BarkBox Subscription Box Review & Coupon – March 2015

Just received my first barkbox….not too impressed. I ordered the big and bold but you would have thought I got the tiny box. Plus it feels like I got leftovers from the February box. It was a Louisiana living theme… Etta says rabbit chew, the delca jester ball, Etta says chicken pot pie bits, petsafe catfish po’boy and the new angle pet junior gulpy. The chew lasted all of 5 seconds, treats are so tiny I almost lost my hand (lol), jester ball is so small my dog almost swallowed it. The gulpy thing is 10 oz. While this might be awesome for smaller dogs it just won’t work for either of my 70 pound dogs. I would have to refill it 3 times. Glad I trained my dogs how to drink out of water bottles. I loved the theme and while they loved everything I just don’t see the value of the big and bold box of they aren’t going to provide large size treats/toys. I would be willing to pay more if they provided the right size for my dogs. All the products are not something that I would have bought for my dogs. Is this a common occurrence? I still have 3 more months left. I will not be renewing if this continues

I usually get the same items in the review except for this month. I was very disappointed. I received all the same treats but the toys were leftover items from previous boxes. I got a bone shaped plush and the Muddy Buddy Dog Mop. I think it was because it was technically the last month of my subscription before the renew so they gave me the leftover inventory. I did email them to ask why and to confirm my theory and they totally avoided the question twice. They were very nice but did not answer the question. Not happy with this box but will renew because my pup enjoys it.

Your Buckles looks like my Kira. What kind of dog is he? Kira is a yorkipoo.

Got an identical box to what Liz received. The parrot lost his tail feathers almost immediately, but that seems easy to repair. The squeak toy went to my sister’s dog so she doesn’t feel “left out” and that was a hit. The coconut treats went over ok, but they aren’t as excited about them now as when they were unboxed. They will definitely get eaten. The chew was one my dog hid after I gave it to her so she could save it and eat in front of her “cousin”… my dog is a diva. The yeti treats are the overwhelming favorite. I found microwaving at 15 second intervals ensured that they fully puffed up, but didn’t get burnt. I did, however, have to cut them up so that my tiny dog could even get them into her mouth to chew.

I loved my box this month. I have the “just right” sized box. We have a standard poodle. The yeti treats are so much fun!! I loved them! I heated one for 60 seconds on a napkin. My dog had to wait quite a bit for it to cool, but she just licked it a while. Then she bit in to it and it was crunchy! I was surprised, I didn’t expect it to be crunchy. She loved it and ate every crumb! I think it’s a totally fun treat since she never gets anything warm really. We plan to give her one a day until they are gone. She also got two toys, one a very large and rugged stuffed bone, canvas and wooly type that says fetch, it has a squeaker inside, I think it’s a very nice quality toy. Also the plastic message in a bottle toy. That one has a great squeak. I don’t think it would work for a serious chewer, but my dog isn’t. However even if she doesn’t love it, my little girls will play with it in their toy kitchen. We also received a full bag of wonderful granola biscuit type treats and a buffalo chew. I’m very happy with the box this month!!

That’s so weird that your large dog box was a different theme then mine. I have a 95 lb dog and our box was the paradise tropical escape theme (or something like that). We were extremely disappointed with this months box. The toys were way to small. The message in a bottle broke within a minute and was prob the size of my dogs mouth. The safe made pineapple is entirely too small and he has no interest in it. And they left out the Mai tai mango biscuits completely. They are sending another treat in its place after I contacted them (great customer service) as the mango treats are sold out. But I think they didn’t send me a large dog box and I got the medium instead? Idk. I’m honestly hoping this is a fluke because we’ve loved every box until this month. I’m going to finish out my subscription and then decide from there whether we will stay. Hopefully this was a one time deal!

The trick for the nuggets is much like the trick to not burning microwave popcorn: you have to watch it closely. 45 seconds and we are good to go with these. I did the first for 60 and it was fine too, just super hot and the pup isn’t really patient waiting for them to cool. 45 seconds was the key.

