Almost Two Years Ago

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#43 She Never Greets People At The Door “Empty-Handed” – Everyone Gets Shown A Toy. No Takes, Though. For Your Viewing Pleasure Only

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#44 My Parents Bullmastiff Never Chews On Any Of Her Toys And Shows Them Off To Anyone That Comes Over

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#45 My Cat Has A Stuffed Kitten Toy That He Treats Like His Baby And Grooms

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#46 My 12-Ish Year Old Dog Has Adopted This Eeyore Plushie As A Baby And Carries It About All Day

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#47 Good Girl Waiting For Dad To Fix Her Favorite Toy

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#48 That Banana Is Now Always On The Porch For Him

My neighbor’s kitty was hanging out with me while I gardened. He ended up walking into the garage, finding an old bag of cat toys, and pulled out a catnip banana. This was him for the next 30 minutes.

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#49 My Kitten, Khaleesi, Is Obsessed With Cuddling My Dog’s Dragon Toy… I Guess I Gave Her The Perfect Name

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#50 My Name Is Milo And I Was Just Rescued, I Wouldn’t Leave The Shelter Without My Favorite Toy Though So They Let Me Keep It!

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#51 I Thought He Was Feeling A Bit Lonely On His First Day So I Got Him An Old Toy

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#52 The Teddy Used To Be His Sister’s Before She Died. Now Eddie Carries It Around With Him And It’s The Only Toy He’s Never Destroyed

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#53 My 7yr Old Girl That I Rescued 4 Years Ago Waiting Ever So Patiently For My 79yr Old Grandma To Fix One Of Her Favorite Toys

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#54 Boomer Is Nervously Waiting For Me To Fix His Favorite Toy

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#55 My Dog’s Favorite Toy Is Herself

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#56 Malfoy Likes To Bring People His Monkey Toy When He Is Happy

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#57 We Got This Dog Toy At Target And She’s Obsessed With It ? She Fell Asleep Like That ?

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#58 He’s Destroyed Every Toy He Owns. Except For The First One He Ever Met

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#59 Three Years Later, His First Toy Is Still His Favorite

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#60 My Spaniel Will Only Put Down Her Toy Badger When It’s Time To Eat

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#61 Guess Who’s 17 Today And Still Has Her Favourite Toy From A Puppy

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#62 My Friends Cat Loves To Sleep With His Stuffed Toy, I Thought More People Deserved To See This

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#63 The Cutest Moment Of My Life, The Brown Doggie Went Back Inside The Car To Grab The Stuffed Animals To Offer It To The Other Doggie

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#64 The Kitten We Rescued. Meet Luna, Sleeping With Her Toy Mouse

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#65 His Favourite Toy

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#66 My Girl Turned 9 Today. She Couldn’t Stop Smiling When She Got Her New Toy

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#67 Find Someone That Looks At You The Way Sookie Looks At This Sandwich Plushie.

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#68 My Pup Playing With Her Favorite Toy

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#69 Safety Of Toys > Personal Comfort

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#70 Almost 18 Years Old And Still Sleeping With The Toy Frog She’s Had For 14 Years

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#71 Yesterday My Cat Brought Me And My Husband His Favorite Bear Toy And I Just ?

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#72 A Kitten With His Pillow

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#73 Every Time I Pack A Suitcase She Has To Lay In It. Every Time. This Time, She Decided To Pack Me A Toy

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#74 Morty’s First Squeak Toy. It’s A Pig. He Thinks We Hurt It When Squeezing It, So He’s Been Protecting It For The Last 45 Minutes

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#75 When He’s Ready For Bed, He Collects His Toys And Then Comes To Stare Into My Soul Until I Get Up From The Sofa

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#76 We Rescued Him A Month Ago From The Humane Society. He Has Finally Started To Bring His Toys To Us For Play Time! His Name Is Kona

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#77 Operating On My Dogs Favourite Toy. He Looks Very Concerned

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#78 She’s Deaf And Mostly Blind But She Loves Fetching And Catching Toys

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#79 This Is Buster. He’s Almost 14, And Loves His Toys

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#80 He Loves His Dragon Toy And Wants To Show It Too You

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#81 Every Morning She Guards Her Favorite Toy From The Birds!

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#82 Oscar With His 18in Paint Roller. What Is Your Pet’s Favorite Non-Toy Toy?

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#83 This Is My Favorite Toy. I Brought It To You Because I Love You

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#84 Nothing Helps Chelsea Our Corgi Pupper Sleep Like A New Bed And Her Favorite Toy

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#85 Gave This Toy Dog To My Dog When She Was A Baby. Now It’s Her Favorite Dog

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#86 My Dog’s Face Through Her Favorite Toy

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#87 Chewy Was Up Several Times During The Night! When I Awoke I Noticed He Surrounded Himself With His Favorite Toys And His Head Was Resting In The Log!

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#88 He Sleeps So Happily With His Toy.

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#89 Her Favorite Toys

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#90 He’s So Proud Of His New Toy – He Carried It All The Way Home From The Pet Store

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#91 Just My Boy Ralph Watching The Birds While Holding One Of His Favorite Toys

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#92 Posted Byu/Annikamonti 1 Month Ago Wholesome Isn‘T It Normal That A Labrador Walks With His Plush Toy Into The Wood? Monti Thinks So. Never Without His Teddy Bear „teddy“.

