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We’re excited to announce that all new 2012 Flint River Ranch Holiday Gift Items are now available for your pets!  This year we’ll be offering three exciting combination gift packs for your favorite four-legged companions.

We have two plush toy and bully sticks gift packs to choose from for dogs and one catnip and Bonita Flakes gift pack for cats.

First up is our brand new Holly the Bear gift pack, which features a large 12″ Holly the Bear plush toy as well as two 12″ Bully Sticks.

Next, our Santa Dragon gift pack returns this year, featuring a large Santa Dragon plush toy and three 6″ bully sticks.

Finally, our Catnip and Bonita Flakes gift pack returns with an assortment of irresistible treats for cats, including:

• 1 oz. Bag of Flint River Ranch Sundried Bonita Flakes — Your cats will be begging for more!
• Shelby the Hemp Mouse — Already filled with lots of organic catnip
• Shelby the Refillable Hemp Mouse — With a 1/2 oz. package of loose catnip for stuffing
• Billy Bob the Cork Ball — Spray him and watch kitty go!
• Bottle of Catnip Oil Spray — For freshening up cat toys, cat beds or cat scratch posts

Supplies are limited on all three of the holiday gift items, and delivery can take up to 10 days, so make sure to get your orders in soon!

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Our hearts and prayers go out to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. We hope all of our customers and their animal companions are doing well in the aftermath of the hurricane.

While Flint River Ranch is safely out of the path of Hurricane Sandy, please keep in mind that UPS is also not able to make deliveries to all parts of the country right now. The link below on the UPS website lists the parts of the country that are currently under weather-related delays and will be continually updated with new information:

Hurricane Sandy Causing UPS Delays on East Coast
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/ct1_abo_new_20121029_sandy.html

If you have any questions about your A+ Flint River Ranch order, feel free to send us an e-mail or call at (877) 919-5356.

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A quick dog food recall news alert as of October 13th, 2012:

Nature’s Recipe has announced a voluntary recall for two lots of its Nature’s Recipe Oven Baked Biscuits with Real Chicken due to the potential for Salmonella contamination.

While no illnesses have been reported in people or pets to date, Salmonella can affect pets eating the products and there is also a risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products

Dogs infected by Salmonella may have diarrhea (possibly bloody) and show signs of vomiting or lethargy, while other dogs may only have decreased appetite or abdominal pain. Pets infected by Salmonella are also at risk for infecting other animals and humans.

The Nature’s Recipe recall applies only to 19 ounce resealable pouches Nature’s Recipe Oven Baked Biscuits with Real Chicken, and is only applicable to bags with one of the following codes:

Lot code 2199TP, UPC 30521 51549, Best If Used By Date 10-11-13
Lot code 2200TP, UPC 30521 51549, Best If Used By Date 10-12-13

The recalled dog treats have been distributed nationally, primarily through pet specialty retailers. Nature’s Recipe has additional information regarding the recall on its website, and concerned customers are encouraged to contact the Nature’s Recipe Consumer Affairs team at 1-800-237-3856.

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The new supply of Bonita Flakes have finally arrived — as have some exciting changes for the delectable cat treats!

First, the Bonita Flakes now have upgraded packaging.  The new cat treats feature a plain white bag now, which is sturdier for shipping, and will have a full color label for the first time.

Even better, we’re now offering the option of buying Bonita Flakes in multi packs to help you save money!  While the price on a single bag has gone up slightly due to the increase in the cost of the main Bonita fish ingredient, as well as shipping, we have made it easier to save money by ordering more than one bag at a time.

We have found that most customers like to order at least 2 Bonita Flakes bags at a time, and when doing do so the price will be the same as before.  And ordering one of the new 4-pack or 6-pack multi-packs will make the price even lower than it was before!

Since Bonita can be stored for a year or more in unopened bags, it will be a great way for you to save money on something your cats will absolutely love!

Flint River Ranch Bonita Flakes Cat Treats Multi-Packs

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The Dog Days of Summer have definitely arrived, which of course means it’s time for a new seasonal sale at A+ Flint River Ranch!

