September and October Barkbox

My barkbox for the month of September took a while to get to me. It ships on the 15th and I usually have it by the 18th at the latest, but for some reason it didn't come until the 30th. My dog was getting anxious waiting, he thought the mail was for him everyday haha. When it did come it did not disappoint. Septembers theme was homecoming, and these themes are just so cute! 

This box had two toys and 3 treats. 
The two toys were:
PetProjekt Skrubal Football made from 100% natural rubber. This item is worth $14 in their store. My dog doesn't pay a lot of attention to this toy inside, but its a great toy to play fetch with outside.
Safemade Pet Pawxford Pennant. This toy has a squeaker and some scrunchy sounding stuff in it which he loves. This one is $7 from their store. Here's a picture of him with both toys.. even though he's had them for over a month he's still obsessed with the pawxford one.

The treats in this box were:

Barkworthies Sweet Potato Steak Fries which are 100% sweet potato. These are $8 in the store.

Etta Says Duck Chew which is $4 in the store.

Petsafe Indigo Smokehouse Strips in Bacon which is 100% pork. These are $7 in the store and my dog lovessss these. We always give him a tiny piece of bacon on his birthday and holidays, so he was obsessed. The box was on the dining room table with the package inside and he would just stand and look at the box. 

Octobers box got to me in the timing it normally does, so he got two boxes fairly close together. The theme for this one was Halloween obviously.

This one also had two toys and three treats.

The toys in this box were:

Plus Puppies Squeaker Mat Mummy. This mummy toy has 16 squeakers in it and has double stitching so it lasts longer. This is the most amazing but annoying toy ever. This is valued $15 in the store.

Petprojekt Squeeki Skull which is worth $8 in the store. This one looks kinda spooky and is great for halloween.

The treats in this box were:

Bakers Best Autumn Harvest Treats which are liver, italian olive oil and oat flour. These ones are made in Canada! They smell horrible but are good for your dog and mine loves them. These are $10 in the store.

Heartland Permium Weasand Strips made from 100% cow. This one is $3 in the store.

Max and Ruffys Pumpkin Patch Bites which are organic. I've always wanted to find pumpkin treats since they are good to sooth their tummies when they don't feel well. These ones are $4 in the store.

In between the two months I was sent an email to give three people a free box they just had to pay shipping. It said it was for being a loyal customer..so I thought that was cool to share with some other dog owners I know and hopefully they would sign up afterwards seeing how amazing it was :) 

Obviously I am happy with both these months boxes, I don't think I've ever had an item in these boxes that I didn't like. One of the boxes I got a card that says if you have a picky dog who didn't like an item just to email them and they'll find something they like. They have amazing customer service but I'm lucky my dog is half lab so he never snubs any food! 

August Barkbox

This months barkbox had a nautical theme and was really cute, even the tissue paper in the box was different with a dog in a nautical outfit, a crab, some waves and other nautical things. 

This one had two toys and two bags of treats. Both the toys float, which would have been great when we were at the cottage a month ago, but I'm sure they'll be destroyed before we are back where he can go swimming. The first toy is a ball on a rope called Jolly Pets Romp n' Roll and is worth $11.00 on the card. The other toy is a stuffed toy with a squeaker called Pet Rageous Lobster and is worth $8.00 on the card. 

The two bags of treat are within the theme and my dog loves them. The first is called Bocce's Bakery Lobster Roll Treats. These are made of organic rye and barley flour, lobster, kelp and parsley and are worth $10.00 on the card. The other bag is Grandma Bowser's Chedder Biscuits. He's had treats from this company before and they were good.

This box is worth $37.00 US according to the card, but like always it would cost a lot more to purchase these items in Canada so I am very happy with this month! He is loving the lobster toy and has chewed that rope off already. 

June and July Barkbox

I didn't get a chance to write about Barkbox last month, and I had this months waiting for me when I got home from holidays so I'm going to do both together here.

June's barkbox had 4 items, two toys and two bags of treats. The card in the box this month had something new where it shows the price of the items and a code you can text to them if you want to buy another one. I'm not sure how this would work for me being in Canada since all these items tend to cost a little more in our stores, but it's exciting because there are some items that my dog really enjoys that are difficult for me to find even though I live in Toronto. 