Despite how their site categorizes dogs by size, the toy sizes really don’t match up for the medium size group. It says 20-50 lbs. That’s a big size range. We have a shiba inu-husky mix coming in at 40 lbs. He is the definition of “medium.” Last month he got the ginormous moose toy and this month it was the mondo stuffed bone. He LOVED stuffed toys (including these) but they’re just too big for him to really get full use from. I changed the profile to “small” for Apr. I hope we don’t get teacup poodle-size toys and treats. They really need to work on their size breakdowns when it comes to toys. Buddy loved all of the treats (he’s not terribly picky) and the bone. The rubber message in a bottle, like all other rubber/hard toys, not so much. I don’t see that it’s “cheap” or cheaply made. It’s just worthless to our dog. We just batch up the toys he doesn’t love and donate them to our local rescue. I know they’re much loved and appreciated there.

Our box theme was Island Paradise and for the first time in many months, I was disappointed with a few of the items. We got the Golden Nuggets, buffalo chew, a fuzzy bone shaped stuffed toy, bag of Mango Passion fruit treats and a very cheap rubber like/plastic bottle that will be destroyed in minutes. The box is okay but when I saw the plastic bottle, my first thought was one of the dogs swallowing little pieces of the plastic once they bite into it. It just doesn’t seem like the quality found in most of the BarkBox toys. I will continue susbscribing to Bark Box because their past boxes have been awesome. We also enjoy Pet Box.

Our big dog really enjoyed his “Movie Night” box, but it was a bit different from what Ashley’s big pup received. He did get the stuffed popcorn (best 10 minutes of his life tearing it to bits), the salmon treats, and the movie night bacon hearts treats. He also received a jerky buffalo stick and a wonderful tough “big dog” green 12 in plastic stick with an internal squeaker (sorry- I threw away the packaging, so I cannot tell you the name, but it floats which is great in our pool). I was so happy to receive the toy as I know it will be around for a while. This is our dog’s second BarkBox – last month we received a cute box but with an itty bitty Gulpy (way too small for our big pup). However, I emailed them and I was blown away by BarkBox’s customer service (we’ll be subscribing for a long time thanks to this) – if you receive something that is too small/not quite right, I highly recommend emailing them! Also, they mention in their email to me that they are looking at putting out a “jumbo” sized box in the future for the really big dogs. We’ll probably upgrade to this if it becomes available as our golden retriever is really tough on toys.

I complained to customer service about the popcorn toy and got 10 dollars and free shipping to the online store.
My dog normally does not ruin toys but the popcorn was asking for it, still have the yeti and the jester ball and the moose plus a ton more!

We received the movie night extra-large dog box & we’re disappointed in it. The popcorn toy was un-stuffed in minutes. The treats are training sized, the bone is okay, but the tiny travel bowl is a joke.

We haven’t gotten ours yet. Our dog is 15 lbs, but I usually still get a few different items than Liz. If we get exactly the same items, it’ll be a flop for us as well. They do have the Scout’s Honor guarantee is your dog really truly dislikes something. We hated the moisturizing spray last month (stinks BAD) so they let us pick our $15 worth of stuff from a certain section of their website).

The large dog box theme was Movie Night. It’s a super cute theme, and very cohesive, but, again, some of the items don’t seem size appropriate. We got a very small, flexible silicone travel bowl and a “box of popcorn” plush toy that was reduced to scraps within two minutes of giving it to my puppy. The treats were all a hit: Nature’s Bits Salmon (with strawberries and sweet potatoes) Oven Baked Soft Treats, Healthy Dogma Bacon Hearts and a Butcher’s Block Dynamo which is hickory smoked and made from either beef shank or arm bone.

I realize that well-made dog toys are more expensive, but I would gladly give up one of the treats and the inappropriately sized accessories to get a toy that lasts longer than five minutes. Although, my puppy may not agree. haha

Mine is different!! I have large / x large dog and we got a movie theathers theme

I had thought about trying BarkBox out with the coupon but don’t think this would have been a hit for Sadie. So far we have been pleased with PetBox and Sadie has liked everything in it each month.

If I’m not mistaken, Barkbox sent out an email a few days ago with instructions on how to make the treats. In that email, I believe they said to microwave the treats for 45 seconds. When I get my box, I’m going to try 45 seconds instead.