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I was curious to know how many of you guys coupon and applying your couponing skills to your pet supplies. Also how many of you sign up for free samples of pet products. I personally do both A LOT! I thought maybe we could post links to where we got free samples and great deals for out furbabys here and discuss bargain hunting!  I'll start off by posting links to free samples that are STILL available as of December 17th 2013.

Currently you can get a can of sheba for free by filling out your shipping info here:
http://www.startsampling.com/sm/Sheba102813

I already received mine, it was a full 3oz can! And luckily it was one of Ziggys favorites, Turkey :) 

Then theirs the free can of Friskies at PetCo with this coupon and a members card:

http://www.petco.com/petco_Page_PC_pawscoupons1113.aspx

 
 

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My cats are pretty exact about what they eat and they don't like change. If I can get coupons for canned Friskies Buffet, I'll use them. They eat the Hills Dental dry kibble and the dry Purina Cat Chow Indoor kibble, so I always take advantage when I can find coupons for that, too. My mom started Muffin out on a different dry cat food and I can never remember what it is....I always look for the picture on the bag when I buy it for her; Friskies something. They use Tidy Cat litters. And they don't get much in the way snacks or treats anymore....most of their snacking is now on the Dental kibble. But they still get a drink of Sip every night.

We have tried other cat foods and the premium cat foods. My kids won't eat it. They will starve first and I don't know why. When I brought Mollipop home as a kitten, I wanted to get her started on what I thought was the right foot (or paw, as the case may be). So I started her out on cans of Blue Buffalo. She ate it one time and then turned her nose up at it. I tried Taste of the Wild. She ate it once and never again. I tried Royal Canin kitten food. Nope. Gave her Friskies Buffet and she scarfed it. And that's always been the case here. The cats eat what they eat. Which is good, considering we go through 28 cans of cat food every week for those little chowhounds.

So I do use coupons when I can get them. But they have to be for what my cats will it or they're useless. I will use other coupons, though, when the food is on sale, and then give that food to a local shelter. It's my way of helping out from time to time.
 

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I do not do samples for most part. I focus on coupons. 

Currently I got 40something bags of Meow Mix that I got for under 4 a bag.  I have cases upon cases of Friskies for under .40 a can.  Good thing as use a case every few days.  Tidy Cats and Friskies always have coupons and it is on sale often enough. 

I also will get Petsmart to price match as they always have so much stock compared to a case or two at other stores.

You really can not beat holiday bucks at petsmart and a manufactures coupon along with it.  A pain to checkout multiple times but the best value!
 
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I do not do samples for most part. I focus on coupons. 

Currently I got 40something bags of Meow Mix that I got for under 4 a bag.  I have cases upon cases of Friskies for under .40 a can.  Good thing as use a case every few days.  Tidy Cats and Friskies always have coupons and it is on sale often enough. 

I also will get Petsmart to price match as they always have so much stock compared to a case or two at other stores.

You really can not beat holiday bucks at petsmart and a manufactures coupon along with it.  A pain to checkout multiple times but the best value!
Wooooweeeee 40 something bags? Wowzahhh I usually shop at PetCo, how does the holiday bucks work exactly?
 
My cats are pretty exact about what they eat and they don't like change. If I can get coupons for canned Friskies Buffet, I'll use them. They eat the Hills Dental dry kibble and the dry Purina Cat Chow Indoor kibble, so I always take advantage when I can find coupons for that, too. My mom started Muffin out on a different dry cat food and I can never remember what it is....I always look for the picture on the bag when I buy it for her; Friskies something. They use Tidy Cat litters. And they don't get much in the way snacks or treats anymore....most of their snacking is now on the Dental kibble. But they still get a drink of Sip every night.

We have tried other cat foods and the premium cat foods. My kids won't eat it. They will starve first and I don't know why. When I brought Mollipop home as a kitten, I wanted to get her started on what I thought was the right foot (or paw, as the case may be). So I started her out on cans of Blue Buffalo. She ate it one time and then turned her nose up at it. I tried Taste of the Wild. She ate it once and never again. I tried Royal Canin kitten food. Nope. Gave her Friskies Buffet and she scarfed it. And that's always been the case here. The cats eat what they eat. Which is good, considering we go through 28 cans of cat food every week for those little chowhounds.

