If you pledge to take the Purina 28-Day challenge, you'll receive a coupon good for a free bag of Purina One cat or dog food, valued up to $9.99!

This has nothing to do with the freebie, but my sister got a new cat, Marshmallow, and brought her over during the holidays. I've always been a dog guy, so I'd never spent much time around a young, skittish cat before. I'd also never heard of cats who prefer to be watched and pet while eating, but long story short, I must have pet that little fluff a million times while she searched for the perfect piece of kibble. 😻

I need a cat now!

Not only does this free Canidae pet food arrive at your front door within 10-15 days, but you get both dog and cat freebies.

Now would somebody please be so kind and share with me the witchcraft involved in the photo above? At best, I've gotten four good photos of my dogs over the years and they all were on accident. I guess they're not very smart dogs.

Annnnnd, I shouldn't have looked at that list. I see both of my dogs near the bottom. I guess that explains why one of them is eating a cat toy while the other just watches with a dumb grin on her face. I'd be so screwed if I ever fell down a well or got trapped in an abandoned mine shaft.

Texas Mills is giving away samples of their Breakaway freeze-dried kibble dog food. Confused?

We pride BREAKAWAY as the absolute best value in the market. As with all of our product lines, Breakaway uses a single source freeze-dried raw kibble for better tolerance of protein allergies. The kibble is made to maximize both palatability and digestibility. During production, we completely saturate the kibble in our custom nutrient mix, featuring organic and natural proteins, fruits, vegetables, enzymes, pre/probiotics, and antioxidants. After the cooking process, we blend in freeze dried meat chunks.

Sorry, I kinda tuned out there when I got to the freeze-dried part. I started picturing my dogs as astronauts eating freeze-dried kibble in space, then stuck with the daydream for an hour or so. What were we talking about again?

Rachael Ray has a new signup form for free cat and dog food samples of her Nutrish line. You can request. After 3 questions, I was offered to choose from the following samples:

• Dog Food – PEAK Wetlands Recipe with Chicken, Duck & Pheasant
• Dog Food – Zero Grain Turkey & Potato Recipe
• Cat Food – Longevity – Chicken with Chickpeas & Salmon Recipe
• Cat Food – PEAK Woodland Catch Recipe with Chicken, Trout & Salmon

Although let's be real, if your dogs are anything like mine, the cat food becomes dog food the second you turn your back to answer the phone or change the channel or freaking blink while sneezing.

Make sure to submit all your info after entering your address! You should get a confirmation message that reads “Your sample is on its way, and should arrive in 6-8 weeks.”

If you have a puppy less than 12 months old, then you can request some free Purina Puppy Chow today from PINCHme. You'll have to enter your puppy's birthday, so make sure you have their birth certificate and puppy security number ready as well.

Some of my favorite recent books have been The Expanse novel series. It's a fantastic story where humans have colonized our solar system and those living deep in space tend to eat kibble. So when I saw this free Naked Essentials grain free kibble for dogs offer, I did a classic doubletake.

I mean, don't get me wrong. If chowing down on dog food is what it takes to get me into space, then somebody pass the Alpo.

That Daily Deal is giving away a free cat toy or treat with no shipping or outside fee whatsoever. It's a bit of a mystery what toy we'll get, which is how all That Daily Deal freebies work. Will it be cat nip? A plushie on string? A crinkly bag? Who knows!

This freebie is open to any member with a credit card on file. Like I said, there's no shipping or handling fee whatsoever, so you're not paying a dime to get this freebie. You just have to have a credit card securely saved in your account profile. I've had an account with them for years and gotten a few freebies in the past (looks like I first mentioned them on HIF in 2012!) and I plan to start posting their monthly offers regularly here.

If you don't want to use your credit card, you can use a prepaid VISA card OR simply enter 14 zeros. I signed up for this freebie on my main account, where I have my credit card entered, and then I signed up with a second account using 0000-0000-0000-0000 as my credit card number. The form went through without spitting out an error, so we'll see if they both come!