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What can I get my partner from the dog?

Get your partner something the dog would actually say. A gift "from the dog" works best when it names the dog's real habits: waiting by the door, stealing their side of the bed, the morning walk. Put those words in a short note signed with the dog's name, and give it with a gift painted from the dog's photo.

Example: a dog painted on a mug, a sherpa blanket and a framed portrait in one living room.

Mug $45 · Blanket $129 · Portrait from $59

Make one for my dog

The details

The best gifts from the dog are specific. Your partner already knows the dog loves them. What makes them laugh, then go quiet, is seeing the dog's exact habits in writing, as if the dog had finally said it.

Start with what the dog really does

Think about three moments:

When your partner comes home. Does the dog wait at the door, bring a shoe, spin in circles, or play it cool for about four seconds?
The dog's spot. On their feet, their side of the bed, next to them on the couch?
What the two of them do together. The morning walk, coffee, movie night, naps, car rides.

Each one becomes a line in the dog's own voice:

I hear your car long before anyone else.
I took your side of the bed to keep it warm.
Our walks are the best part of my day.

Let the dog's personality decide how it says them. A Border Collie keeps track of everything ("I keep the couch warm and one eye on you."); a Poodle has excellent taste ("I took the couch beside you because I have good taste."); a Beagle notices the world nose first ("The couch smells like you, so that's where I settle."). Same couch, three different dogs.

Paint it on something they'll use

A mug if their mornings start with the dog and coffee.
A personality blanket if the two of them own the couch.
A framed print for a wall they walk past every day.

Sign it from the dog

End the note with the dog's name: "Love, Biscuit". It's the detail people point at.

How Heartside does it

Heartside turns your answers into the dog's note. You tell Buddy, our dachshund host, about your dog, mostly by tapping answers. Choose an illustrated mug ($45), a personality blanket ($129), or a 12 × 18 inch portrait, unframed ($59) or framed ($119). Each gift is your dog painted from your photo, with no words printed on it. The note in your dog's voice comes in the box and on a free digital card. A person checks every order before it prints, and US shipping is free.