Rio Gets a Valentine! PetSmart

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Rio, our Corgie Mix, came to us as a rescue dog from the local animal shelter.  As we passed by rows of cages, he looked up at us and wagged his tail.  My daughter stopped and exclaimed, “I want this one!”  Bryan was skeptical.  “He looks like he would be a yappy little dog.” Nevertheless, we filled out the paperwork, picked him up and took him home.  It is one decision that I have never regretted.  Rio loves to snuggle, possibly thinking he is a small human, does all sorts of tricks and is not in the least bit yappy, unless he hears the ding of the bell on Wheel of Fortune or the doorbell.  I suspect he thinks he is alerting us to danger.

Rio thinks he should be included in all holiday celebrations and usually receives a treat.  Valentine’s Day is filled with chocolate for the rest of us, but since this is bad for dogs, he receives a toy instead.  This year PetSmart allowed Rio to try out their new Valentine’s Day line,  Luv-A-Pet Care Bears.  Intended for medium and large sized pets, these cute, cuddly bears come in different colors and have a specialized insignia on their bellies that represents their personal duty and personality. Their ultimate weapon is the “Care Bear Stare” (a.k.a. “Belly Magic”), in which the collected Bears stand together and radiate light from their respective tummy symbols.

Okie

When the box arrived, filled with Care Bears that squeak, the ultimate treat for Rio, our cat Okie saw them and couldn’t resist.  I’ve found him snuggled next to a Purple Care Bear, cuddling it and refusing to let it go.  I decided Rio could share the wealth, although Rio would have been happy to keep all the bears for himself.

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Helping to save rescue pets is a cause that is near and dear to my heart.  That’s why I was thrilled to see that PetSmart will donate 10% of the sale of this item to PetSmart Charities® in the US and PetSmart Charities® of Canada to help save homeless pets.  These bears are available in three sizes, regular, mini and ball shaped.  Do you have a pet who needs a treat this Valentine’s Day?

71 Comments

  1. What a great cause! And the bears look really cute and lovable!

  2. How cute! My kiddos are on a mission to get a pet and I’m determined when we do welcome one into our family it will be a rescue pet.

  3. I remember watching the care bear movies as a kid. I still love them. These are so cute and I am so glad that some proceeds will go towards helping other animals. Especially since we just adopted our kitten Jojo this past weekend.

  4. Cute!! I love the care bears. The round one would be my pick, though.

  5. My sister’s dog would love the CareBears! Perfect for a gift for him for Vday!

  6. CareBears for pets.. who would have thought. 🙂 I love the fact that your pets are cuddling up with them. I used to, too as a little girl.

  7. we are BIG care bears fans in this house. i’m not sure my little one would want to share with our tobey but we’d sure try!!

  8. oh my goodness these are so cute!

  9. oh boy. care bears!! we LOVE the care bears. although i’m not sure my 4 year old would let the dog HAVE these

  10. That’s great that Petsmart is donating a portion of the funds. I shop at Petsmart for my dog/cat food and those care bears toys are adorable.

  11. Your dog is so cute! I love these Petsmart Care Bears products. How nice to have for the dog. I am going to have to get one!!

  12. Care Bears brings back memories – they are still the most adorable things! <3 Perfect for the love month, indeed!

  13. of course he gets Valentine’s too cute to be left out!!!
    Very happy to read the initiative by Pet msart donating to help our animal friends

    Can’t get over Rio’s cuteness

  14. I loved care bears as a kid– I need to get one of these for my dog!

  15. Very cute! I would like those for the kids, but I’m sure my furry children would appreciate them as well.

  16. I love supporting causes like this, such a loving and warmhearted idea. Thank you for sharing 🙂

  17. I never thought getting a care bear for our dog. I know my children would like to give the dog a stuffed animal as a gift.

  18. Oh my! One of my cats looks just like yours… except the spot on the nose! How sweet that they got spoiled with new toys!

  19. Those are so cute. I’ll have to check out my local Petsmart.

  20. I love this. Care Bears for dogs. I need to get a few for my pups. Your dog is such a cutie.

  21. Aww, how cute. I love the idea of including the family pet in different holiday celebrations.

  22. I love the ball shaped bears! We don’t have a dog right now, but I’ve been seriously considering a puppy 🙂

  23. How cute. I love that your fur babies got a Valentine’s gift. My little ones would love to have one of these babies to play with. I personally love Care Bears.

  24. Oh I love corgis. What a great rescue story. It’s like love, you know it when you find it

  25. We shop Pet Smart for about 90% of our pet items! Love the Valentines for your pet idea.

  26. I don’t have a dog at the moment, but always donate to pet charities. I will have to tell my sister-in-law about the 10% donation from PetSmart. Cute photos! 🙂

  27. Awh, what a great idea to share the love with your pets. Those care bears look so adorable.

  28. Oh Care Bears! Those are the classic toys that will never go out of style.

  29. Care Bears bring back so many memories!!! OMG my dogs would love these. So super cute!

  30. These Are Adorable & For A Great Cause Another Reason To Love Petsmart!

  31. I wonder how long it will take until they bite, chew and rip to shreds their little snuggly buddy! Since you have many of them, I think that’d be ok.

