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When You Go To the Drive Up At Your Bank Do They...

Marilyn Sue McClintock

14 years ago

When you go to the drive up at the bank do they hand out doggie bones if you have your dog or dogs with you? It has gotten so that Harley, Angel and Izzi all get excited just like they are going to get a hamburger at McDonald's! So cute. McDonald's here used to give doggie treats, but they no longer do. Does your bank do that?

Sue

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des_arc_ya_ya
14 years ago
Yes, they do and Roxie is so disappointed if we go somewhere else! LOL
angelaid
14 years ago
Yep. And Conway won't touch those biscuits with a ten foot pole. He does sit on the passenger seat with the biscuit in his mouth, staring adoringly at the bank teller, until we pull away from the window and get around the corner. Then he spits it out on the floor in front of him.
He does it every time. And it cracks me up every time. LOL
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Marilyn Sue McClintock
Original Author
14 years ago
Oh, that is funny that he spits it out! I have to break Izzi's up in smaller pieces, too big for her little mouth or so she thinks, at least while in the vehicle!

Sue
soxxxx
14 years ago
and the tellers learn to recognize the dogs and ask about them when they are not with you
Marilyn Sue McClintock
Original Author
14 years ago
They now know us at Hardee's and even know Cheryl's dog's name!

Sue
grinch_gut
14 years ago
Yes an they love it....also on some turnpikes we have been given bones, at a Sonic in Missouri they gave all 3 little cups of Vanilla Icecream! Stacy
grammahony
14 years ago
Oh yes they do, and Toby just sits and looks them in the eye until they send it out. It's getting harder for him to chew them, as his teeth are getting bad.
Leslie
wildchild
14 years ago
No but my dogs do love to go to the bank and on errands with me because they know that they will get to share a dollar burger from Jack In the Box on the way home.
iowagirl2006
14 years ago
No - my dog doesn't travel though, LOL~

But they do give me a lollypop!
linda_in_iowa
14 years ago
Yes and so does the drive up window at the pharmacy. Jake loves it. He always thinks the drive up ATM will give him a treat. Sushi likes the bank treats but refuses to eat the treats the vet gives him.
stargazzer
14 years ago
Never heard of that, it is pretty good PR and makes the dogs happy.
janie_ga
14 years ago
Our mailman carries dog biscuits. not sure about the bank.
jannie
14 years ago
I have a small coffee and grocery store near me with a drive-in window. My dog goes with me and gets a nice biscuit as a reward. The clerk loves her and will comment if Molly isn't with me.
Jodi_SoCal
14 years ago
Whoa, you have bank tellers at your drive up? We haven't had them at our drive up in 10 or 15 years, maybe more. We're all automated. Sounds like a great service though.

Jodi-
patches_02
14 years ago
Yes and all the tellers knows the girls names. But neither dog will eat them. Several places around here give them treats, they do like the ones pizza hut gives out.
rthummer
14 years ago
My bank is inconsistent with it. Sometimes they do and sometimes they are out of the doggie bones. Coal and Skye were disappointed when that happened a couple of times, and I hurt for them, they were wagging their tails just waiting for their doggie bisquit and nothing happened. So, after that I always keep doggie bones in my pocket book and when I am going to the bank and they don't give them a bone I will put the money in my pocketbook and I will pull out a bone for them. I try to make like the bones were in the envelope with the money. (Like they understand it is from the bank and not me...LOL, but they might...)
donna37
14 years ago
My bank doesn't, but I seldom use the drive thru. I go in because they have coffee, soda and popcorn for customers. And, on the first of the month they have fresh donuts. And, small baskets of various candies at the teller windows.
joyfulguy
14 years ago
Some banks give out doggie bones ... some give out suckers.

All are glad to have suckers come in, though.

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