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Let's Get Winter Outta Here! Clearance sale on all outerwear—coats, PJs, and boots. 40% off Ruffwear brand items, 30% off other brands. All sales final.   Local Alert If you take your dog to the natural areas around the General Mills Headquarters, be aware that a large and very bold coyote followed a Total Dog customer and her (large) dog on the evening of February 27.  When the dog was temporarily out of sight of the owner, the coyote attacked the dog.  Fortunately, the dog wasn’t injured.  Be careful.  Read up on how to deal with coyotes.  Here’s one source of information:  http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/coyotes/tips/hazing_guidelines.html New Products Katie K9 (MyTalk 107.1), bless her heart, has been sending listeners to Total Dog for boswellia—a supplement that helps relieve joint inflammation and pain—and, gulp!, we haven’t had it.  Until now!  Look for NaturVet S.O.D. + Boswellia in our supplement aisle. Greeting Cards Coming Soon! For dogs and the people who love them. They are on order and will be arriving soon! Upcoming Events Suzanne Clothier Seminar Renowned animal behaviorist Suzanne Clothier will be conducting seminars at Cloud Nine Training School for Dogs in New Hope, MN. Friday April 10 - Sunday April 12 Registration Deadline is April 8, 2015 Learn More

Pet Dental Health Month! February is Pet Dental Health Month! Get 10% off all dental products—toothbrushes, toothpaste, Plaque Zapper, PetzLife Gel, Whimzees dental chews—all month! Check out our infographic on the importance of Pet Dental Health February is also for Sweethearts! We have a Sweetheart deal on selected Honest Kitchen products: 10% off Love (beef dinner), Smooches (chicken cookies), Nuzzles (duck cookies), and Pecks (buffalo cookies). Offer valid until February 15.   Also, don't forget to mention this month's calendar special the next time you visit! New Products By Nature dry food features pre- and probiotics and loads of antioxidant fruits and vegetables in the formula. Two flavors: Turkey and Ocean Whitefish 30% off the regular price while supplies last. Plus, look for manufacturer coupons in store! Other News Total Dog received mention in the Star Tribune Sunday Business Section on January 25. We were the first retailer to offer the PooBagger poop pick-up device designed by Tom Zurn of Eden Prairie. So buy local! Check out the PooBagger next time you’re in the store.

Whatever holidays you and your pooches celebrate, may they be happy! Holiday Hours We’ll be open regular store hours, EXCEPT: Closing early Christmas Eve (Dec 24) and New Year’s Eve (Dec 31) at 4 pm. Closed all day Christmas Day (Dec 25) and New Year's Day (Jan 1) New Products Still plenty of coats and boots to keep your best friend warm and dry this winter. The 2015 Total Dog Calendar We want to make an annual tradition of this, so we’ll be announcing the theme for the 2016 calendar in plenty of time to allow you to capture your dog in just the right pose, with the right kind of picture file (BIG: think Mb, not Kb). We are pleased to announce that we are now a brick-and-mortar source for Laser Lites grooming products. If you’re looking for an organic dry food for your dog, try Natural Planet Organics Turkey formula, now in stock! Also, we have stocked the NutriSource Grain Free canned foods. We have a number of new beds by Dog Gone Smart and K&H: Dog Gone Smart Lounger Beds and Donut Beds, and K&H Memory Sleepers and Ortho Beds. Stop By The Store The Honest Kitchen Holiday Photo Board is here in the store! Have your dog pose with the board (stick his or her head through one of the holes and he or she will be either a reindeer or an elf—we’ll help), and take a photo. You’ll have a cute, silly photo to add to your holiday card. But that’s not all... Post the photo with the hashtag #thkholiday on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram while you’re at the store and you’ll get some Honest Kitchen goodies (while supply lasts). [...]

Introducing the Consignment Corner! Do you have gently used dog items (coats, crates, grooming tables, etc.) that you’d like to sell? Total Dog will provide a marketplace for you. Here’s how it works: You set the price. Bring the **cleaned up** item to the store and we’ll display it in the Consignment Corner. We reserve the right to refuse items at our discretion. When it sells, we must collect sales tax (that’s over and above the price you set). Out of your selling price, we keep a 10% fee (for example, if you set the price at $20, we would take $2 and you’d get $18). We will contact you when your item sells. You may take your payment in cash or as a store gift card!   'Tis the Season This month of Thanksgiving we are grateful for our wonderful customers (well, we're grateful every month, but this month especially)!You can include your dog in your Thanksgiving festivities.  We carry all kinds of traditional Thanksgiving fare for dogs:  turkey, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, etc. Coming for the Holiday Season Thanks to Honest Kitchen we'll have a fun Holiday Photo Board set up in the store! Have your dog pose with the board (stick his or her head through one of the holes and he or she will be either a reindeer or an elf—we’ll help), and take a photo.  You’ll have a cute, silly photo to add to your holiday card.  But that’s not all...Post the photo with the hashtag #thkholiday on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram while you’re at the store and you’ll get some Honest Kitchen goodies (while supply lasts). PLUS you’ll be entered in a random drawing for food or treats from Honest Kitchen. We should [...]

Specials   American Natural Premium American Natural Premium Original formula:  $2 off 40-lb and 12-lb sizes, $1 off 4-lb All other formulas:  $3 off 30-lb, $2 off 12-lb,$1 off4-lb Nature’s Variety InstinctClose-out on select canned foods: 50% off the regular price (while supply lasts)! Events at Total Dog in July Friday, July 11 - 6-8 pm: Sample Stella & Chewy’s raw food and treats Saturday, July 26 - 11am - 2pm: Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota (RAGOM) Adoption Event! Meet-and-greet with several great dogs currently available for adoption. Something to Plan For... Save the Date! Total Dog Company is pleased to be an endorsing organization for the Nature-Based Therapeutics Conference at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on September 26.  The title of this year’s conference is Speak! The Quality of Interactions Between Humans and Animals.  Keynote address is by Suzanne Clothier, who is a renowned expert on animal-human relationships.  If you’ve ever heard Suzanne speak, you know how entertaining and awesomely knowledgeable she is.  We’ll have more information in future newsletters. Be Sure to Follow Us on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ for More New Products, Updates, and More!

Introducing Nature’s Kitchen Total Dog is now carrying a product that is unique among all that we carry: a frozen, gently cooked dog food. This option might be the answer to your (dog’s) prayers if: Your dog is picky, finicky, might eat a food initially, but loses interest quickly. You’ve tried topping the food with treats, cooking for the dog, and are still looking for something that will satisfy Fido. Your dog has itchy feet, skin problems, gloppy ears, or digestive upset. The high-priced veterinary diet doesn’t appear to be solving the problem. You buy canned dog food, and just noticed how much the feeding guidelines are saying you need to feed your dog AND how expensive canned food is getting. To any of these issues, we say, “Try Nature’s Kitchen.” It comes in resealable 16-oz. tubs – enough to feed a 50-lb. dog for a day. We carry the grain-free recipes (chicken, beef, and turkey—also available with rice). They are made with only human-grade ingredients, Grade A poultry and Choice beef. All ingredients are USA sourced except Norwegian kelp. It's easy to thaw and store and can be kept up to 5 days in the fridge after thawing. Specials Closeouts continue on Nature’s Variety Instinct dry food and Merrick grain free dry food 50% off both. We’ll be happy to order either of these for you if you’re a committed Instinct or Merrick user, or suggest a number of alternatives. (We still carry Merrick canned, and Instinct canned and frozen.) It's travel season, how about a portable crate? Nature’s Miracle crates are easy to set up and fold down to fit in the car. And they're 20% off through June. Events June [...]