  32. Awww … carebears! My dog could care less about stuffed animals because she’s quite old now. This is really neat though for pets to have something to play with.

  33. No pets around here, but those Care Bears bring back so many memories. “Tenderheart Bear, I love you!” LOL 🙂

  34. Spoiling our pets is awesome. Spoiling our pets while helping other animal is even better! Kudos PetSmart!

  35. Helene Cohen Bludman

    Awww these toys are sweet! My dog and dat are both rescues. I am so glad to know that PetSmart will donate part of the proceeds to help homeless pets.

  36. Those are so cute, my dogs are getting new coats for Valentine’s day this year. I wish we had a Pet Smart near us, I need to check out ordering from them online.

  37. Not only are Care Bears beyond adorable, but I love that they giving a donation! Way to go PetSmart!!

  38. So sweet! We got our little dog s stuffed mouse a few weeks ago and he had so much fun.

  39. King loves stuffed toys. This Valentine’s Day he is getting a new bear to play with. We name each stuffed toy and he drags them around the house.

  40. This post was so written for my grandma she always goes all out for her pets. I love getting them things to, especially toys that they will use over and over. Pets are family!

  41. They are so cute. I love that they are adopted. And remembering them for Valentine’s Day only shows how important they are to the family. Cute!

  42. How adorable! We all love Care Bears around here too!

  43. Oh my they are too cute – I wonder if we can buy them over here I bet Sal would love one! x

  44. OMGosh those are so cute!! The animals and the care bears 🙂

  45. Those are really cute. Pretty sure if I brought one home my daughter would want it for herself.

  46. i used to have an original sunshine care-bear. In-fact I used to have sunshine bear.

  47. That is so cute! B/w both your pets are so adorable 🙂 I hope they are happy with their cuddly bears 🙂

  48. our kitties are rescue pets to and they love stuffed animals for sure

  49. I simply adore these! I just wish my dogs wouldn’t have something like this ripped to shreds within 3 seconds or I’d be rushing to PetSmart for the entire set!

  50. What lucky pets you have! Those carebears are too cute! I bet even my daughter would love them.

  51. Those are so cute! I would love to get some for my pets, but I think my girls would end up fighting over them with the pets. lol I might get some anyway!

  52. How cute!! Fur babies need some stuffies too!! 🙂

  53. Luv-A-Pet Care Bears are awesome idea!

  54. Aw so cute!!! I loved the Carebears growing up!! Might have to head to PetSmart to shop!!

  55. so cute! I used to play with CareBears as a kids – cute that they have dog toys!

  56. I love Care Bears! And those look like great chew toys for the dogs. Now I want to go to PetSmart!

  57. Awe, those Care Bears are so adorable. I loved them when I was a little girl and it’s fun to see that they are still around and as cute as ever!

  58. We just received these same toys and our dogs love them! Yours are too cute!

  59. I saw these the other day and wondered if my cat would like one–seeing your cat with one I guess I will pick one up for her!

  60. What cutie pies! so glad they have Valentines too!

  61. Those are the cutest pet toys! Although my daughter would probably steal it. And then my dog would steal it back. And then it would be shredded. Sometimes having a pitbull is hard on keeping toys from being shredded. /sigh. But these are so cute.

  62. Oh my goodness! So cute. You certainly can’t forget your pets on Valentines Day! My kitties usually get some treats.

  63. Super sweet! We dont think to give our pets gifts, but we should. lol

  64. How cute! I didn’t know they made Care Bear pet toys. My dog Maia would love these. She’s our “stuffed animal” dog. We call them her babies. Until she rips her baby apart for the squeaker. Then she carries that around for days, protecting it from the other dogs. LOL.

  65. These are really cute. My cat lives with my mom now, but he would love something like this.

  66. I’ve always loved the Care Bears! I wonder if my cats would like them as much as your Oakie does?

  67. We just received some of these adorable Care Bears last week for our dogs. My dogs love them, but we only got three. Now I’m jealous! LOL!

  68. OMG these are SO adorable and so it your pouch! I used to be obsessed with care bears when I was younger, so this would be perfect for us! Thanks for sharing!!!

  69. I had no idea they had carebears that squeaked… nor that they made them for pets. Boy am I ever out of the loop.

  70. My kitty is a rescue kitty! She’s not much for Valentine’s gifts, but these are too cute! I might pick one up for her anyway.

  71. Awww, how cute. I don’t usually get valentines for my pup, but those Care Bears are so cute that I just might make a trip over there for one….or three.