January BarkBox Review and giveaway

Those of you who follow my blog will know I am a big fan of BarkBox, and in fact I found out today I was one of their first ever customers when they launched 13 months ago.

Each month you receive a box with 4 - 6 items in it. They include a variety of items, all of them a surprise until the box arrives. Check back through my previous blog posts to see previous box contents.

My dogs know they get a box each month, and I let them rip open the box. This months box must have smelled extra good as it didn't take Bluey long to open the box and pull out the first treat.

The first treat was a 100% beef bully stick from Barkworthies - these have been included in the box before and are a huge hit with my two. Luckily I was able to break it into two so they could have half each.

The next item was a 'wee-nut' from Ruff Dawg, it's a rubber toy made in the USA and you can stuff it with treats.

The yumzies are all natural, grain free treats from Nootie, my two have had these in the past and again are huge huge fans of them. Hopefully they will enjoy the peanut butter flavored one.

How cute is this toy, apparently he is called Elton the Octopus and he is from Jax and Bones, not only do they make cute toys, they donate a portion of each sale to  The Rescue Train - an organization that is dedicated to saving animal lives.

When you sign up for your BarkBox you select the size of your dog, small (0-20lbs) - this is the size I get each month, medium (20-50lbs) or large (50lbs+). You then have three subscription options. You can pay monthly which is $29 a month, or you can pay up front for 3 months which is $23 a month, or you can go for the 6 month subscription which works out at $18.20 a month, this is the option I go for. BarkBox also donate 10% of all proceeds to local shelters and rescues, I'm not sure which ones, as I couldn't see anything on their site, but they do send an update email each month (which I must confess I don't read!) so it maybe featured in there.

They have also launched a new service where members can get 25% off popular products for a limited time.

Anyone who wants to sign up can use the following link and they will receive $5 off their first box
 https://barkbox.com/r/6YgR2CIKcw/

Now on to the main event, BarkBox have kindly offered to give one of my readers a free box (or $29 off a 3 or 6 month subscription).

The giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only. All entries must be submitted using rafflecopter (below)





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Disclaimer:  BarkBox was not provided to me free of charge, I am a paid subscriber. The opinions expressed are all mine and I was not required to provide a positive review in return for the prize for the above giveaway.

September BarkBox

I seem to be playing catchup with my blog posts this week.

Another month and another BarkBox, I received a similar size box the other week in the mail and Bluey assumed it was his and tried to open it, so I will have to make sure I don't leave any other boxes lying around. As you can see from video he certainly enjoys opening his box each month

There were lots of yummy edible treats in this months box, which maybe why Bluey was so eager to open it.

 

The first item we took out was the chewable toy that also floats from West Paw Design , my dogs aren't big fans of these type of toys, so we will be donating to one of their friends.

  

The Z bones from Zukes went down a treat and were the ideal size for my two, we got carrot crunch, apple crisp and cherry berry. They are great grain free dental bones for helping clean teeth and freshen breath. My two loved all three flavors. 

 

The treats from Whole Life Pet are organic freeze dried treats, my two loved the chicken ones, they haven't tried the sweet potato ones yet, but they have had sweet potato in the past and I know they love it, so I know they will love these when I give them to them.

The chew from Barkworthies is made from 100% natural grass fed Angus beef, at first my two weren't interested in this, so I left it on the floor for them, an hour later they devoured it. The only downside to this was Bluey had really bad gas after eating it :(

The bath wipes from LA Fresh are handy to keep around for when you don't want to give your dog a full bath, and just need to give them a quick freshen. They maybe handy to keep in the car.

We also received a $10 off coupon for Wag.com, which is a site that sells everything you may need for your pets.

If you are thinking of signing up for a box for your dog, then use the following link and you will get $5 off your first box https://barkbox.com/r/6YgR2CIKcw/ your dogs will love you for it :)

April BarkBox

Jess and Bluey and I all agree that April's BarkBox was the best box so far. All three of us loved it. I also want to say a special thank you to Carly for being so great and quick at responding to my emails :)

As usual both dogs were eager to check out the box as soon as it arrived, and Bluey was quick to try and take things out of the box this month too!

It turned out the reason for the extreme eagerness was this ring shaped bully stick from Barkworthies. Bluey quickly removed it and ran off, so I had to retrieve it quickly for this photo, then proceed to teach them sharing! Bluey was very good and after a short while he let Jess finish it off. This is definitely something I am going to be buying for them in the future, but maybe a bigger version as it didn't take them long to eat it.

The next item I also let them have straight away which they enjoyed was the cookies from Little Eatz, when I opened the packet I was 'wow these smell good enough to eat' and was tempted to try one, but thought no I'm not that hungry that I want to eat dog cookies. Then later on I was reading the information card in the box and it turns out the cookies are edible for humans and dogs - what an awesome idea, well I didn't need to be told twice! I was straight back to the pack trying them and I can say they are very yummy, but don't worry I'll let the pups keep their cookies.

The next product was some eco friendly doggy poop bags from Eco Dog Planet, and will of course come in very handy and some vitamins fro K-10+ that you dissolve in  your dogs water bowl. I received the calcium one, but they do a variety of ones. Not too sure if I will use this as I'm not too keen on adding things to my dog's water.

The last (but by no means least) item is my favorite. The Freezy Pups kit. My dogs love eating ice cubes and doggy frozen yogurt, so this is going to be used lots in the summer. It is basically an ice cube trade (bone shaped of course!) and comes with four organic flavors - white cheddar cheese, chicken soup, juicy apple and sweet potato n maple. Sounds good enough to eat. My two are going to love these as treats in the summer to help keep them cool.

I nearly forgot I received something for me too :) A very nice Barkbox tshirt, I haven't had a chance to wear it yet as it smells of bully sticks after being in the box, so is currently waiting to be washed, but I look forward to wearing it to the dog park and telling everyone about BarkBox.

For those of you who haven't signed up yet - WHY NOT?! 

If you use this the referral code SASCO020 when you sign up you will receive $5 off your first BarkBox - go on what's stopping you?