I’ve been invited to ” join Pup-Peroni’s exclusive ‘Tail-Gate Treats’ campaign!” And they’ve offered to give me “A bag of our delectable Filet Mignon & Bacon Flavors dog snacks.” Sarcasm: Wow…how lucky am I?
The email said…
Susan —
I am writing to invite you to join Pup-Peroni’s exclusive “Tail-Gate Treats” campaign!Put on the face paint and your favorite team’s jersey and throw some steak on the grill— it’s tailgate season! Now is the time when family, friends, and Fido gather to watch football and cook up some meaty treats. Include your dog in the festivities this season with the superior taste of Pup-Peroni’s Filet Mignon & Bacon Flavors dog snacks (made with real steak!).
While you enjoy your steak and your pooch scarfs down Pup-Peroni treats, we’re hoping you’re able to capture a moment of bonding which can only be described as ‘woof yeah!’
We’re joining forces with bloggers like you to capture these joyous moments you and your dog share.
As a thank-you for posting some wag-nificent content to your blog, we’d love to send you a delicious “Tail-Gate Steak & Bacon Starter Pack” that includes:
a) A bag of our delectable Filet Mignon & Bacon Flavors dog snacks
b) Some awesome Pup-Peroni toys to toss around during your next tailgate!
All we ask is that your content includes the following:
1. Write about what makes your relationship with your dog so special and how you bond over the taste of steak and bacon (we’ll send sample content in our next email)
2. Use the #woofyeah hashtag within your social posts to share the joyous bond between you and your dog for a chance to be featured on Pup-Peroni’s social channels! (don’t forget to tag us @pupperoni)
3. Share the ‘Woof Yeah’ video in your blog post and with your friends on social media (link to video will be provided in our next email)
Nice deal Pup-Peroni.
Bloggers do advertising work for Pup-Peroni and are rewarded with a $11 (retail) bag of dog treats containing by-products, multiple dyes, and a risky chemical preservative. Plus you are going to give us ‘some awesome Pup-Peroni toys’ that were probably made in China to further advertise your product. Sarcasm: You guys are so generous!
My response to Pup-Peroni: #woofnaytoprocesseddogtreats. I choose to bond with my dogs (and cats) with real food – not feed grade, dyed, chemically preserved food ONLY FLAVORED with Filet Mignon & Bacon. But do keep sending me your emails…your marketing tricks make excellent alerts for consumers.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
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Diana Farrar
October 4, 2016 at 1:31 pm
Bwahahaha! Oops, wrong person to send that to…
Eileen Crosby
October 4, 2016 at 1:55 pm
I’m jealous!!! Hahahaha.
On another note, thank you for the heads up on Pet Fooled. I can’t wait to get a copy.
Adria
October 4, 2016 at 1:58 pm
Big mistake Pup-Peroni, but great response, Susan. Wonder if they’ll respond?
Pinky Collins
October 4, 2016 at 1:58 pm
LOL, how could you say no to FILET MIGNON????
NO NO an NO again! Ugh that stuffs like plastic!
Pinky
Michelle
October 4, 2016 at 2:35 pm
Susan you are THE BEST!!!!
Cheryl
October 4, 2016 at 2:51 pm
Oh my! You have a perfect response as usual. Thanks for all that you are doing for our fur babies.
Brenda
October 4, 2016 at 3:32 pm
On the other hand, this might give you an inside with the “right” people to begin influencing them to really be concerned about dog health. Think about how you could interact, teach, and guide. You are in a unique position to speak for our beloved dogs/cats.
Dr. Laurie Coger
October 4, 2016 at 3:50 pm
I’m jealous! The only company that offered me product for review was Milk Bones — and they retail for $2.89! How do I move up to the $11.00 price level? Oh, wait, I just go to my butcher and buy a pound of NY Strips!
Judy Morgan
October 4, 2016 at 5:28 pm
OMG. Did you also receive the box with the new and improved sample of Beneful? My readers enjoyed that one and we all laughed that they sent it to the wrong person. You need a photo of you and your dogs burning the pupperoni as a sacrifice to the Gods who keep our pets safe from big pet food propaganda.
Susan Thixton
October 4, 2016 at 9:27 pm
Oh Judy – no I didn’t get that gift package. I think one of the requests for the Beneful sample is to post a comment on the food on their website. Many (many) of them mention the free sample. So jealous.
