Doggy Treat Truck Is Coming to Town

Ice cream trucks aren't just for kids anymore.

Now there's one for dogs, and it's coming to the dog park in the South Mountain Reservation on Sunday, April 15 — plus other locations around in towns like Westfield, Montclair and Livingston.

The Best Friends Pet Care Treat Truck for Dogs will be at dog parks and pet-friendly locations giving away free cookies and ice cream for canines.

Why do they do it?

It's a great way for them to promote their 42 centers in 19 states, including Walt Disney World, which provide "state-of-the-art facilities to provide your pet with a safe, clean and fun environment that will remind your fido or feline of home."

Yes, perhaps it's shameless promotion, but why not avail yourself and your pooch of some free treats if they're there for the taking?

The colorful, doggy-logo’d truck will be visiting these locations:

Saturday, April 14

• 9am- 10am Bound Brook Vet Clinic- 95 Union Ave, Middlesex, NJ
• 10:30am- 12:30pm PAWS Dog Run- S Maple Ave & Cord Stirling Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ
• 12:45pm- 2:45pm Bedminster Dog Park- Burnt Mills Rd, Bedminster, NJ
• 3pm- 5pm Miller Lane Dog Park- River Rd at Rte 202/206, Bedminster, NJ

Sunday, April 15

• 10am- 11:30am Essex County South Mountain Dog Park- W South Orange Ave & Crest Dr, Maplewood, NJ
• 11:45am- 1pm Livingston Dog Park (in East Hills Park)- Shrewsbury Dr, Livingston, NJ
• 1:30pm- 3pm Brookdale Dog Park- 20 Bellevue Ave, Montclair, NJ
• 4pm- 5:30pm Lewis Morris Park Dog Park Area- 296 Mendham Rd, Morristown, NJ

For a complete schedule of stops and times, click here.

At each stop, the staff gives away doggy ice cream treats and cookies for pups and healthy treats for their humans, along with fun items like tennis balls, paw towels and paw-shaped bag clips. 

The Treat Truck has been on the road since last summer and has visited 12 states, traveling as far south as Florida and west to Texas.