freekibble.com Every dog deserves a decent dinner!

“Easy Dork, that’s my leg you’re ripping!!”, I softly screamed at the cat sitting on my lap who was sinking her rarely used claws into my flesh after she saw “DOG” in the title of the post I had began composing. It is a good question though: why IS there a dog in a title on a website about cats. Well, let me explain…

I was checking out HootSuite and came upon a couple posts to retweet. One of the twits was about someone “Donating a meal to shelter pets for each new follower @freekibble & @halopets” on humpday (Wednesday), sos I follows ‘em both with my alter-egos, @HappyClaws and @RantingIdiot. Then, I went and started checking references.

I multi-linked over to @freekibble‘s T-page and everything I saw was strictly about getting meals to shelter/rescue pets. Sliding over to www.freekibble.com I was greeted with:

Right or wrong, you win! Click on an answer, and every day you do, we’ll provide 10 pieces of kibble to Animal Shelters to help feed their hungry dogs. Play Bow-Wow Trivia every day – the more you play, the more kibble for the dogs!

Personally I had never seen anything like this before. Unlike those urban myth e-mails sent by our well meaning friends, I knew this was the real deal. My prejudice was justified finding substantiation from the sponsor’s website.

Turns out there was this little girl from Bend, Oregon whose parents raised quite well, that felt the need to feed shelter pets. Unable to fund her desires through her weekly allowance, she sought other means of putting food is doggy dishes. It wasn’t explained how a 12 year old kid convinced local pet food manufacturer Castor & Pollux Pet Works to sponsor this project, but she did. Ahh, local is only a 3-1/2 hour drive for her parents, each way. Actually, all of this is really just old news. Mimi Ausland has already been on the Ellen DeGeneres show, NBC Nightly News (did her parents proud to be on National News for the good you did), ASPCA Kid of the Year, and been a topic on a host of articles.

I slid over to sister site freekibblekat.com and played the game there. They have some pretty neat banners

Play a round of trivial each every day.

Castor & Pollux Pet Works, a leader in organic and natural products for pets, is the founding sponsor for this charity project. Their featured product lines are ORGANIX organic dog and cat foods and treats, Natural Ultramix natural dog and cat foods and treats, GOOD BUDDY dog cookies and Curious Cat treats.

The project expanded. CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods and HALO Purely for Pets joined as sponsoring contributors. Today 14, yes 14, shelters are being feed monthly through Mimi’s dream.