PetSmart Serves Up Free Dog-Friendly Ice Cream Sundaes for National Ice Cream Day

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Jul 01, 2019, 09:00 ET

PHOENIX, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PetSmart® is once again sweetening the celebration for National Ice Cream Day by offering a weekend of free, dog-friendly ice cream topped with dog biscuit treats at PetSmart PetsHotel® locations across North America on Saturday, July 20, and Sunday, July 21.

Dogs can get a four-ounce, complimentary serving of dog-safe ice cream and toppings during normal business hours at all PetSmart stores with PetsHotel facilities while supplies last. The frozen treats are customarily offered as an add-on treat service at Doggie Day Camp and during overnight stays.

National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 21, and PetSmart is celebrating all weekend long by offering free dog-friendly ice cream at its PetSmart PetsHotel locations across North America. All day during store hours on Saturday, July 20, and Sunday, July 21, dogs can get a four-ounce, complimentary serving of dog-safe ice cream at PetSmart stores with PetsHotel facilities. This frozen treat is customarily offered as an add-on treat service at Doggie Day Camp and during overnight stays.

"We love seeing pet parents enjoying summertime with their dogs," said Debbie Beisswanger, vice president of services at PetSmart. "That's why we're excited to offer dog-safe ice cream treats for the fifth year in a row during National Ice Cream Day. It's always a huge hit and a fun way for pets and pet parents to beat the summer heat."

As part of National Ice Cream Month, National Ice Cream Day is observed each year on the third Sunday in July. PetSmart is encouraging pet parents to share photos and videos on Facebook and Instagram of their pets enjoying National Ice Cream Day using #nationalicecreamday and tagging PetSmart.

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PetSmart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. At PetSmart, we love pets, and we believe pets make us better people. Every day with every connection, PetSmart's passionate associates help bring pet parents closer to their pets so they, together, can live more fulfilled lives. This vision impacts everything we do for our customers, the way we support our associates and how we give back to our communities. PetSmart employs approximately 55,000 associates and operates more than 1,650 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as more than 200 in-store PetSmart PetsHotel® dog and cat boarding facilities. The retailer provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and products, as well as services such as dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp™ and pet adoption. PetSmart, PetSmart Charities® and PetSmart Charities® of Canada work with more than 3,500 animal welfare organizations to bring adoptable pets into stores so they have the best chance possible of finding a forever home. Through this in-store adoption program and other signature events, PetSmart has facilitated more than 8 million adoptions, more than any other brick-and-mortar organization. In May 2017, PetSmart acquired Chewy.com, a leading online retailer of pet food and products in the U.S., which operates as an independent subsidiary.

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