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Kim Kardashian revealed how the Pomeranian puppies she gifted to her kids for Christmas changed her family
"It's a handful, but it's taught my kids in the last few weeks so much responsibility," she said
After the reality star shared that she'd given each of her kids a Pomeranian puppy on Christmas morning, she received backlash from PETA, reminding her that "puppies are not plushies"
Kim Kardashianisnotapologizing for gifting her kids puppies for Christmas.
One month after she faced backlash for surprising each of her and four kids —North West, 12,Saint West, 10,Chicago West, 8, andPsalm West, 6 — whom she shares with exKanye West, withpuppies on Christmas morning, theThe Kardashiansstar, 45, shared how having six dogs — the 4 pups plus two older dogs — in the house has changed their family.
"These Pomeranians are so tiny," she told her sisterKhloé Kardashianduring a Jan. 28 episode of herKhloé in Wonder Landpodcast. "It's a handful, but it's taught my kids in the last few weeks so much responsibility."
Indeed, Kim said that North has even been traveling with her pup, whom she named Uzi, and always keeps the dog in her room.
Khloé, 41, added, "I do love that Chi cleans up after her dog. She's not great at it, but she does it."
Not long after the SKIMS founder shared that she welcomed four new furry family members by posting an adorable photo of the puppies on her Instagram Stories, she wasquickly met with backlashfor treating them like "plushies."
"Puppies are not plushies, and it's a damn shame that Kim missed the chance to be a spokesperson for shelter pups and instead is being rightly slammed on social media for that," Ingrid Newkirk, the founder ofPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said in a Dec. 28 statement.
Newkirk also emphasized that both Kim and Khloé — who also gifted a dog to her family on Christmas — should "call PETA or a local shelter the next time" they are looking to add a dog to the family.
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"[They can] try to make some amends now by sending their kids to volunteer at a local shelter or paying for a local shelter adopt-a-thon or at least one spay day to help stop the growing homeless puppy crisis," she added.
While Kim did not respond at the time, she shared a few videos ofher kids playing with their new Pomeranian puppieson her Instagram Stories just one week later.
The videos showed Chicago kissing and hugging a sable-furred puppy in the family's living room while Psalm shuffled around on his hands and knees trying to chase one of the dark-haired dogs around the room.
Then, Kim held up the same pooch as one of her kids yelled in the background, "Mommy, look, it licks me!"
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