Ideas for doggie party favors

[beeniesmom]

Wal-Mart has those $0.88 toys, they would be even cheaper than going to the dollar store.

I'm going to PM you with a few more ideas.

Thanks for your PM and all your great ideas.

I just emailed the aspca and a local dog store. They get tons of merrick food samples every week. I asked if they could give me some to put in the doggie favor bags. It would cost them nothing and they would get to advertise via me (put a business card in each doggie bag).

I'll let you know what they say.

I don't have a pro shop here to ask for spent tennis balls.

[beeniesmom]

Of all the emails asking for help that I sent, not one person answered back.
I guess I will have to make these bags myself and all the $ will come out of my pocket. I guess I will consider that my donation to the cause.

The gift bags will have the following items in them:

Tennis ball
Milk bones
Sample dog food
Carry outs: bacon and chicken
Chewies

What do you think?

PS: If by any chance, anyone wants to donate to this fund raiser, PM me for more info.

carmen

[shihtzulover850]

OOOOOOO The dogs are going to like them!!!

[Catsnclay]

When I did a fundraiser for a local No-Kill Cat shelter last year, I e-mailed AND followed up with phone calls to all cat food suppliers (like Purina, Iams, Science Diet, etc) and believe it or not I got a HUGE response from most of them!

The biggest response came from Nutro www.nutroproducts.com but maybe because the rep lived locally, but he gave me so many samples, we ended up using the leftovers at the shelter.

Also try your local pet stores (Petsmart & PetCo) they will sometimes give you either a gift certificate or things they no longer sell, etc.

[dukedogsmom]

www.doggonegood.com

[beeniesmom]

I am so happy. Yesterday I went to one of the pet shops that I emailed and hadn't responded and they said they were happy to help. They are going to give me some pretty bags with one sample of Innova or Merrick in it. I also got to talk to Drs. Foster and Smith and they said they will try to send me tennis balls or treat samples to put in the bags. I will buy treats and make little pouches to put in the gft bags.