9 Over-the-Top (but So Necessary) Ways to Indulge Your Pet

Commission a Pet Portrait
Los Angeles–based artist Julie Arnoff creates whimsical, drippy oil-and-acrylic paintings of your dog or cat. Best of all, booking a session with her is as spontaneous as her brushstrokes seem: Just stop by her tent at the Melrose Trading Post or the Arts District Flea Market and for $175, she’ll immortalize your pet.

Gift Your Feline a Cat Ladder
All the rage in Switzerland (and the subject of an upcoming book), cat ladders are jerry-rigged structures that let a cat walk from one balcony or fire escape to the next. While we’re not going to tilt one against our windowsill anytime soon, we love the indoor models you can have custom made.