Tracey
October 5, 2016 at 8:48 am
Love it! That’s a GREAT idea! Thanks for laugh, almost as good as the one from Susan above. 🙂
Marge
October 4, 2016 at 5:56 pm
What a gracious way to tell someone keep their garbage….gooooooo Susan!!
Gitta
October 4, 2016 at 6:28 pm
This is hilarious!!!!!
Mass mailing without brains.
Wonder how many bloggers don’t bother to tell their audience about the deal?
What a world. Show love and bond while feeding hazardous waste.
Regina
October 4, 2016 at 7:46 pm
Thumbs up Susan. You speak for us all.
Pacific Sun
October 4, 2016 at 8:20 pm
Funny on the surface. But on a deeper level, actually kinda sad.
Here we have two articles recently. One about Pet Fooled (a long awaited, desperately needed, documentary on the pitfalls of pet food. Which (unfortunately) we’ll have to wait for until January 2017 for general release. Hopefully this film won’t be forgotten about by then. And some buzz will arise from it.
And the second story, addressing “All Bloggers, Come and Get it!” Sad because nobody at the BHPB Company researched TAPF. And sad because I’d hardly call Susan Thixton just another Blogger. And certainly not in the company of those who anxiously spread their “opinions” as extension of vanity press. TAPF is far from “just” opinion, using research and facts to make various points.
But some Numbskull at the bright, but dull, BHPB company, thought it would be ever so clever to throw a “$ Bone” her way. I put Pup-Peroni on the level of Bene-Full-Of -Cr.p! Oh so cute for the PF Consumer. Oh so toxic for the Pet. I wouldn’t feed this stuff, even if I’d NEVER heard of the Truth About Pet Food.
Just sad. That somebody would’ve come up with this recipe.
Ingredients: Meat By-Products, Soy Grits, Sugar, Liver, Beef, Propylene Glycol, Salt, Garlic Powder, Caramel Color, Potassium Sorbate (used as a preservative), Natural Smoke Flavor, Sodium Nitrite (for color retention), Red 40, BHA (used as a preservative), Onion Extract. Courtesy of the useless folks at Big Heart Pet Brands (a J.M. Smucker Company)
I guess I just don’t have any sense of humor.
Susan Thixton
October 5, 2016 at 9:00 am
I was actually angry over Pup-peroni using pet bloggers for useless trinkets as payment. It is similar to the way many of them use veterinarians. They consider us tools to sell their recycled waste.
Talent Hounds
October 4, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Yes- their PR company sent out I believe. Good response.
Rose Studdard
October 5, 2016 at 12:20 am
How about how they assume the steak you grill for your self is too good for your pooch so give them their garbage? Love your reply to them. Keep up the good work.
Debbie Daniel
October 5, 2016 at 6:43 am
OMG, I was freaking out for a second. I thought you were really joining forces. I thought..you have lost your mind. LOL Thank God you are not. Those treats are like one of the worst treats on the planet. geezz…
I will bond with my dogs on a raw diet and homemade organic treats I make.
Terri Janson
October 5, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Loved your answer Susan! LOL!!
James Collard
December 3, 2016 at 4:50 pm
You are chosen, Susan Thixton. That is my definition of the ¨blessing¨ of the Sermon on the Mount (not of ¨god¨ but of Creation). Seeking, you will find. My cat has just been diagnosed with, ¨Pulmonary Edema¨, after two weeks of my efforts to get her to eat. ¨You must eat something, baby, to keep up your strength¨. The xray showed, but the techinician added, ¨Probably from, ¨ingestión de anticoagulantes¨, and she´s ony had one catfood to eat. I poisoned my own beautiful friend with, Pato de Pavo, de sencationes marinas and salmon,and with Cat Chow Green. With my, ¨Eat up, good girl!¨. I followed their plan. Only one cat of the three who live with me had problems. So, I never suspected the cat food. ´There´s more to this, Susan, which is important for all of us.
James Collard
December 3, 2016 at 5:07 pm
Susan, if I may add. I hate Purina, but you and all of us must think what Jesús said, ¨Turn the other cheek¨. To me, this means, do something benevolent for Purina or the world at large, that prevents a further occurrence of the problem. Jesus made a whip to thrash the moneylenders. Not because he was religious, (did he attend the temple?), but, because Money was being ´used´ corruptly. Corruption for money (and its power) is the problem. We must whip the source of their power. Money. That´s the only power they have. It´s up to us.
James Collard