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3/25 Sunday Coupon Preview: Blue Natural, Purina + More!

by Anne on March 22, 2012

Sunday coupons are almost here! Here’s your preview!

Please note that there are regional differences in coupons, and your newspaper may not have all of the same coupons or same values as listed below.

However, if there’s a great coupon missing from your insert, you can always buy additional coupons from a coupon clipping service!

SmartSource (SS 03/25/12)

$2/1 Blue Natural Dry Cat Food, exp. 4/25/12
$3/1 Blue Natural Dry Dog Food, exp. 4/25/12
B10G2 Blue Wet Dog or Cat Food, exp. 4/25/12

RedPlum (RP 03/25/12)

$1/2 Purina Beggin’ Dog Snacks, exp. 6/25/12
$1/1 Purina Busy Bone, exp. 6/25/12

Happy Pet Savings!

Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom!

Adopt a Dog? Get a Free Month Supply of Pedigree

by Anne on March 21, 2012

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Have you recently adopted a dog? If so, you’re in luck. Download and complete this simple form and Pedigree will send you a free month supply of Pedigree dog food. Offer is valid through December 2012. Don’t feed your dog this brand? Get the free dog food and donate it to your local animal shelter.

Happy Pet Savings!

Is Feeding a Rotation Diet Good For Your Dog?

by Melissa on January 17, 2012

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Many dog owners have questioned whether or not feeding their dog the same thing over and over again on a daily basis is a good idea. This is where something known as the “rotation diet” comes in. The rotation diet is one that switches a dog’s diet up on a daily, weekly, or other periodical basis, usually determined by the owner.

Why a rotation diet? This type of feeding is done to avoid too much or too little of some vitamins and minerals, or other dietary ingredients. The advantages of this type of diet lessens the chance of toxins building up in the body, lessens the change of allergies, and helps fussy dogs keep trying different types of food. The major disadvantages of a rotation diet are that some dogs, especially ones with sensitive stomachs, may experience intestinal upset from switching foods often.

Dog Food Analysis has this to say about the rotation diet:

Dogs (actually all mammals) are designed to consume a range of different foods, and to obtain differing vitamins and minerals from each. They are not designed to eat “only chicken” or “only lamb” or any other food item for eternity. Changing foods, importantly the contents of those foods, every so often helps to give them the variety their bodies were designed to thrive on.

Rotation diets can be done with raw feeding, canned food, and dry kibble. Nature’s Variety pet food is one advocate of rotation feeding, and they suggest rotating between different proteins for the best results. Nature’s Variety also has raw, canned, and dry food available in proteins like beef, chicken, duck, lamb, bison, and venison.

If you aren’t comfortable switching the main food, one way to switch up the diet is to add fresh food to standard dry kibble. Adding foods like carrots, sardines, bananas, berries, potatoes, peas, and other fresh, whole foods will give pets an extra nutritional boost. Even crushed eggshells provide a dose of calcium.

If you’re interested in feeding a rotation diet for your pet, the best option is to discuss it with a holistic veterinarian that can find a plan that works for your pet.

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This article was written by My Pet Saving’s contributor Melissa. She has a master’s degree in creative writing, owns several pets and runs her own online pet magazine. To learn more about this author check out the contributor profile page.

Dr. Gary’s Best Breed Pet Food

by Melissa on October 30, 2011

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Feeding a pet is not easy with all of the advertising out there that has special claims as to what makes one company’s food superior to the next. Many animal nutritionists claim that making food for a specific breed or age is irrelevant, while other veterinarians and holistic health proponents disagree. One veterinarian in the latter camp is Dr. Gary Cotton, DVM, otherwise known as “Dr. Gary”, founder of Dr. Gary’s Best Breed dog and cat food.

In 1994, Dr. Gary was working at a clinic in Ohio, where he observed health conditions that he believed to be caused by nutrition, or lack thereof. By suggesting changes to clients, Dr. Gary watched health conditions improve, which in turn led him to develop a Best Breed. The first diet offered was Best Breed Cocker Spaniel. It was made to address the typical cocker spaniel health issues of “oily skin, infected ears, bad colon, and high irritability.”