For a limited time both new and current A+ FRR customers will save on Flint River pet food purchases during our Dog Days of Summer Sale, with new customers receiving an automatic 10% discount and current customers receiving $10 off orders over $100 and $20 off orders over $200 – no coupon codes needed!

Thank you again, and please tell your friends and family about the Flint River Ranch Summer Savings Sale — hurry, the automatic Flint River discount savings will end soon.

Order Now!

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Confused by the multitude of dog food and cat food recalls in 2012?  With the manufacturer of Diamond Naturals and Diamond Dog Foods and Cat Foods, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul, Premium Edge, Taste of the Wild and other brands making an initial recall on April 6th due to potential Salmonella contamination, only to be followed by nine separate expansions of the original recall (to date), it’s become increasingly difficult to keep up with the rapid pace of pet food recall news.

We’ve researched and culled through hundreds of articles associated with the most recent recalls and have summarized the findings in a new Pet Food Recalls page on our site:

2012 Diamond Dog Food Recall Due to Salmonella

Here’s a bit of background on the recalls:

To date, at least sixteen humans and innumerable dogs and cats have become sick or have died in 2012 (no human deaths reported) after eating and/or handling Diamond Pet Foods products or foods produced at Diamond plants, including at least one infant.

On May 29th the U.S. FDA reported that samples from two Diamond Pet Foods plants reported positive for Salmonella contamination, with Salmonella Liverpool identified at the plant in Meta, Missouri, and Salmonella Infantis in Gaston, South Carolina. The FDA initiated a week-long investigation on April 12th, 2012 of Diamond’s facility in South Carolina and found numerous violations, including notifying the company that its screening process for possible contaminants wasn’t thorough enough.

The recalled dog food products were sold or distributed in over thirty states and two countries, including Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Canada and Puerto Rico.

Recalled dog food brands include:

Diamond
Diamond Naturals
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
Natural Balance
Wellness
Canidae
Solid Gold
Kirkland Signature
Apex

2012 Diamond Dog Food Recall Due to Salmonella

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We’re all excited for the new year and continue to hope for a turnaround for the American economy, but unfortunately the new year will also bring a new round of price adjustments for Flint River Ranch.  The cost of high-quality, human-grade ingredients continues to skyrocket and it’s led to widespread increases in the cost of foods on our grocery store shelves and pet retail store shelves, with signs of more price increases to come for these food items and products.

Here at A+ Flint River Ranch and at Flint River Ranch headquarters we’ve done everything we can to streamline costs while never sacrificing the high quality of our foods or “downsizing” the size of our bags in order to deceive customers about increased costs.

We’ll have the full list of new prices up on our site shortly, but for now make sure to get your orders in before Monday in order to take advantage of the current pricing.

Here are more details about the price increases direct from the Flint River Ranch official release:

As this year draws to a close it is with regret that we must inform you that we have to raise our pricing on our products in the coming year. We have been hit hard this year with continued increases on the manufacture and production of our products. Flint River Ranch is not happy about these continued cost increases to our products, and we are in the process of finding a new facility to help us develop Flint River Ranch products at a more reasonable rate.

However, the industry as a whole continues to face an uphill battle in costs. There are no opportunities for long term volume contracts, and other countries (China & India specifically) continue to buy all available products for export to feed their people and to also make some of the products we see on the shelves in various stores. (No, FRR products are NOT made overseas.)

However, all the ingredients that we use are the same as those manufacturers use to make products for our families’ needs. So while it’s great to use human grade ingredients, the downfall is we’re just as susceptible to market increases as what we see going on in the grocery stores. Flint River Ranch tries to be conservative in passing on our costs, but after absorbing these increases for the past 2 months, we’ve had to make these adjustments.

We know that when you honestly compare FRR products and services to our competitors you will find that we are still very competitively priced. We have been asked to drop the bag size or limit the quality ingredients. This is something that we will never do. Our bag size stays the same and our quality will never be compromised.

All new pricing will be posted on Monday, January 2nd via our online shopping cart and through the various independent distributors’ sites. I thank you for your attention to this matter, and please know that it is our number one focus this coming year to continue to provide the best for your pets’ nutrition while we look for more reasonable production costs of our formulas.

We thank you for your support and wish everyone a safe and happy New Year.

