A self-cleaning litterbox. Absolutely worth it.

Medical care. Worth it.

Bought an automatic door opener (the type for handicapped people in wheelchairs) so the dogs can come and go as they please to/from the back yard. I setup infrared sensors inside and outside near the dogs level (off to the side outside) and they quickly figured out how to open the door on their own.

Was like $600 but man was it worth it! Never have to worry about them being locked in or pestering me to go out. My big dog also gets a huge kick out of sneaking up on the pool guy and barking at him (just once!) when he's not looking 🤣

6' cat wheel. Did not run on it once. Drove it two hours to a friend's house.

$250

An AirTag for my wife's cat, along with a collar holder. She's an indoor cat but REALLY wants to get out. We got it after reports of coyotes roaming around and attacking small pets.

One time she darted out a sliding door window, we tried to track her down. Went all over the house, then outside. Ended up driving all over the neighborhood. Nothing. Turned out the whole time she was hiding under a car, 20ft from where she got out.

Confidence in the tech is low.

Our bird isn’t with us anymore, but years ago I bought her a special made backpack with mesh windows and some wooden perches inside it so I could take her outside. It was excellent.

Apparently the squishmallows I got her are an obscene show of wealth, according to my family and her doggy daycare. I got them for like $10 each from Costco. She is a texture gal and always squishes and kneads her toys so I knew she'd love squishmallows. She sleeps with her head pushed onto one every night.

Probably just their grooming every 2-3 months, which has gotten VERY expensive as inflation has made groomers' lives hell and they've had to pass on those costs.

But, 100% worth it. My pups seem to know how good they look and love strutting around and getting attention from passersby on our walks.

LitterRobot 3 -- Died after a year.. I am not spending money on repairing it as I think the design is fundamentally flawed (DFI system gets pee and litter in it by design and fails). LitterRobot 4 fixes SOME of the issues but I am not dropping that much money on another robot litter box..

I loved not having to scoop so regularly and the immediate clean cycle actually made the litter last longer with just a few top ups.

I have purchased two cat fountains, both died in like 6mo of use even with filters and careful cleaning. Cats loved them and they were purchased because they were not drinking enough.. Found out all I needed was a CHEAP larger diameter bowl as their whiskers were touching the edges and that is why they didn't drink much from other bowls.

Bilateral TPLO surgery on my cat's back legs. It put my wife and I in debt.

And 2 litter robots.

Our older dachshund has really severe separation anxiety when my mom is out of the house.

We got him a puppy. Who has separation anxiety from me.

Expensive in time and labor, moderately expensive in costs. I built a set of floating shelves that went up around a corner, to a ledge at the top of a big window, and off another way for a cat-only path to the second floor. And it was designed to fit the design of the rest of the room.

It was a lot for a rental I only lived in for two years, but worth it for how much my cat enjoyed it.

This dog bed: https://bigbarker.com/

Got it with the waterproof protector and an extra cover so I can wash one at a time easily. Totally worth it, I could sleep on this thing its so comfy.

and I second the auto feeder thing. completely changed my relationship with my first cat

Litter Robot. But, if I'm being honest, I bought it for myself.

I got it on the recommendation of a family member. 9 outta 10 would recommend. It gets stuck once in a great while and doesn't sort the litter / feces, requiring mild intervention. Game changer because one of our kitties stopped burying (I think because she's a Maine Coon and was bad at it due to size constraints in the old litter box, despite having the largest available).

4 week board and train program. It cost $4500.

Our standard poodle is a rescue that was heavily abused by her previous owner. She would get scared and bite. I figured the training would be cheaper than a lawsuit. It's made a HUGE difference in her behavior.

This is a little weird, but I wanted to take my cat on a trip to the beach. For some reason I thought she would enjoy seeing the ocean. Maybe in our next life...

I bought my cat an auto feeder and a filtered water fountain. Definitely quite pricey, but it's amazing not getting woken up by meows to feed her each morning. Plus, it keeps her on a consistent schedule and seems like she drinks much more water with the filtered fountain too.

I buy my Guinea pig fresh veggies every week and buy myself frozen veggies. unfortunately for me my pigs love the expensive ones like cucumber and don't like cheap veggies like carrot or broccoli.

The surgery that gutted her like a fishie from stem to stern and then the two weeks of delicate care for her. She decided to grow things inside herself (not cancerous, luckily) but still, you know. Bad.

It was insanely expensive. My mother paid as we couldn't.

Mother herself has a medically delicate cat, who is actually staying over currently so I can take care of her medical needs while the cat yells at me about how I'm not perfect. But I'm okay at taking care of her. So I get the honor of doing whatever the cat wants, immediately.

Water fountain

She absolutely preferred it over a standard bowl

I bought my cat a massive cat tree also and have zero regrets, she loves it.

$500 bucks plush toy.

Other than surgery? My wife got a cat tree. He loves it.

I have a bonus, the cheapest thing our cat loves is paper bags that we get free from our one grocery store.

Her ashes.

I don't know that I've gotten them anything that I would describe as extravagent. Expensive? Definitely.

I spend about 30% of my income on their monthly supplies (mainly food and medications). Probably not the smartest decision financially but I have zero regrets. I love my babies and would spend the whole world's wealth on them. Which is probably why I am not wealthy 🫣🤑🥸

A puppy, and no, even though she did die of cancer right after she turned two. She was my joy.