Summer is finally here! We’re celebrating with a long only Summer party because we love to see how your pets celebrate.  One lucky person is going to win a $200 gift card to Kriser’s –meaning $200 for natural pet food, treats, or toys, collars & leashes, grooming services…this list goes on and on! We also have two “runner up” $50 gift cards up for grabs! All winners are selected randomly.

Our furry friends are probably the most active during the summer months and we want to see!  So join us in celebrating the summertime fun on Instagram® and enter for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate to Kriser’s Natural Pet!

Here’s how:

1. Follow us! We’re @KrisersPets
2. Like one of the photos announcing #KrisersSummerSolstice sweepstakes & tag a friend who might want to participate too
3. Post a photo of your dog or cat celebrating summer! Outdoors or indoors! At the beach, at the park, on a hike, or on a walk, you get to decide! Just remember to use #KrisersSummerSolstice so we can see!

That’s it! Easy peasy!

The Kriser’s Summer Solstice Sweepstakes is open to entries until midnight July 31st, 2017.  No limit to the entries per person, but please be unique, and use your own original photos – no regrams or repeats of the same post!

THREE lucky entrants will be chosen at random during the first week of August 2017 to win gift cards to Kriser’s Natural Pet store location. Prize amounts will be (1) $200 Gift Certificate and (2) $50 Gift Certificates which can be mailed to the recipients or picked up in-store.

Full rules can be found below. We look forward to seeing your cute sunny adorable furry friends!

#KrisersSummerSolstice Photo Sweepstakes OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW

1. GENERAL. This #KrisersSummerSolstice Photo Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Kriser’s Feeding Pets For Life, LLC d/b/a Kriser’s or Kriser’s Natural Pet (“Sponsor”). The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 am PST on June 20th, 2016 and ends at midnight PDT on July 31st, 2017 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). By entering this Sweepstakes, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor respecting the Sweepstakes.

2. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to enter, you must be a legal resident of the United States and at least 18 years of age as of June 20th, 2017. Any person who is an employee, contractor, officer, director, agent or other representative of Sponsor, or of any of its affiliates or agencies, and members of such person’s immediate family and persons living in the same household with such person, are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. No limit on the number of entries allowed per person—i.e., you may enter the Sweepstakes multiple times. The entrant can enter via Instagram or email. They must have an Instagram® account which is public; if you are not a member, you may find links to download the app here: http://instagr.am/  If you chose to enter view email you can email christina.schweigert@krisers.com and use #KrisersSummerSolstice in the subject line.

3. HOW TO ENTER. To enter, follow @KrisersPets on Instagram, like one of the #KrisersSummerSolstice photos, tag a friend on the photo and take a photograph of your pet enjoying summer, publish that photo to Instagram during the Sweepstakes Period and include the hashtag #KrisersSummerSolstice. Your pet must be shown in the photo; any photo without pets visible in the photo will be disqualified. Any photo showing animals wearing choke or pinch collars, or otherwise displaying the animal in an inappropriate manner (in the sole discretion of Sponsor) will also be disqualified. Photo entries must be published during the Sweepstakes Period (adding the #KrisersSummerSolstice hashtag to photos published outside the Sweepstakes Period is not valid means of entry). For email entrants, you can omit tagging a friend but the above rules will still apply.

4. ADDITIONAL TERMS REGARDING PHOTOS. Any photograph that you publish to enter the Sweepstakes must be your original work, and you must have full ownership rights to the photo. By publishing a photograph for this Sweepstakes using #KrisersSummerSolstice, you hereby grant Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such photo, and to use the animal’s name and likeness, in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate the photo into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for any promotional or marketing purpose. If requested, you will execute any documentation requested by Sponsor or any of its designees in support of this license.

5. SELECTION OF WINNERS. There will be THREE (3) prize awarded at the end of this Sweepstakes. One will win $200, and another two will win $50 each. The winners will be selected at random from all valid entries, as is outlined in Section 3. The subject matter of the photos selected for the winner must align with the Sweepstakes theme, as indicated by @KrisersPets on Instagram. The prizes are as follows: One Prize winner will receive a $200 gift card valid for use at KRISER’S stores. TWO Prize winners will receive a $50 gift card valid for use at KRISER’S stores.

6. ODDS OF WINNING. The odds of winning one of the prizes will depend on the number of eligible entries received in each category during the Sweepstakes Period.

7. OTHER TERMS REGARDING PRIZES. The total ARV of all of the prizes is $300. All costs to deliver the prize to the winner is the responsibility of Sponsor. Any other expenses, including all federal, state and local taxes associated with the prize (if any), will be the responsibility of the winner. Each winner will be notified via a comment or message from @KrisersPets to the Instagram photo submitted upon entry to the Sweepstakes, and must sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, and Liability and Publicity Release upon Sponsor’s request. Prizes are non-transferable, and substitutions may only be made in Sponsor’s sole discretion. The winners will be notified on or about the end of the Sweepstakes Period. In the event any prize is not claimed within ten (10) days of notification (or is otherwise rejected by the winner), an alternate winner may be selected based on the same criteria specified above. In the event any such alternate winner does not claim the prize within ten (10) days after notification (or otherwise rejects the prize), another alternate winner may be identified, with another ten (10) days to claim the prize, and so on until all of the prizes have been claimed. Each gift certificate must be used in compliance with its terms and conditions. Limits: Only one prize per person and only one winner per household.

8. RELEASE. By accepting a prize, each winner grants Sponsor the right to use the winner’s name, voice, signature, photo and likeness (as well as the name, photo and likeness of the animal in the photo entry) for advertising, publicity, promotional and other purposes in any and all media, now or hereafter devised, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.

9. GENERAL TERMS REGARDING ADMINISTRATION OF SWEEPSTAKES. Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, delayed, stolen, misdirected, undelivered or garbled entry; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, ISP, website, or other connection; or for any other technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmission or computer hardware error or malfunction in connection with the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Sweepstakes for any reason, including, but not limited to, any corruption or impairment of the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes (in Sponsor’s sole discretion), and, if terminated, to award the prizes to a charity of Sponsor’s choosing. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. All decisions of Sponsor in any matter relating to this Sweepstakes shall be binding and final.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees that Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) (a) shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Sweepstakes, or from entrant’s acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of a prize (including any travel or activity related thereto); (b) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, incidental, consequential or any other indirect damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.

11. GOVERNING LAW. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of participants or Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other state laws. By entering, each entrant consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in San Diego County, California.

12. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of these Official Rules is held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

13. LIST OF WINNERS. To obtain a list of the winners of this Sweepstakes, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by August 31st, 2017 to: Kriser’s Feeding Pets For Life. Attn: #KrisersSummerSolstice Social Media Photo Sweepstakes – Winners List 1906 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404

14. SPONSOR: Kriser’s Feeding Pets For Life, LLC 1906 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404