Review: MrChewy.com

I’ll admit it – I lurve convenience. I am the kind of girl who would rather order clothes online than go to the store, I will go through a drive-thru for a Diet Coke because I don’t want to go inside a gas station, and I try to condense my errands into as few trips as possible because I hate wasting time. Especially in my last semester of grad school, I just don’t have time to spare, so anything that is convenient is A-Okay in my book. Enter MrChewy.com. This site sells all kinds of pet products and offers free shipping on orders over $49!

I normally buy my dog’s food at a local doggy boutique, but with my hectic schedule this semester, I found myself dangerously low on food and with no time to run to the store. Lucky for me, I remembered that MrChewy.com carried the Acana grain-free food I recently switched to, and I had been offered a $50 coupon code** to try out the site. “Eureka!*” I exclaimed as I put in my order late on a Monday night. On Tuesday morning, I received this email update:

By Wednesday afternoon, this package arrived on my doorstep from the FedEx guy. Rufus and Turk made sure the package was safe before I opened it…

Once they deemed it “safe,” I opened up the package and let them explore further…

After going through the whole customer experience with MrChewy.com, here are my thoughts:

PROS: Nice variety of high quality products, fast delivery, competitive pricing, and frequent email updates on the status of my order.

CONS: They were out of stock on the flavor of Acana I wanted, so I had to order a more expensive flavor.

While it did suck that they were out of stock of the Acana flavor I wanted, it really wasn’t that big of a deal to me because the more expensive flavor was still cheaper than the local doggy boutique I usually buy from. So, would I order from MrChewy.com again? Definitely! While I prefer to buy locally whenever I can, MrChewy.com came in handy when I was short on time and craving convenience. Plus, Mr. Chewy convinced a cat to work in his customer service department…and I can totally get behind that!

One more reason to give MrChewy.com a try? Well, they will make a $10 donation to rescues like Best Friends Animal Society and North Shore Animal League for every new order they get from a customer referral. Oh, and they give every customer you refer 10% off their order, too. Seems pretty cool, right? So, if you want to give MrChewy.com a try, enter in my special code: OURW7081 and receive 10% off your order and know that $10 will be made to an animal rescue, too!

* I did not actually say “eureka,” although a “huzzah” may have escaped my lips…

** I was offered a $50 coupon code to use on MrChewy.com in exchange for a blog post reviewing my experience. While I did utilize the coupon, it in no way affected how I wrote about my experience. Regardless of the perk, I wrote how I truly felt about my customer experience.

Kimba: An Update

Many of you have asked me about how Kimba is doing and I am so excited to share this update! Here is a current photo of Kimba:

See that beautiful smile? Thanks to your generous donations, Kimba was able to receive the highest quality care at a local veterinary clinic. She stayed in an isolation unit to prevent her illness from spreading to other dogs at the clinic and received daily breathing treatments to aid in her recovery. During her week stay at the clinic, we are happy to report that she gained a full pound, which may not sound like a lot, but for her little body, it made a huge difference! Compare this photo from her original shelter profile:

To this photo from last week:

While she is clearly still in need of some serious weight gain, she already looks so much healthier!

Here is an update from her foster mom, Athena: “She is so so sweet and loves to put her head in our laps and lean against us – she even started giving us kisses! She is always excited to see us and wags her tail. Overall she is just so sweet and gentle – she just wants to be loved. I dont know how she ended up the way she did, but she is one lucky pittie, with a whole lot of people rooting for her.”

Thank you again for all of your generous donations! It truly took a village to save this pittie, and we will continue to follow her progress in her foster home and until she finds her forever family!

* Photos of Kimba courtesy of Rachel Mason Photography *

** Oh, and the name “Juno McGruff” didn’t stick – so back to Kimba it is! **

Turk’s Takeover: Ginger Jr is my Homegirl

I’ll admit it, I wasn’t a huge fan of Ginger Rogers. She was bigger than me and didn’t understand that I am the man in charge here! It was frustrating. We even came to blows a couple of times. I wasn’t sure what to think when mom brought home a Ginger Rogers look-a-like, but I’m not gonna lie, I kinda like her. Mom lets us play in 20 minute spurts in the backyard, which is good, because she wears me out!

Sometimes we will find a stick to death together, like this one…

Sometimes we play hide-and-go-seek…. shhhhhh! She doesn’t know where I am!

Oh, I guess she did know…

Sometimes I just let her chase me around the yard…

And sometimes, I even let her catch me…

I’m not saying I have a crush or anything, but I wouldn’t mind if Ginger, Jr. stuck around for awhile…you know what I mean?

XOXO,
Turk

Sirius-ly Handsome Brothers

I’m not going to lie to you, Turk and Rufus were pretty jealous that Ginger Rogers had not one, but two Sirius Republic collars. After a lot of whining (Rufus) and grumbling (Turk), I finally gave in and ordered both of them a collar for Christmas. Jenn from Sirius Republic was really awesome and made the collars exactly to my liking, which included making a slightly smaller size for Turk (he is a wee bit smaller than the medium, but I wanted the 1.5″ size) and a 1″ martingdale for Rufus (even though they don’t technically make the martingdales in that size). Turk agreed to model his “Nantucket” collar while waiting for his dad to come home…

Rufus was a little bit more amenable to modeling his “Carmel” collar…

I even managed to persuade them to come outside with me for a mini photo session – although they were not nearly as cooperative as Ginger Rogers was!

We love our Sirius Republic collars – hopefully we’ll be able to order matching leashes soon! If you have been thinking about ordering a Sirius Republic collar, consider entering code RPHA27 to designate 20% of the proceeds to Heart of America Humane Society to help us save more dogs like Ginger Rogers and Ginger, Jr!

What is your favorite Sirius Republic fabric?