Child’s 1st Pet? You Need Swiffer Because #ShedHappens

This post is sponsored by Swiffer® and the BlogPaws Professional Pet Blogger Network. I am helping spread the word about Swiffer but Horseshoes & Hand Grenades only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. Swiffer is not responsible for the content of this article.

 

It’s the holiday’s and you’re thinking about getting your kids their first pet. They’re getting older, more responsible, and let’s face it, every kiddo needs a pet. At least that’s how I was bought up. There have been few times in my life where we did not have family pets. Yes that’s plural because kind of like potato chips, you can’t have just one. We currently have five dogs, three cats, a bearded dragon, and some fish. Of those animals in that herd we just happen to have three puppies. My daughters first pet, Molly a Long Hair Mini Dashchund, .Ellie Mae our German Shorthair Pointer who is destined to be the laziest hunting dog in history, and Jack Jack, our red heeler.

 

 

The pet parents know that with the good, comes the pet hair. It’ the price you have to pay for the love and affection that you receive from these little furballs.  It’s totally worth it, but it can be a pain. With Swiffer®, pet parents can get a thorough clean in minutes, so pet hair mess and frustrations never have to become an obstacle to adopting a loving pet.

 

 The Swiffer Effect

Less time cleaning means more time for petting and purring. With Swiffer, pet parents can get a thorough clean in minutes, so pet hair mess and frustrations never have to become an obstacle to adopting a loving pet for your children and family this holiday season.

 

As families consider adoption leading into the holidays, Swiffer and Bark Box will partner to help welcome home rescue pets across the country. For every adoption match made and for each of its 3,000 partner shelters, Swiffer will provide a Welcome Home Kit with its products, for a thorough clean in minutes so pet mess concerns never get in the way of a child’s first pet.

 

 

The special bond between a child and their first pet is unparalleled, but concerns about pet messes can prevent parents from adopting a new pet. According to the second annual Swiffer Cleaning Index, while 93% of American parents feel that having a pet is one of the most rewarding experiences a child can have, 75% of those that do not already have a pet agree that concerns over pet-related messes could prevent them from getting one.

 

 

This holiday season, Swiffer and Bark & Co. want to help more families and pets experience the love through pet adoption – and have more time for play and less time for clean-up. Swiffer and Bark & Co. are providing 10,000 Welcome Home Kits to participating shelters across the country and Swiffer is making a $50,000 total donation to select shelters to support their needs this holiday season. Swiffer is also teaming up with Scott Foley to celebrate Family’s First Pet and the fur-ever friendship that comes with adopting a child’s first pet.

 

BarkBox and Swiffer are teaming up to make sure cleaning concerns are never an obstacle when bringing your child’s first pet. Through December, new pup parents who adopt from partnering shelters will get a free Welcome Home Kit packed with goodies and cleaning supplies. Because with any furry family member… #ShedHappens. Please share a photo of your new fur-ever family and everything in this box with @Swiffer and @BarkBox to show how ready you are for when #ShedHappens!