Asking for Quick Opinion

So a friend of mine had a basset hound, I bought him a lil ornament of a cute basset hound for christmas last year, but he sort of went into seclusion for several months and I wasn't able to give it to him

I found out Feb this year his dog passed away and thats why he went off the radar and eventually he got another dog and hes doing alot better now

so yea, back to the present

is it ever appropriate to give him something like this now? Do I just hang on to it? Is it okay to give it?