As all pet parents know, any occasion is a good time to spoil their best friend, but with Amazon’s spring sale entering its final hours, there are some great options available at deep discounts, as long as consumers are fast.
Whether it’s good food, a camera when you’re away, or a doggy DNA kit, here at the Manchester Evening News, we’ve rounded up some of the best deals for pet owners.
Marleybones
Marleybones offers ‘fancy’ dog food and treats for life making them a very popular option for dual income households who don’t have children other than their puppies and want to make sure they are well fed best.
Bethan Shufflebotham, who as well as being a fashion and beauty writer is a pet lover and editor of the TeamDogs newsletter, had her Staffy-crosses Phoebe and Frank try out the food service, and described it as ‘ rather luxe’. He said: “Ordering from Marleybones is very easy – you fill in a questionnaire about your pet and then the website will recommend how much to feed. You can also exclude certain recipes from your box, for example, if your pet is not a fan of fish foods, you can replace the salmon recipe with something else.
“The packaging is gorgeous, really appealing to millennial pet owners and Instagrammers, making it perfect for ‘DINKWAD’ households (dual income no kids with a dog). The cartons are a bit tricky to open, but they store well in the fridge and you can fold them back ‘closed’ so it doesn’t smell like dog food once you open the door, either.
“When you sign up to Marleybones, you also benefit from ‘free treats for life’, with some of their delicious air-dried treats added as an added bonus. There are two varieties and you can choose between lamb, hemp seed, apple and thyme treat, or Chicken, hawthorn, carrot and sage, both sumptuous.”
They offer an 8 meal taster box, complete with free treats, for just £20. Plus, they’re currently extending a 20% discount on your first two boxes.
Cunning
Furbo is a well-known brand among pet owners and their Furbo 360° Dog Camera turns completely to keep an eye on your special friend as well as giving them gifts even when you’re not at home.
Bethan Shufflebotham tried it out and said: “The camera has a very wide lens – we can almost see the whole living room. But you can see more than ever with the 360 degree view, which rotates the camera remotely using the arrows in the app. The footage itself is crystal clear with Full HD 1080p vision and 4x zoom, as well as improved night vision that works better than some of the other models we’ve tested.
“Like many cameras, the Furbo also allows you to hear and talk to your dog via two-way audio, meaning you can tell them to get off the sofa, stop barking at the postman, or stop chewing on the TV remote. But my favorite feature of all has to be the food toss. With a flick of a finger, you can toss treats to reward your pet for their good behavior – and it’s very effective. We fill our Furbo with small round pieces of kibble and reseal the lid. When you toss a treat in the app, the camera makes the sound of a popping ball to alert your dog to the incoming that snack – but you can also record your own sound to signal food.”
It’s down to £139.00 in an Amazon Spring Deal.
Traction GPS Dog Tracker
There’s nothing quite as stressful as when your dog gets out of the house and you can’t find them. One way to relieve some of the pressure is by having your dog wear a GPS tracker at all times. It also has activity tracking that can monitor your dogs health.
It has earned over 3,600 five star ratings on the shopping giant. One buyer wrote: “We have been using our Tractive GPS dog tracker for a year, so we thought it would be a reasonable time to write a review. The device is very easy to set up – we use an apple iPhone .We have a very active Cockerpoo who is more Spaniel than Poodle and he loves to run through the woods for miles, which used to be very stressful, involving lots of shouting and calling and running all over the place. In tractive track, we can just leave him alone and track him on our phone, up to a few feet.
“In fairness like most dogs, he always comes back when he’s ready, but it’s incredible not to worry, and to see him back on the phone. A few months ago he escaped from our garden by a hole in the fence at night. and it was impossible to know where he was, but we just turned on the tracker on the phone and immediately saw him happily running on the grass about four houses away!
“Last summer we toured Scotland with our dog and again the tracker was pure peace of mind. It also has really neat extras like a dog alarm so you can hear where he is too. Charging is lasts about a week, although we leave it on every night just in case. It’s also completely waterproof, and even has nice things in the app like a dog calorie and mile counter. I can’t say enough about the peace of mind mind what this little device has brought to our family! !”
It’s now £31.49 in an Amazon Spring Deal.
The Wisdom Panel is important
A customer said: “I ordered this DNA test because I adopted a dog that was rescued from the meat trade. I know he is a mix breed and I am interested to know which breeds are in his DNA. He has 22 breeds hers & I would say they got it 99% right. It tells you their characteristics and they can also find some of your dog relatives which surprised me. The DNA is also tested against many different other veterinary drugs, which helps in knowing if your dog is allergic to any of those drugs.
“They also list all the different breeds that are in your dog’s DNA results and give an in-depth description of each breed. If you have a rescue dog and are interested in learning more about them, it’s well worth it. this test. , so much to read when they send you the results! I recommend them! I’m so happy with the results, it makes my dog even more special.”
It’s now £79.99 on Amazon.
