Victoria A
Google
Beware Super Chewer & Grain-Free / Limited Diet Dog Lovers!!
I thought I’d give BarkBox a try (Why not?) and opted for the 6-month subscription. Fortunately, I didn’t do the 12-month subscription - that saves me $35 monthly on useless treats and toys that are opposite of Super Chewer indestructibility.
As you build your dog’s profile on Bark Box, you can select protein types, with a box to further list your dog’s dietary restrictions. There’s an upgrade option to pay more for Super Chewer status too.
My dog is both Super Chewer & Grain-Free / Limited Diet.
Once you’ve completed your online dog profile, you add your monthly payment method, and click submit, excited to receive your first subscription box, expecting it to contain the items that cater to your dog’s profile.
My first Bark Box subscription entailed an extra toy and bag of treats for signing up, themed Ice Age. Wonderful to have five bags of treats, four of which contain the very ingredient my dog cannot have - Grains!
Additionally, the mammoth squeaky tug toy, made of hard canvas material, was destroyed within 5 minutes into play time.
I reached out to Bark Box via email about Grain-Free treats & destructible Super Chewer toys, their delayed response was “We can only accommodate basic allergies such as chicken, beef, and turkey. We aren't able to specifically exclude grains in our ingredients.”
No where on their website and ads do they state that claim.
Furthermore, Bark Box fluffed up with an offer for a “free toy replacement” that my dog can annihilate once again.
I requested to cancel my subscription, it is of absolute no value and use for my dog, yet again, their delayed email response contained the following, “To clarify, because you signed up for a 6-month commitment plan, canceling only stops the renewal after the commitment period ends.” What?!
Bark Box’s 3+ days response time, includes dealing with a new name ambassador each time, somewhat suspect of AI-generated non-personable human being-ness, contained the same apologetic tone of “Sorry Not Sorry, you’re stuck with us.”