Dash's (and Cody's belated, and Tyler, too) Birthday Petsmart Adventure!

Dash's 17th birthday was on June 19th, so as is our tradition, we take the birthday dogs to Petsmart, Petco or Pet Supplies plus to pick out a treat or toy.  Since Cody missed his on April 30th, Cody joined Dash, and of course Tyler had to come, too!       But Dash, Cody or Tyler didn't have a desire for a toy, despite our squeaking them. They know they have two big toy bins full at home, I guess. We were surprised at the serious down-sizing of treats in the store, too...  Here's the story.

REDUCED VARIETY OF TREATS IN STORE - One thing we noticed is that Petsmart only has one quarter of an aisle of treats. We remember when the store would have an entire aisle, both sides, filled with dog treats. Now it's been cut by 75% and they didn't have any of our kids' favorite treats.

(Pic: Cody leads Tyler and Dash searching for something)

THEIR FAVORITE TREATS- Dash, Tyler and Cody love the Full Moon brand of Chicken Jerky treats, and Beggin' Strips and Pupperoni.... but Petsmart didn't have ANY of these!!

SETTLED ON FOOD - They also didn't have Beneful wet food, which they prefer over every other wet food, so we opted for Rachel Ray wet food to top their Rachel Ray DISH dry food (it's all natural). 

   It was a really odd discovery about Petsmart... 

   (Side note: Over the years, we tried them on Blue Buffalo and a bunch of other foods, and they don't like them. )

(Pic: Dash exploring Petsmart for anything good)

MORNING MEALS - On top of their regular food, they get fresh shredded chicken each morning, and we've been doing that for years. They'll also get scrambled eggs, bacon, tuna  (except for Cody who hates it), hamburger or other proteins on their food.