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Flint River Ranch Grain-Free Cat Food Makes Its Debut!

Great news to share — the new Flint River Ranch Grain-Free Cat Food formula for adult cats and kittens is now available.  We currently only have the 9lb bags for sale, but the larger 20lb bags for 20lb, 40lb and 200lb orders should be available shortly.

This is our first cat food formula to contain absolutely no grains, and is a chicken and white fish formula that is also a low carbohydrate formula that will keep your beautiful cat fit and trim — plus cats absolutely love the taste!  The no-grain cat food formula provides your adult cat or kitten with optimal nutrition for sustained health, a strong immune system, proper muscle development and maintenance, healthy skin and a gleaming coat.

The formula also includes added natural essential proteins, vitamin and minerals to help ensure your kittens grow up healthy, happy and strong, and offers the ideal balance of nutrition to help them maintain their good health into their adult and senior years.  The Flint River Ranch Grain-Free Cat Food formula:

• Is highly concentrated and extremely digestible (less in also means less out!)
• Is formulated to help your cat maintain a healthy, shiny coat with less shedding
• Features Yucca Schidigera to help minimize litter box and breath odor
• Includes Tomato Pomace and Chicory Root to aid in digestion
• Includes Cranberries to help maintain your cat’s proper urinary tract pH levels

Flint River Ranch Original Cat Food Being Phased Out

The introduction of the Grain-Free cat food formula coincides with the phasing out of the original Flint River Ranch Cat & Kitten, Hairball and Cat Lite formulas. Supplies of these formulas are very limited, and the 20lb, 40lb and 200lb sizes of the Flint River Ranch Original Cat Food formula have already been sold out.

We apologize for the sudden nature of these products being discontinued — we expected to have stock available into the new year, but supplies have run out quicker than expected.   The 9lb size of the original formula and the Adult Cat Lite formula should be available into January, and the Cat Hairball Management formula should be available through the first quarter of 2012 based on current demand.

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This Thanksgiving holiday we’d like to take a moment to thank you for your continued patronage and for making Flint River Ranch an integral part of your pet’s lives. As a way of saying thanks we’re providing our customers savings via a Thanksgiving ‘Black Friday’ Sale on all Flint River Ranch dog and cat foods.

For a limited time both new and current A+ FRR customers will save on Flint River pet food purchases, with new customers receiving an automatic 10% discount and current customers receiving $10 off orders over $100 and $20 off orders over $200 – no coupon codes needed!

Thank you again, and please tell your friends and family about the Flint River Ranch Thanksgiving Sale — hurry, the automatic Flint River discount savings will end soon.

Order Now!

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We’re introducing two exciting new combo gift packs for your pets just in time for the holidays!

For our canine companions, our new Santa Dragon & Bully Sticks Gift Pack for Dogs features a super cute plush toy as well as three of our popular 6″ Bully Sticks,

The Santa Dragon in the holiday doggie gift pack has got to be the cutest holiday toy we have seen at Flint River Ranch in a very long time! The Santa Dragon measures 14″ x 5″ x 13″ and is perfect for any size dog. It even features Chew Guard technology with reinforced seams to help prevent tears and rips from chewing.

Our Santa Dragon supplies are limited, so make sure to get your orders in early to make sure your dog gets the perfect gift this holiday season. The Santa Dragon gift packs make a great gift item for your friends’ dogs, too!

For our feline friends, our new Catnip Toys & Bonita Flakes Combo Pack for Cats features a bag of our best-selling Bonita Flakes treats to go along with a bottle of catnip oil spray and three catnip toys that your cats are sure to go crazy over.

The Flint River Ranch Cat Gift Pack includes:

• 1 oz. Bag of Flint River Ranch Sundried Bonita Flakes — Your cats will be begging for more!
• Shelby the Hemp Mouse — Already filled with lots of organic catnip
• Shelby the Refillable Hemp Mouse — With a 1/2 oz package of loose catnip for stuffing
• Billy Bob the Cork Ball — Spray him and watch kitty go!
• Bottle of Catnip Oil Spray — For freshening up cat toys, cat beds or cat scratch posts

Our combo package for cats makes a great gift year-round, and it also makes a great holiday gift pack for your friends and family!

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