Pet of the Month for September 2021

And that pretty well sums up the first few months of Peanut and her furever parent on the streets of Gila Bend.

Peanut is a rescue from the streets of Gila Bend when her future furever parent saw her running down the street late at night chasing a car she had jumped out of. Her future parent thought she would execute an easy rescue but was soon foiled. As soon as her future parent could get near the puppy, she took off dashing in front of semi’s and heading toward a speeding train. Luckily she didn’t run on the tracks but was hiding. Her parent couldn’t locate her so decided to walk to the nearest gas station and inquire about the little stray dog.  As the months went by, she would travel to Gila Bend weekly to inquire about the puppy and buy cans of food to leave out for her as she was mostly a Chihuahua and terrier mix and couldn’t quite pull trash from the tall trash cans. And then one time while at the gas station as she was headed back to her car and she spotted the puppy near the palo verde tree and with outstretched arms she was able to pull the scared little puppy up and at that point, Peanut got her name and a very happy parent. It’s worked out because Peanut has been a faithful traveling companion for 10 years now. As gas stations go, I suspect she likes the Why Not Travel Store better as well!! Much more to do here and no speeding trains.

So Peanut, congratulations, you have earned the honorary title of The Why Not Travel Store’s Pet of the Month.  Your humans will receive a $50 gift certificate to The Why Not Travel Store.

How to Enter Pet of the Month

​Want to take a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to our store? Take a photo of your pet(s) (dog, cat, parrot, horse, whatever...) at one of our many store settings (FounTruck, 'Greetings from Why' mural, our cactus garden, etc.) and send To:

• Whynottravelstore@outlook.com
• ​With the Subject Line: Pet of the Month Entry - (Name of your pet(s))
  

Please provide this info:

• Your Name & Address (please indicate if we can use your name in the writeup or not. We will not use your address although we might indicate from where you are from.)
• Your preferred method of contact (Text, E-Mail, Phone)
• ​Your Pet's Name and Age
• What brought you down our way?
• A short bio of your pet(s) e.g., how you came to being their parent, activities they like to do
  

​Every month, our staff from across the nation will review submissions and if your pet is selected, somebody from the store will reach out to you. If your pet is not selected, fear not for your pet will be put back in the contest for the following month(s) contest.