Who said there's no free dog's lunch?

A California-based premium pet food company is giving away 10,000 bags of its dog food.

The catch?

The dog's owner has to be unemployed.

From the Dogswell Web site:

Is your career in the pooper scooper? Have you recently been canned and are desperately in need of some kibble? Are you simply tired of this doggone economy? Dogswell is here to help! From April 15 – May 15, Dogswell will offer one free bag of dry dog food to the first 10,000 eligible people.

It's called the Bow Wow Bailout, and you can click on the link above to get the redemption form and instructions on where to send it.

This economy is something isn't, creating marketing possibilities everywhere?

Happy hour for you and your pet

On Tuesday, the PetSmart stores are having a Summer Happy Hour from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at all their U.S. stores.

Actually that's two hours.

It will feature:

• Contests for Best Smile/Personality and Best Bikini/Summer Apparel.
• The grand prize winner of the Best Bikini/Summer Apparel contest will also receive a one-month supply of Purina® dog and cat food. First, second and third place winners of both contests will receive a $5 PetSmart gift card.
• Goodie bags including coupons for free samples of select Beneful® dog food and Fancy Feast® cat food items, and additional items such as key chains, pet food can lids, tab openers, CDs or toys.
• Free digital photo and cardboard frame.
  

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think the contests are for your pets, not you.

To locate a store near you, click here.

Locally, there are stores in Kingston and Newburgh.