So I do use coupons when I can get them. But they have to be for what my cats will it or they're useless. I will use other coupons, though, when the food is on sale, and then give that food to a local shelter. It's my way of helping out from time to time.
Oh Sip, what kitty wouldn't love ending the night with it! 
 How many kitties do you have? O: 28cans a week woooooow Theirs always Friskies coupons! If your kitties love it so much I suggest getting them, lower your costs (: 
 

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Holiday bucks prints out at the top of receipt.  It may have a use only on xyz item.  So I bought a bag at normal price and the coupon comes out.  So every bag after the first had $5 off and used a coupon for $1 off from manufacturer(from Sunday coupon inserts)  This year the popular Holiday Bucks were Fresh step, Meow Mix and Science Diet dog and cat.  Last year I know Friskies dry was on and Tidy cats.  Few years ago items had coupons inside(Tidy cats litter and Science Diet.  We were opening buckets as loaded the car and  went back in to do rest of order:p

I pretty much have it down.  Check daily just in case new adPetsmart is known for having 3 day ads or more then one ad going on)  Soon as I see something I try to gather coupons.  I try to stay well stocked so I never buy pet food without some coupon
 

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i'm stocking up on the MeowMix too. that's for the Strays.and i've got quite a few cases of Frisky's too, from the black friday sale. and about 100 cases of Fancy Feast. Ralph's Grocery stores have it on sale for 47cents a can. DH has been buying 2 cases a day since it went on sale plus we had stocked up on that from the black fri sale too
 

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Thank you @GraveKandi  for the sample link. Where do you find the Friskies can food coupons, @catsallaround  ? Like you, I go through 2+ cases of the big cans per week. I pay $.94 per can. I'm in a rural area/small town and have limited shopping options so most of the store coupons don't help me. This is a great idea for a thread!
 

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Just got an email from Petco: $10.00 off orders today and their usual free shipping on +$49, so 4 cases of Friskies canned at .84/can
 

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The coupons I get are for the 5.5 oz cans only. Other thing is if your doing multiple orders at Petsmart you almost always get a survey worth $3.  There are multiple coupon sites and ebay.  Right now the ones available are buy 5 get 1 free.  so search for b5g1 or just friskies coupon. 

There is only ONE store around me that sells Liver and Chicken in big can which drives me nuts as for awhile the coupons coming out were $1 of 30 cans. 

Fancy Feast is another common one for coupons.  My mom feeds that along with Friskies wet.  They got her trained that all get a different flavor lol

Meow Mix I saw still on sale yesterday-running to December 29(maybe longer if they put it on sale again) that 8.99-5 on B Fri was GREAT. 

It is kinda sad when you pay more for litter then food.  I don't use clumping and sales are there but still comes out pricey(Tidy Cats and Fresh Step. Pine for some which is really not bad price)
 
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Thank you @GraveKandi  for the sample link. Where do you find the Friskies can food coupons, @catsallaround  ? Like you, I go through 2+ cases of the big cans per week. I pay $.94 per can. I'm in a rural area/small town and have limited shopping options so most of the store coupons don't help me. This is a great idea for a thread!
Your welcome :D Every time you visit petco you can get a 1 free can of friskies with that coupon I originally posted. You can get Friskie coupons in the Sunday paper, you could also try a google search. Coupons.com sometimes have some to print
 
i'm stocking up on the MeowMix too. that's for the Strays.and i've got quite a few cases of Frisky's too, from the black friday sale. and about 100 cases of Fancy Feast. Ralph's Grocery stores have it on sale for 47cents a can. DH has been buying 2 cases a day since it went on sale plus we had stocked up on that from the black fri sale too
Thats quite a haul their! 
 
Holiday bucks prints out at the top of receipt.  It may have a use only on xyz item.  So I bought a bag at normal price and the coupon comes out.  So every bag after the first had $5 off and used a coupon for $1 off from manufacturer(from Sunday coupon inserts)  This year the popular Holiday Bucks were Fresh step, Meow Mix and Science Diet dog and cat.  Last year I know Friskies dry was on and Tidy cats.  Few years ago items had coupons inside(Tidy cats litter and Science Diet.  We were opening buckets as loaded the car and  went back in to do rest of order:p

I pretty much have it down.  Check daily just in case new adPetsmart is known for having 3 day ads or more then one ad going on)  Soon as I see something I try to gather coupons.  I try to stay well stocked so I never buy pet food without some coupon
Thanks for explaining it :)
 
