Well, rarely literally. He does love to eat them, but I love to use them. I haven’t purchased dog food in seven months.

It started simply enough. Last fall, when I started exploring the realm of online coupons, I found an offer for $2 on Beneful. My girls favorite food! But the coupon would not print. Being fairly new at the online game, I sent an email expressing my disappointment and concerns for my ailing pup, and asking where I could find coupons.

They sent coupons for two free bags, and 3 $2 off coupons for future purchases.

Unfortunately my girl’s health was rapidly declining. A tooth abscessed, and wet dog food, well, let’s just say it didn’t agree with her. We went through stockpile of baby wipes from Costco. I searched for solutions on the web. The Iams site featured an “ask the vet” contact form…so I did. They responded with free samples and coupons for free pouches and bags of dry to mix in.

My sweet pup of 14 years passed on before she could sample these culinary delights. In our grief, my husband and I came home with a Corgi puppy, Max.

Max was sent home with a complimentary bag of Precise dog food. And a coupon for a second free bag. Precise is expensive, though, and Max liked to eat! Gaining a pound a week takes a lot out of a pup, and we had to put quite a bit in!

Iams vet followed up to ask about our senior dog, and I told them the sad news, and registered our new pup. Iams immediately sent out a Puppy Kit, complete with a coupon for a free bag of puppy food.

I received a Purina ONE challenge free bag coupon requested before my dog died. I registered Max for a new challenge, and received a second coupon for a free bag.

The vet sent us home with IAMS and Eukanuba Puppy Kits, complete with free bag coupons. She also registered Max with them, and they mailed us additional coupons for…FREE BAGS.

Hill Science Diet also ran a challenge, and, yes…another FREE BAG.

I used one of the Purina coupons to try a free bag of Puppy Chow. When I opened the bag, it came out in clumps. Questionable about it’s safety for a sensitive little puppy, I contacted Purina. They sent mailing materials to return the chow to them for testing, and…FREE COUPONS for FREE BAGS. Two more $2 off coupons, too.

Purina Puppy Chow went on sale, for $2 a bag…

Newspaper inserts a few weeks ago had coupons for free bags of Purina Naturals. Sorry, I’m loaded up…the coupons were sent on to the coupon trains.

I’ve mixed the foods together in my free Ziploc Big Bag, so no problems with changing foods constantly.

Max, well, he still eats everything he can, including coupons. But I think he gets a bit more out of actually using the coupons first!