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Hi, My name is Beth and this month
we are going to review the November 2012 barkbox
Now about midmonth I got an email from the company
saying that when hurricane Sandy blew through
the New York offices were affected
but that it would not affect sending out their barkboxes
for the month and sure enough I got mine about the 20th which is
right about the time of month that I usually get it
So here we have the barkbox for November
That's what it looks like inside
Let's take a look
Ok here we have Cool treats
Smoothies for dogs just freeze and eat
pumpkin patch flavor
Now, a word of warning
If you get something packaged like this
you may want to put somewhere on the label
maybe put it in a bag and write on it
that it is for your dog because
if you don't do that and you put it in your freezer
you could get a family member who would accidentally eat this
mistake it for ice cream and they eat it
I actually had that happen one time
So looks fun I've never had this flavor or type before
We'll try it
OK bionic bone
It says Chew it - stuff it - freeze it
and it looks like it's basically a plastic bone
which my dogs don't normally go for
but it does have a little hole down the middle
and it says on here that you can stuff it with treats
and freeze it overnight for HOURS OF FUN!!
OK I don't know if my dogs would go for the big plastic
but they might with food frozen inside
It also says that this is for a small dog 1-20 lbs
my dog is a 5 lb Chihuahua I don't know if this
is really small enough for a 5 lb dog
but I'll try it - we'll see
Next - arcadia antlers
and it looks like a little chew thing on a rope
it says Moos - Moose Rac chew toy
Moose Rac che -chew toy
ok it says naturally shed Maine moose antlers
and 100% cotton rope made in the USA
It's great that it's made in the USA
but apparently this is not a rawhide
it is an actual moose antler and they said naturally shed
we have never had anything like this for my dog
So I'm going to be interested to see how they react to it
ok next a lot of a stuffing stuffing there
Ok, next a bag of treats - fruitables
ok pumpkin and blueberry flavor
you can see this is really going with the halloween theme
here or not the halloween but the thanksgiving theme here
smell the fruitables difference
Ingredients: pumpkin, organic oatmeal, pearl barley
potato, oat fiber, canola oil, brown sugar, blueberries
cinnamon, natural flavor, vanilla, and mixed tocopherol
I don't know what those are
but my dogs love treats they get them at certain periods
of time every day so I'm always looking for new ones to try
This'll be fun
Next - barkworthies
Looks like just some kind of a rawhide chew toy
It says 6 inch odor free standard Made in USA
and it has on the back 100% beef pizzle
I have never heard of pizzle before but
at least it's made with beef they should like it
I'll try it
Ok now way at the bottom of the box there are
4 little cards left
First one looks like something with a card in it
Ok it says dog TV the first television channel for your dog
and this is a ten dollar gift card
I've heard everything now TV for your dog ha ha
You know my dogs really never pay attention to the TV very much
the only time they ever do is with this one commercial
where someone is ringing a doorbell and the doorbell rings
My dogs always - always go racing for the door
and They are absolutely convinced that someone is there
So that's about the only time really
So I don't know what they'll think of this
Ok next is rover dot com
ten dollars off of dog sitting and
on the other side it talks about things you can get
It's - You can create a free profile on Rover dot com
and browse hundreds of insured and dog loving homes near you
and you pay your sitter through rover dot com through a secure site
Ok it says let your sitter pamper your dog and enjoy your vacation
stress free Now to me
a vacation isn't stress free with my dog unless
we really - both of us really know and trust our dog sitter
Now my daughter has sometimes offered to do this when
the dog hotel can't do it
I've been having a little bit of problems with making an appointment
at the dog hote - HOTEL
and then find that I can't keep the appointment
So this might be worth checking out
ok next we have chewy dot com
and it is basically a little package that folds open
and it has a card in the pocket
basically what it is - is
no more trips to the pet food store
That would be really nice - wouldn't it?
I'm always going back and forth - OK
apparently you can use this card to go to their
website - chewy dot com and order
supplies, food, treats, whatever for your pets
a new - new site for me something I've never heard
Um - be interesting to try it out
and I may review it for you and see how it goes
finally at the very bottom of the box is the card
from the company that explains what's in the box
on this side it basically says
Bionics, fruitables, arcadia antlers, and Mr. Barksmiths
that was the cool treats that we saw at the beginning
and then at the bottom it lists the holiday offers
which were the coupons we saw the - and there is a
barkbox app - free shipping on any ad purchase through November 30th
That's - kinda too late for me now
and uh Mr chewy, rover and dog TV
all three of those sound kind of interesting
as I'd never heard of them before and they're new products
See how the dogs like them
and maybe I can review them for you later
So that's everything
and
soon I will get you a review of the December barkbox
and hopefully I can get it to you a little bit sooner this time around
Now one word about these boxes is that I have kind of been
interested in using some of the products for Christmas presents
for the dogs every year I like to make a small stockings
with a couple of chew bones, or treats, or something, um, a toy - whatever
and just give them out for all the dogs
this year I'll have 5 dogs to buy for so
It'll be fun to try
and - I guess that's everything
So you have a good day
Bye