Several days ago I recieved the first of two packages from my Presents for Pets gifter. I'm kind of obsessive - when a tracking number is provided, I'll pretty much just check a hundred times per day just to see the status change, so I knew it was coming. Got home from work, picked it up, and called Cy in to help me open the box. He loves boxes - he's learned that whenever boxes arrive, he should be excited.

In this box was the Fresh n' Floss spearmint rope toy! Seems pretty sturdy. I smelled it, it surprisingly doesn't smell like mint even though it's got the neat green stripes. Cy was actually more pleased with the box itself than the toy - I'll try a little more to coax him to play with me and it, and if he doesn't take to it I'll donate it to my local Siberian Husky rescue. He's not really a toy lover so this reaction was not unexpected. If he doesn't love it, I know somebody else will!

Shortly after the first box arrived, a tracking number showed up for the second one. It was set to arrive today, on Halloween. I'm actually a little under the weather today and wound up staying home from work so I restlessly waited for this thing to arrive. I really wanted to go back to bed but I knew as soon as I did, it would get here.. sure enough, I got tired of waiting, and not even five minutes after I crawled in bed and got comfortable, the doorbell rang.

Big box! Heavy box! Again, I collected Cy and my trusty Scissors and we set to work opening this thing up. Cy was super excited about this one, and no wonder why. In it was a bag of Zuke's Lamb Jerkey Natural Bites, Blue Wilderness Duck Biscuits, and Fruitables Pumpkin and Cranberry biscuits. I LOVE unorthodox proteins for treats - chicken and beef are fine and all but so common so when I buy treats myself, I try to go with other flavors too. Duck happens to be his FAVORITE flavor! He goes absolutely crazy for anything ducky. I don't know if he's ever had lamb actually. We got samples of the Fruitables one last year in a Barkbox and he really liked them, and those are a nice option for a light treat for a fat dog like him.

But what made this box so heavy?! Well, once again, I listed two animals for this pets exchange - Cy, my happy handsome husky, and Doc, the quarter horse gelding I ride and spoil. Gifter also got treats for Doc - Apple n Oat nuggets! I'm not a huge fan of Purina for dog and cat products but they do horse and livestock feed and treats really well and these treats are actually probably my favorite to give. As soon as you unscrew the cap, BAM awesome apple scent. I've never met a horse who doesn't love these. Doc will be thrilled I have treats again! Cy was super interested so he tried one too and approved. I'll probably have to get out to the barn later today anyway so I may try to grab a pic of Doc with the treats. We'll see!

All in all, pretty pleased with the gifts we got! Thank you, mystery gifter!