The first toy that he got that he lovess is called R2P Monkey Silly Bums which is basically a monkey with a pink bum with no arms or head. This item it worth $10.00 on the card. My dog loves this toy, it makes noises and it's strong material and he hasn't been able to rip it apart yet.
The second toy is a Benebone Nylon Chew which is infused with bacon and is three prongs. My dog chews bones a lot and this one has gotten a lot of use so far, he loves bacon and he's able to hold onto it very well with the three prongs. This item is worth $12.00 on the card.
The first bag of treats are Green Bark Gummies Hip and Joint Treats. This bag is worth $10.00. We haven't opened these yet because we still have a large bag full of bags of treats from Woofstock and a few from previous months of Barkbox, but these look like something he will enjoy.
The other bag of treats are Benny Bully's Beef Liver and Banana Treats. This bag is worth $8.00. Banana is one of his favourite flavours so we brought this bag with us on vacation and he loved them. They are very large and seem very healthy.
The total value of this box is $40.00 according to what they have on the card, but if I were to buy them here in Canada it would be higher plus taxes.

The July barkbox had five items again, but I guess they forgot to give me a card.

This one only had one toy and four food items. The toys are such a good quality that they are all over my apartment which is great since he normally destroys toys so quickly. The toy in this box is another item from the Loopies brand, this one is called a Floppy Fishbone. I was unable to find this for sale anywhere online, only the cat version but this toys usually run around $20-$30.
This box got another Cool Treats Smoothie, this time in the flavour Pina Colada. We still haven't given him the last one since it hasn't been crazy hot yet but he likes ice cubes a lot so I'm sure he will enjoy these when we finally give them to him. These are worth around $6.00 if bought individually.
The one package that we have opened is Healthy Dogma Coconut Flavour Barkers. These smell amazing and are pretty large biscuits and my dog seems to like them. This package is worth $7.95.
Another bag of treats is called Bixbi Chicken Breast Jerky Treats. These looks like they are large in the bag and is a pretty big bag. This is worth $9.99.
The last item is a stick and is called Etta Says Crunchy Duck Chews. I don't think he has had anything duck yet, but he is obviously not a picky dog so I'm sure he'll eat it. This is worth $6.99.
The total value of this box is $50-$60. This is a great value for what I end up paying per box.

Woofstock

Last weekend we went to Woofstock with our dog. This year it was at Woodbine Park at the Beaches rather than St. Lawrence Market area. There were a lot of complaints about this due to parking and whatever, but I take the TTC so this was not an issue for me. I liked this location better, the grass and the trees made it a lot better for my dog then a city block. 

 There was a large grass area that had all the tents for the vendors as well as the food trucks. We got a lot of free samples and purchased a few items. This was a short walk down a pathway to what they called the activity area which also included the VIP tent.

We went to the VIP for a while and to get our bag, he loved laying in the middle of the floor in everyone's way. Then we took him to the obstacle course from PawsWay, he did all the obstacles but I think he was bored of them since he's so used to jumping so high over our furniture at home already. 

After the obstacle course we headed home, this time on a a fairly empty bus which the dog enjoyed since he could look out the window. The picture above is all the stuff we got, mostly for free. We purchased a bag for $10.00 from PJs Pets which had a lot of the stuff in it, and gave a donation to Blue Buffalo for their stuff. We won't be needing to buy treats anytime soon now :). It was a great event and I hope I get to go again next year! 

May Barkbox

This months BarkBox was only 4 items, but one of Tarantino's favourite boxes so far. This month he got 2 toys and 2 types of treats. He has learned he needs to sit while I take a picture before he can take anything as you can tell from his unimpressed face below :) 

Here is a close up of the 4 items. I got the 6 month subscription of BarkBox for large dogs making it a little cheaper, since I am in Canada I have to pay extra shipping.. so for the 6 months it is $24 a month. 

It's a little difficult for me to find the prices of some items found in BarkBox since most of them are American and cannot be found in Canada, but this is what I found for this month.

The item that he grabbed first out of the box was the kitty toy. His name is Rozcoe the corduroy kitty from the company Loopies. I have found this item priced anywhere between $26 to $35, so this item pays for the box on it's own. Usually he kills toys with squeakers and stuffing pretty fast but he has not been able to with this toy yet. 
The other toy is the Megalast Ball from JW Pet which costs 12.99. This is the type of material that he likes to chew and it bounces all over the place making it a great toy for him to chase around.
The first bag of treats he got is Nootie's BBQ Chicken jerky which is made in the USA and can be broken easily into smaller pieces if needed. These cost 12.99 for 16 oz, the bag in the box was 5 oz.
The second box of treats are apple cobbler from Snicky Snaks. He always loves treats like these and they are very healthy. The ingredients are oat flour, rye flour, oats, brown rice syrup, canola oil, apples, cinnamon, ginger, whole eggs and nonfat milk - all organic. They cost 9.99 for a box.

So the total value of this box is between 53 and 62 dollars plus tax if you were to purchase in a regular store.