The philosophy behind Best Breed is “common sense nutrition”. This is described by Best Breed as:
“Common Sense Nutrition means we disregard the usual marketing and cost control techniques often used by the large conglomerate pet food companies and simply develop the healthiest all-natural pet foods possible.”

This means the food is manufactured with human-grade ingredients, not meat and corn by-products or harmful chemicals. The food is cooked slowly at low temperatures to keep the nutritional value high. One plus point is that Best Breed uses non-GMO ingredients and US suppliers.

Today, there are twelve different diets to choose from for dogs. Specific breeds include cocker spaniel, “German dog diet”, poodle, and schnauzer. There is also a field dog diet, working dog diet, puppy, all-breed, and senior dog diet, along with two “holistic plus” blends. There is also a cat food diet available and some supplements.

Even if someone is skeptical about whether or not age or breed formulas are relevant in pet food, Dr. Gary’s Best Breed does contain ingredients that are made out of whole food sources. The first four ingredients of the cocker spaniel diet food are chicken meal, pearled barley, oatmeal, and dried beet pulp (“beet residue remaining after juices have been extracted for sugar (sucrose) or molasses production”). More whole meat sources would be a benefit to this food; however, it does seem to be a good option for feeding, and comparable to a food like Canidae.

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This article was written by My Pet Saving’s contributor Melissa. She has a master’s degree in creative writing, owns several pets and runs her own online pet magazine. To learn more about this author check out the contributor profile page.

Looking For Coupons?

by Kristy on April 13, 2010

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Looking for more dog and cat coupons? Well, I decided to start providing you all with an opportunity to get more dog and cat coupons from all of the left over coupons that I have. You will get exceptional savings with the coupon packs that are available.

Pet Coupon Packs Available:

(1) Cat Coupon Pack:

# of coupons in pack, Item name, Expiration Date

(1 cpn) $2/1 Iams Healthy Naturals Dry Cat Food (exp. 4/30/10-use soon!)

(3 cpns) $1/1 Whiskas Dry Food for Cats, or any 1 Whiskas Wet Food Multipack (exp. 5/31/10)

(2 cpns) $1/1 Any Fresh Step Cat Litter (exp. 5/31/10)

(4 cpns) $1/1 Swheat Scoop Natural Wheat Litter (exp. 12/31/10)

Save up to $11.00 with coupons in pack!

**Buy the Cat Coupon Pack, Price: only $1!

(1) Dog Coupon Pack :

# of coupons in pack, Item name, Expiration Date

(1 cpn) $3/1 Iams Healthy Naturals Dog Food (exp. 4/30/10-use soon!)

(1 cpn) $1/1 Iams Healthy Naturals Puppy Food (exp. 4/30/10-use soon!)

(4 cpns) Buy 2 Get 1 FREE Cesar Bistro coupon (exp. 6/6/10)

(2 cpns) $1/1 Cesar Treats any variety (exp. 5/24/10)

(1 cpn) $1/1 Purina Beneful IncrediBites, any size (exp. 6/1/10)

(2 cpns) $1.50/1 Milk-Bone Essentials Plus, any (exp. 5/15/10)

(2 cpns) $2/2 Milk-Bone Dog Snacks, any (exp. 5/8/10)

(2 cpns) $1/1 Jerky Treats Dog Snacks 6oz or 10oz package (exp. 5/9/10) >

Save up to $19.76 with coupons in pack!

**Buy the Dog Coupon Pack, Cost: only $1!

If you don’t think you will use all of the coupons in the pack, feel free to give them to a friend or donate them to a friend who will use them. Also, you can always use the coupons to get a really great deal, and then donate the items you purchased to a local shelter.

I accept payment via PayPal, email me to let me know which coupon pack you would like. Coupons will be mailed once payment is received. First come-first served. 20% of sales are donated to animal shelters and organizations.

Happy Pet Savings! :)

*Note: ALL coupons are regular coupons from newspaper inserts or from stores, no printed coupons are in the coupon packs. Prices per coupon pack are for the time put into cutting the coupons, sorting the coupons and postage. More coupon packs will become available periodically.