Free Treats at Publix for your pets

Starting today Publix will have a $2.00/1 coupon in the Saving for All Season booklet that you can combine with any manufacturer coupon. Depending your coupons you could easily get FREE treats.
I love these deals, the only tricky part can be finding the coupons.

If you have a cat, check out I Prefer Publix's post on how to score a moneymaker on kitty treats here.

Cheap Dog Treats around Town

If your Kmart is doing double coupons this week you can get a great deal on Hartz Crunch'n'Clean dog treats. There was/is a 2.00 printable, I'm not sure if it's still available because I haven't been able to get it to print due to printer compatibility issues. If you already snagged it, then it will double up to 4.00 getting you free dog treats. Then you will also receive a catalina(coupon) for a free box of Milk Bone dog treats!

Target has some great dog treat clearance going on right now as well. I bought two boxes of Iams Healthy Weight Dog Biscuits for 1.18 a box! Then they have Pedigree dentabones(similar to the stix but thicker and less in a pack) for 1.44 a bag. I bought two and used the buy/get one coupon.

CVS has marrowbones for 1.99. Use the 1.00 off coupon (exp 8/23/09) and use the buy/get one coupon to get two bags for .99!

Publix will have Beggin Strips buy/get one free starting today or tomorrow(depending on your ad's start date mine is tomorrow). I'm pretty excited about this one as I have four coupons! Yippie!

Publix Pet Treat Deals

Publix has several pet treat offers running from July 11-August 7th 2009.

Mix or Match 3 for 6.99
Milkbone Chewy Dog Treats
Meaty Bone Dog Biscuits:Meaty Bone Chew-lotta or Denta-Delicious $1 (7/17/09)
Chewlotta Dog snacks: coupons $1.00 off, buy any chewlotta get a free Meaty Bone Dog Biscuit
Snausages Beef and Cheese
Pup-Peroni Dog Snacks: 1.00 off printable here or Pup-Peroni Dog Snacks, 4.8oz+ $1 (8/2/09)
Milkbone Gravy Bones: Milk-Bone Dog Snacks, any 26 oz. or smaller B1G1F up to $4.98 (8/2/09)

Pedigree: Use Buy one/Get one free coupon available in aisle.
Jumbone Mega Chew 3.99
Dentabone Treat for Dogs 2/$4.00
Pedigree Marrowbone 2.99
Breathbusters 2.49
Jumbone 2/$5.00
Dentastix 2/6.00 use 2.50 off 1 coupon here use with Buy/One Get coupon and get two bags for .25 each!
Pedigree + 3/24.9 Use Buy/One Get coupon here

Note: This week Publix has Pedigree Good Bites b/g free. Use the b/g coupon from the aisle display and get two packs FOR FREE!

Goodlife recipe whole treats 2/$6.00:Goodlife Recipe Treats for Dogs $1 (9/12/09)

Goodlife Cat Treats 2/$4.00: Goodlife Recipe Treats for Cats $1 (9/12/09)

Dog Treat Deal

Did you get the Chew-lotta coupon in your inserts? If you did here is a great way to use it.

Buy 1 Chew-lotta dog treat, use the $1.00 off coupon, and use the free Meaty Bone Biscuits coupon when you buy any chew-lotta dog treat. If your store has the Chew-lottas on sale or at regular price for $2.50 you would get both the Chew-lotta and Meaty Bone biscuits for only 1.50 or .75 each!

More coupons!

Pupperoni has a 1.50 coupon on Shortcuts.com that you can load onto your Kroger card. These items are sometimes a part of their buy ten save $5.00 ads.
The Target I frequent currently has a promotional bag of Pupperoni offering 25% more free for 2.69. Use the 1.00 off coupon from their website or coupons.com and get them for 1.69.

Publix has chew-a-lot bones for 2/5.00. Use the coupon where you buy one chew-a-lot get a free box of meaty bone dog treats for free. You'll get both items for 2.50 or 1.25 each. Publix also had cesar dog food marked down to .60 a pack. This was not in the dog food aisle at my store but rather with the rest of the clearance items. They also had a few cans of Alpo for .56 cents.

Dog Toy Gift Pack Deal!

Look at the adorable gift set I found at Sam's today. It has the following. 1 pack of liver treats, 1 lamb& rice treats, 1 peanut butter treats, 4 small tennis balls, 1 duck, 1 rabbit, 1 hedgehog and 1 rope. Purchase price 14.81 plus tax. Normally, at Target or other stores the duck or rabbit alone would be 5.99!

Naturally, when I got home my pup was excited to see her Valentine's Day surprise! She's already started the hedgehog's demise.

Microwave Dog Biscuit Treats

This recipe is from the Badger Kennel Club Cooking for Fido recipe book.

1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup dry milk
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/3 cup shortening
1 tbls bouillon granules
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1 tsp sugar
1 egg slightly beaten
1/2 cup hot water

Combine flour, cornmeal, milk, oats and sugar. Cut in shortening. Add egg, bouillon and hot water. Knead 5 minutes. Roll 1/2 inch thick and cut out into favorite shapes. Microwave at 50% power for 5-10 minutes, rotating plate.

Homemade Dog Treats

Dog treats can cost a pretty penny if you don't stock up great deals with the opportunity comes along. I was looking at dog treats yesterday in Target to see what the price of Pupperoni treats would be after my coupons I found on coupons.com. They would still run about 1.64 for a 6 oz bag. That's a little higher than I would like to spend on a bag of treats that will last maybe a week. Every feel the disappointment when you open a bag that looks large to find it's mostly just air(and this is not just limited to dog treats, chips, other snack items included). Another option is to make your own dog treats.

My sister gave me this really cute dog treat kit for Christmas. It included a book of dog recipes and a pack of cookie cutters in dog friendly shapes, think fire hydrants, bones etc. Here is a recipe my sister shared with my several months ago. She was even kind enough to send a bag of them. My dog loved them!

Here is what you will need
1 tsp beef bouillon
1 egg
1 jar bacon bits
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 instant non fat dry milk
2 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour

Combine ingredients. Cut into dog friendly shapes, depending on the size of your dog will be on how you decide to cut them. When my sister made them she used medium size shapes like stars and moons. Bake in the oven at 375 for 10 minutes or until done.