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Pet portraits: Festive pictures of the north and north-east’s cutest Christmas companions

From cats with Santa hats to dogs with antlers... here are some crackers of Christmas pets.

Spaniel in front of Christmas Tree.
The P&J have compiled the definitive list of Christmas companions ahead of the festive season. Image: Lauren Mitchell.

Dogs

Max the dog
Max is looking very festive in his jumper next to the Christmas Tree! Image: Karen Mitchell.
Belle the dog
Belle has donned a pair of antlers in the festive season. Image: Raegan Haggart.
Enzo the dog
Santa Claus is looking a little different this year, has he lost weight…? Image: Paulene Antonio.
Obi the dog
The search for the missing tinsel from the Christmas tree is over… Image: Louise Emlay.
Hallie the dog
It will be Hallie’s first Christmas this year. Image: Coleen Thomson.
Maggie and Nellie.
Its the more the merrier this Christmas and Maggie and Nellie are excited for the festive season. Image: Emma Deakin.
Arthur the dog
Arthur, strike a festive pawse! Image: Carol Durno.
Arya the dog
When Santa finds out that Arya has replaced one of his reindeers, he’ll hit the woof! Image: Sasha Chetal.
Dexter the dog.
The Emlays hardly knew what to do when their new black and white Christmas tree started to bark… Image: Louise Emlay.
Luna the dog.
Luna’s already counting the number of sleeps until Christmas. Image: Chantelle Ewing.
Buddy the dog
Buddy is hoping to catch a glimpse of the reindeer on Christmas Day. Image: Alison Lawrence.
Harley the dog.
Harley can hardly contain his excitement for the big day coming up. Image: Gemma Jardine.
Geordie the dog
Save a space on the tree for one of Geordie’s baubles! Image: Aileen Milne.
Louis
Louis is wrapping up warm for his first Christmas. Image: Lauren Middleton.
Mya the dog.
Mya has her best Christmas jumper looked out ahead of the big day. Image: Emma Inch.
Dudley the dog
Dudley has been spoiled this year with all those presents under the tree! Image: Paul Clark.
Bailey
With so many presents to deliver this year, Santa has had to hire more hands – and Bailey was happy to put on the suit. Image: Michaela Brown.
Piper the dog
With all that fur, there was no need for a Christmas jumper for Piper. Image: Dr Pauline Bremner.
Iona Hutchison
The Hutchison’s might have been a little concerned that one of the presents under the tree looked a little fluffy… Image: Iona Hutchison.
Whisky the dog
December time means the antler ears come out! Image: Laura Kessack.
Unnamed dog
Santa looks to have abandoned his sleigh this year and replaced it with something with a little more bite. Image: Andy Beecham.