Thank you @GraveKandi  for the sample link. Where do you find the Friskies can food coupons, @catsallaround  ? Like you, I go through 2+ cases of the big cans per week. I pay $.94 per can. I'm in a rural area/small town and have limited shopping options so most of the store coupons don't help me. This is a great idea for a thread!
No problem! :D You can almost always find coupons for Friskies and Fancy Feast in the Sunday paper, if that doenst work out you can do a google search for them. I like to check coupons.com for extra coupons I might want/ need more of.
 
i'm stocking up on the MeowMix too. that's for the Strays.and i've got quite a few cases of Frisky's too, from the black friday sale. and about 100 cases of Fancy Feast. Ralph's Grocery stores have it on sale for 47cents a can. DH has been buying 2 cases a day since it went on sale plus we had stocked up on that from the black fri sale too
WOW! What a haul :D
 
Holiday bucks prints out at the top of receipt.  It may have a use only on xyz item.  So I bought a bag at normal price and the coupon comes out.  So every bag after the first had $5 off and used a coupon for $1 off from manufacturer(from Sunday coupon inserts)  This year the popular Holiday Bucks were Fresh step, Meow Mix and Science Diet dog and cat.  Last year I know Friskies dry was on and Tidy cats.  Few years ago items had coupons inside(Tidy cats litter and Science Diet.  We were opening buckets as loaded the car and  went back in to do rest of order:p

I pretty much have it down.  Check daily just in case new adPetsmart is known for having 3 day ads or more then one ad going on)  Soon as I see something I try to gather coupons.  I try to stay well stocked so I never buy pet food without some coupon
Petsmart tends to have better sales then PetCo, but petco offers lots of coupons for being a member which can be combined with manufactures coupons. At least thats what I've noticed lately.
 

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I think it's a terrific topic for a thread! If more people post links to coupons, I'd be happy to make this a sticky!
 

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Amazon has Subscribe & Save, so you can get 5% off if you set it up for automatic reorder for anywhere between every one to six months. If you have five items or more ship in a single-month shipment, you get 15% off your entire order. And if you've got Amazon Prime, 2-day shipping is free regardless of the total cost of the order. 
 

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Shoprite has Friskies cans 10 for 3.99.  Petsmart will price match the ad.

Family Dollar has 9Lives 10 for 3.00.

No Sunday coupons besides P+G but next Sunday there should be a few different packs. 

As a rough guide I use this site:

http://www.sundaycouponpreview.com/category/sunday-coupon-inserts/

2014 insert schedule should be added soon.  On another sit it said First Sunday was due to have 4 packs.  Different areas have different coupons but for the most part the pet ones are accurate for me.

Also links to printables of all sorts
 
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petco coupon for a free can of Purina food (Like friskies etc.) Along with a 20% off Purina cat food
http://www.petco.com/petco_page_pc_nestleessentials1213.aspx?AID=10412456&PID=

Go here for pet coupons. As of right now the cat ones on here are:
.50 cents off temptations, 2$ off iams and buy 6sheba and get one free
http://www.coupons.com/coupons/Pet-Care-Coupons-102/

The honest kitchen free sample request
https://www.facebook.com/TheHonestKitchen/app_122139254463179
 

Get a pet essentials pack. The sample link is in the lower right corner of the page. (USA)
http://www.nordicnaturals.com/consumers.php

Redplum coupons, dont forget to change your city!

http://www.couponcat.net/print-coupons-now/print-redplum-coupons/
 

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the reason we're stocking up is we have 10 cats and i'm currently feeding 5 strays. our 10 go through a case every 2-3 days. i hate to spend regular price for it
 
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the reason we're stocking up is we have 10 cats and i'm currently feeding 5 strays. our 10 go through a case every 2-3 days. i hate to spend regular price for it
I figured as much, I Wish their was more strays where I live now. By my old house their was tons, and now I only have one stray in my new neighborhood, 3 if I'm lucky. Theirs lots of coyotes, hawks and foxes where I live 
 
 

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My cat eats instinct dry food so I call the company and ask for coupons, they always send me 3-4 coupons at a time 3$ off each one, they did sent me coupons for a free bag of dry food and also they sent me coupons for their instinct treats.
Now fir wet food, my cat loves wellness and I do the same thing, call and ask, they again sent me each time a 5$ coupon for any of their food.
Also I shop at Petco for everything and they give back 5$ on every 100$ spent.
Its really hard to find coupons for premium foods so I found that asking is the easy way to do it:)
 
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