We've done a Blessing of the Pets for the last couple of years and it's been great. No problems between animals or their humans. Small animals and cats stay in their cages, dogs stay on their leashes and everyone is happy. We keep the liturgy very short and at the end we have a table set up on our front lawn with desserts and lemonade for the humans and cat and dog treats and bowls of water for the pets, so we get to hang out and fellowship. It's a great thing for people to bring friends to and a fun way to see folks with their "other" family members.

I love the offering idea, we'll add that this year.