Yes, The Best Price Boxes makes custom pet product boxes with no minimum order, and we will beat any written quote you already have. Pet packaging is really two jobs wearing one label: treats and food, which are regulated and need a barrier, and toys, apparel and supplies, which are ordinary retail packaging with an unusually destructive end user in the room.
Custom pet packaging specs
| Spec | What you get |
|---|---|
| Minimum order | None. Print one size to test a treat format or a subscription build before you commit a season. |
| Formats | Folding cartons, stand-up pouches and mylar bags for treats, window boxes and hanger boxes for toys and accessories, and mailer boxes for subscription and direct sales. |
| Food contact | Board, films and inks suitable for direct food contact where the pack touches the treat, or an inner liner or bag where it does not. |
| Barrier | Foil and metallized layers, resealable zippers and heat seals for treats that need to stay fresh and stay contained. |
| Grease resistance | Grease-resistant or coated board for anything oily, available without intentionally added PFAS. |
| Label area | Panel space reserved for the guaranteed analysis, ingredient list, feeding directions and net quantity that pet food and treat labeling requires. |
| Retail hanging | Euro slot, round and delta hang holes with a reinforced top panel for peg-hung toys and accessories. |
| Windows | Die-cut windows with film, or open die cuts, so a shopper can see a toy or a treat without opening the pack. |
| Printing | Full color CMYK, Pantone spot colors, white ink on kraft, inside printing on mailers. |
| Subscription builds | Roll end tuck top mailers sized once and reordered monthly, with inside printing and a second closure for returns. |
Treat labeling takes more panel than founders expect
Pet food and treat labeling is regulated at state level in the US, and most states work from the AAFCO model rules. In practice that means the pack has to carry a product name and species statement, a net quantity, an ingredient list, a guaranteed analysis and feeding directions, plus your name and address.
That is a lot of small type, and it is the reason so many first pet packs end up with the mandatory panel crammed into a corner in six point. Lay out the required content first and design the front around what is left. We can only advise on the space; check the wording itself with your state feed control official before you print.
The dog will find it
A treat bag left on a counter is a target, and a pack that a dog can open is a pack that gets opened. It is also a pack that loses aroma the moment the seal fails, and aroma is most of what makes the second purchase happen.
A foil or metallized barrier with a proper resealable zipper solves both at once. Keep the reseal above a heat seal rather than instead of one, so the pack arrives sealed and stays closed after opening. On a carton, the honest answer is that a folding carton alone will not hold aroma; it needs an inner bag.
Toys and accessories are a hanging problem, not a barrier problem
For the non-food half of a pet range, the questions are the retail ones: what does a shopper need to see, how does the pack hang, and how much weight is on the hang hole. A rope toy is heavier than it looks and will tear a plain round hole through a single-thickness panel by the end of a season.
Use a euro slot, step the top panel up or fold it double, and give the shopper a window or an open die cut so they can feel the texture. Pet buyers touch the product before they buy it more than almost any other category.
Subscription is the format that defined this category
Monthly pet boxes made packaging part of the product, because the customer opens the same box twelve times a year and the box is the only physical brand contact between orders.
Size it once around your fullest month rather than your average one, print the inside, and specify a second closure so a customer can return an item without finding a new box. Reorder the same size every month and change the artwork, not the dieline, so you are never re-tooling.
What packaging cannot do
It cannot be chew-proof. Any pack a determined dog gets hold of loses, and designing for that produces a box the owner also cannot open. Store-and-close guidance on the pack is the honest answer.
It also cannot make a claim you have not substantiated. Grain free, vet formulated, human grade and single ingredient all carry regulatory weight in this category, and a printed pack is a durable record of whatever you put on it.
Related packaging
See stand-up pouches and mylar bags for treat barrier formats, subscription boxes for the monthly build, hanger boxes for peg-hung toys, and window boxes where the shopper wants to see the product.
Frequently asked questions
What has to go on a pet treat pack?
Typically a product name and species statement, net quantity, ingredient list, guaranteed analysis, feeding directions and your name and address. Rules are set state by state and mostly follow the AAFCO model, so confirm the exact wording with your state feed control official before printing.
Will a printed carton keep treats fresh?
Not on its own. A folding carton is a structure and a surface to print on, not a barrier. Use an inner bag or a foil or metallized pouch where freshness and aroma matter.
Do I need a resealable zipper?
If the pack holds more than a single serving, yes. It keeps aroma in, keeps the pack closed on a counter, and it is what makes the second and third use feel like the first.
How do I stop hang tabs tearing on heavier toys?
Use a euro slot rather than a round hole, and step the top panel up or fold it to double thickness. Weigh the filled pack and tell us the number, because that is what the reinforcement is specified from.
Can packaging be made chew proof?
No. Any pack a determined dog reaches will lose, and designing toward that produces something the owner cannot open either. Put storage guidance on the pack instead.
Get a quote for custom pet product boxes
Send the product and its dimensions, whether it is a treat or a non-food item, how it is sold, and the label content you have to carry. We come back with a dieline that has room for the mandatory panel, a digital proof and a quote. If you already hold a written quote for the same specification, send it and we will beat it.