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Tim Hortons Charges Dogs for Tim-Bits

Barb McKenna reports from the canine frontier [RealAudio] about Tim Hortons’ new policy of charging 18 cents (including GST) for Tim-Bits for dogs. They used to be free.

Let’s say that Tim’s gives away 100,000 Tim-Bits a year on PEI (that seems like a lot, but who knows) and the cost of making a Tim-Bit is, say, 5 cents. That means that $10,000 of lost profit over the course of a year.

That seems like an awfully cheap way to engender the goodwill of dog-owning Islanders.

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:32am
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Marcus's picture
Marcus on May 10, 2004
I don’t get it… people feed their dogs this junk? How to shorten the animal’s lifespan by fattening them up, weakening their heart, rotting their teeth… and I presume they’re stale to begin with? They should bite their owners for that.
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Andrew Chisholm on May 10, 2004
Dogs are like humans, from time to time they enjoy a treat. I see nothing wrong in feeding a dog the odd tim bit. Heck, my Rabbit’s favorite treat is hickory sticks or ginger snap cookies, shes 9 years old and not a fat rabbit by the way.
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Steven Garrity on May 10, 2004
Dogs with dogs, people with people.
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Peter Rukavina on May 10, 2004
Lord help you, Garrity, if you are ever trapped in a crevasse in the Alps and the only chance if rescue is from a St. Bernard that reads this blog.
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Al O'Neill on May 10, 2004
If you ever watched a dog wander around outside and saw some of the stuff they’ll eat a donut wouldn’t bother you much at all.
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Marcus on May 10, 2004
True Al, but voluntarily giving them sugar seems a bit nuts - then again I’m biased from having a friend who’s trying to become a vet. As long as they’re not chocolate timbits it won’t harm them in the short term…
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Robert Paterson on May 10, 2004
Recall that Pavlov did his early work with Dogs. I have a friend whose dog is so keyed to Tim Bits that every time he sees a Tim’s sign as they drive by in the car he goes nuts. Of course there is little worse that you can give a dog but if i was Catbirt, the Evil Marketing Guy at Tims I would not have made this call.
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Nils Ling on May 10, 2004
I’m with Garrity on this one. Dogs with dogs, people with people. I had a deal with my dog - I won’t eat your kibble, you don’t eat my burger. She complied - most of the time. As long as the food was out of reach.
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Elizabeth on May 11, 2004
Whoa, boys! What about the hygeine content in that news clip on Canada Now. The attendant put the timbit directly in the dog’s mouth. No indication of disposable gloves or hands being washed after. Kinda put me off Tim’s. Wonder what else goes on out of sight of the cameras. Of course, this could just be a woman thing…
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tj on May 18, 2004
fuck you you son of a bitch eat my fuck
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tj on May 18, 2004
i like children and their dogs
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tj on May 18, 2004
the cashier at tim hortons asked me to show him my dougnut hole. I told him ok but i’m calling the cops then he proceeded to shoving a long jon up my asshole
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tj on May 18, 2004
this person was my friend trevor hall
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mich on July 19, 2004
i thought this discussion might be intresting until i read the comments by tj…don’t they have parental control on your computer. The reason that they are charged for the timbits is that they are frozen shipped from ontario. The cost and waste has to be more accounted for. Just give your dog a bit of yours if it bothers you so much or go to robins… they are free there.
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Katherine on October 29, 2004
Or come to Moncton New Brunswick — they are still free here :)
mandy's picture
mandy on January 14, 2005
lol if u think giving a dog a timbit at tims is bad then u oughta spend some time with my mother…she buys a chicken nugget meal for her dog at micky d’s too
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Marie on March 26, 2005
ThunderBay Ontario gives free tim bits to dog owners, robins does not have timbits they have eggs…..)
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Kim on April 13, 2005
I have a dog that loves TimBits. There is nothing wrong about giving your dog plain timbits. People that complain about this subject probably doesn’t EVEN have a dog. How would people feel if they were fed steak and potatoes 7 days a week 2 meals a day, it would get awfully boring. IT’S OK TO GIVE YOUR DOG A TREAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. GET OVER IT.
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Enjoy Timmies on April 15, 2005
So…the other day an Asian man in his 30’s comes through drive thru and asks for a coffee and any kind of timbit. I am product running and grab a chocolate glazed timbit. To my dismay (although the driver’s stupidity was funny) he gave the chocolate timbit to his little dog! So ya, plain old fashioned is what the man got the next time he came through!
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boris on August 12, 2005
i give my dog tim bits and a lot of other stuff. i don’t think it is wrong to feed them what they want. if they want to eat plastic i let them. they are their own person and it is not fair for us humans to tell them what to do. it is about time we were all made equals, there is no point in have differences between us. we talk about equality and say owning slaves is a thing of the past but yet we treat our animals as slaves. it is about time they we not treated as stupid, they know what they are doing and they know what food is good or bad for them. they deserve more credit then what they are giving them.. so everyone relax and take some time to logically think about things before you shoot off your mouth. i am glad i came across this post and am able to teach people and help them look at things realistically and differently.. thanks for reading :) Boris
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John on August 26, 2005
Very interesting points Boris, As an animal rights activist I fully support and agree with you. I personally cannot stress enough how important it is to remove the separation between man and anmimal. Hey we are all mammals and that is why I am pushing with my committee to category every living thing as “humaminals”. No dogs, cats, male, female… just all human mammals and animals, which obviously equals the term humaminals. There has been a lot of support shown for this movement and we are currently grossing 300 000 USD per year of government funded money. Thanks for reading… John

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