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#93 Wanted To Show Off My Baby With Her Favourite Toy

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#94 My Dog Randomly Cudding With My 2 Year Old Niece’s Toy

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#95 My Floofer Always Stacks His Toys To Lay His Face On

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#96 I Love How Puppies Are All Go, Go, Go, Until They Konk Out. Mid Play. With The Toy Still In Their Mouth. My Teddy

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#97 My Moms Dog Took The Princess Bubblegum Plush I Gave Her (It’s Old, Idk Why It Doesn’t Have A Crown)

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#98 I’m Not Going To Tell Her It’s Only A Toy

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#99 My German Shepherd With His Toy German Shepherd

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#100 My Cat Skye Has Decided She Absolutely Loves Her Toy

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#101 Sleeping Dog. Check. Dog’s Favorite Toy. Check. Happy. Double Check.

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#102 A Smelly Boy And His Dinosaur Toy

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#103 This Is Miley And This Is Her Favorite Toy Lion. She Likes To Bring It Out To Show Off When She’s In A Good Mood

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#104 Sam The Dog Chewing On A Favorite Toy.

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#105 Ladies And Gentlemen! He Finally Did It! After 11 Months On This Earth My Boy Moose Got Two Toys In His Mouth At The Same Time! He Was So Proud Of Himself

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#106 My Dog Tore Open His Yoda Plush Toy And The Squeaker Inside Is A Heart

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#107 He Loved These Huge Shiba Plushes That We Brought Back

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#108 My Puppy Brings Me Toys When I’m Pooping So I Don’t Get Bored

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#109 The First Toy He Picked Out On Our Way Home From The Shelter. He’s Never Rough With His Baby, Only Carries It With Him From Room To Room And Lays On Or Cuddles It

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#110 Excited To Buy A New Toy

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#111 He’s Destroyed Every Toy Except This Deer – We Gave It To Him On The First Night Home And It’s Only For Snuggling

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#112 I Posted Mona On This Sub A Year Ago. She Is Still Very Sassy And Very Protective Of Her Piggie Toy.

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#113 This Is Ham, He Found A Sponge, And It’s His New Favorite Toy.

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#114 Here’s Toshi, Who Stole My Dog’s Favorite Toy.

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#115 I Think He Likes His New Toy :3

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#116 ‘This Is My Toy, You Can’t Have It’

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#117 Buddy Boy Decided To Get All His Favorite Toys Together And Pose For A Pic. Diva Doggo!

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#118 My 14 Year Old Staffordshire. He’s Never Liked Toys But He Loves This Duck

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#119 Rainy Afternoons Are Spent Best Napping With Your Favorite Toy

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#120 Adopted This Guy A Week Ago. Was Scared Of Everything, But Decided To Trust Me. Four Days Later, And He Is A Very Good Boy With His Very First Own Squeaky Toy

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#121 She’s Always Bringing Toys With Her

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#122 Baby Is A Lil Worn But Monster Loves Him All The Same

As a lonely kitten, Monster (left) would pull the stuffed animal off the shelf for cuddles, kisses, and playtimes. It’s 6 years later and the toy we now refer to as “Monster’s Baby” has made it to every vet visit, emergency surgery, and new home.

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#123 For His First Halloween, Jeeves Dressed Up To Match His Favorite Toy, Frog! ?

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#124 No Matter How Tough A Dog Is, They Turn To Mush When They Have Their Favorite Plush Toy ?

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#125 My Girl’s Favorite Toy Is Currently A Little Sloth Lol She Won’t Let It Out Of Her Sight!

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#126 This Is My Good Boy, Pepper, With His New Toy

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#127 Our Sweet Luna’s Favorite New Toy, Gifted By Our Toddler As A Chew Toy But Is Carefully Treated Like Her Baby!

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#128 Lily Resting Loving On Her Toy.

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#129 My Furry Monster Cuddling Her Toy

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#130 Got Up And Took A Shower Before Heading Out To Work. Someone Decided To Try And Entice Me Back To Bed With Her Favorite Toy…

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#131 Random Stranger Saw My Dog In The Car, Asked To Pet Him, Then Said Merry Christmas And Handed Him A Newly Bought Toy From His Own Groceries. Best Show Of Holiday Spirit I’ve Ever Seen

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#132 My Girlfriend’s Dog Knew She Was Feeling Unwell So She Brought Her A Toy

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#133 Get Yourself Someone Who Looks At You The Way Ninja Looks At His Toy

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#134 My Old Lady Showing Off Her New Toy

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#135 Maximus Always Has To Have His Plush Toys With Him. He Often Uses Them As Pillows Too!

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#136 Ronnie Enjoying His Toy At The Park.

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#137 This Is Nico And His Favourite Toy When He Was A Pup.

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#138 Best Girl Turns 10. Destroyed 3 Toys In Under 2 Hours And Ate Cake

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#139 Bru’s Reaction To His Favorite Toy!

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#140 My Grandma’s Dog And Her Toys, She Has Never Torn Apart One And My Grandma Washes Them For Her

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#141 My Handsome Boy Loves Nothing More Than His Feather Toy.

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#142 My Puppy Rusty (Red Collar) And His Sister Bella (Pink Collar) Chewing On Their Rope Toy.

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#143 Denver Has A Basket Of His Favorite Toys Right There, But Prefers A Toilet Paper Roll.

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#144 He’s With His Favorite Toy 🙂

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#145 Happy Poodle With His Favorite Toy

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#146 Noodle Passed Out After Playing With His Toys! ?

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#147 My Mommy Buys Me All Kinds Of Toys But My Favorite Are Pepsi Boxes

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#148 I Think She Likes Her New Toy

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#149 Ollie Is Still Obsessed With His Toy Donut That He Received From Our Secret Santa Almost Two Years Ago. Thank You Again, Kind Stranger

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#150 My Kitten, Khaleesi, Is Obsessed With Cuddling My Dog’s Dragon Toy. I Guess I Gave Her The Perfect Name

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