The only ones who can chase me down for a donation are the Girl Scouts LOL
PetCo here isn’t too bad. They do ask on the pin pad if you want to donate a dollar (so does PetSmart) and a few times a year they’ll ask if you want to donate something more, like some food or a bag of toys and other goodies. But it’s not all the time, or I wouldn’t shop there. Bugs the heck out of me. If I could/wanted to donate something, A) I’d do it, B) I’d do it somewhere that I knew it was going straight to a family on need, and C) I wouldn’t do it just because I don’t want to feel guilty about telling you no! Lol I have a hard enough feeding my own animals, but that’s something I brought on myself, and I can handle it just fine with some time and coupons coupled with sales.
Speaking of coupons, I actually think it would highly beneficial if families in need where taught how to properly use coupons (“need” meaning both human and animal based). I spend about $40 a month (sometimes more, if I get really feisty and find good deals) feeding 2 large dogs, a cat that eats me out of house and home, three leopard geckos, a uromastyx, and about a bazillion fish in 4 aquariums and two ponds. It takes a certain amount of planing and stocking up, but I make it work, and on good food. And anything I don’t absolutely need, I share or donate.
