07/24/08

DogPause Dog Bowl Giveaway!
Horst Hoefinger

Is your pal a chow hound, gulping down food without swallowing?  If the answer is yes, you’ll want to know all about a great new product.  DogPause,  a bowl designed to help slow dogs down when they eat.  The best part…we’re giving away twenty bowls!  All you need to do to enter is leave a comment on why you would like to win a DogPause bowl, twenty  lucky winners will be selected at random.  Now there’s something to bark about.

Introducing DogPause, the first dog bowl with proprietary SlowZonesTM and integrated portion control.
You know how you feel when you eat too fast (or eat too much). Same thing with your dog — it’s not healthy for him or her to inhale the food.

We experienced a recent episode with Logan, our Bernese Mountain dog.   He scarfed down a bowl of food and started showing symptoms of what we thought were the early signs of bloat.  Luckily, it ended up being “the gulps”, but now we now realize the importance of slowing down his eating time.

DogPause is the only dog bowl clinically proven to slow down dogs’ eating. In clinical tests run by professional vets, DogPause slowed down dogs by an average of 50% vs. standard dog bowls. As vets will confirm, a slower eating dog is a happier, healthier dog with less risk of experiencing (or doing) all sorts of yucky things like vomiting, gas, belching, gagging, life-threatening bloat, etc. Which makes life better for you and your dog…

So get those paws typing because the contest starts today and ends July 31st.

07/16/08

American Humane 2008 Pet Photo Contest
Horst Hoefinger

You love your pets, so why not show them off in the American Humane Pets & Pals Photo Contest.

There are six different categories you can enter and two grand prize winners each awarded $2,000.  Now that will keep the biscuit jar full for a while.

All entries must be postmarked on or after June 15, 2008, but no later than July 31, 2008, and received no later than August 7, 2008.

I want to thank Jillian McDowell from American Humane for bringing this fun contest to my attention.

07/10/08

Who Wants a Few Free Zealies?
Horst Hoefinger

I know the answer…we all do.  Let’s face it, we all want to be giving out some of those crazy SPAM hats in the gift shop to all of our buddies.

To that end I will give away a whopping five free zealies to the first response in the comments section to the following question.  Oh, if my wife is reading this, you are not eligible.  Bo, that goes for you too.

What dog has been a member of Dogster.com the longest?

Tick, tock, tick, tock…

07/03/08

Milk-Bone Photo Contest - $100K
Horst Hoefinger

If you are anything like my wife Lisa and I you have more pictures of your dog(s) than your family. Now you can put some of those great shots to use by submitting them to Milk-Bone, and you may very well be on the way to a $100,000 spokesdog contract.

If you need some helping getting that great shot, here’s a little video to help you get it. Sure the video includes pictures of Pamela Anderson, Hillary Duff, Nicole Ritchie and a host of other famous folks but more importantly it contains pictures of their dogs.

Good luck, and we just may be seeing you in ads across the media spectrum!

04/09/08

You Can Vote in the Purina Pet Comedy Challenge — Who Will be the Next King or Queen of Pet Comedy?
Joy

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What fun!!!

Thanks to Lindsay at Purina for barking over this announcement.

TIME TO VOTE—FOR AMERICA’S BEST PET HUMOR

- Comedians compete to win $10,000 in the Purina Pet Comedy Challenge -

St. Louis, MO, April 1st, 2008– It’s time to head to the polls, for one of the most important decisions of the year. America’s votes are needed to find the King or Queen of Pet Comedy!

The Purina Pet Comedy Challenge kicked off on February 24th with a four-city tour that began at the Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia, and then made additional stops at some of the hottest comedy clubs in Dallas, Los Angeles and Denver. Now the Challenge is going virtual on April 1st, and Americans nationwide in need of a good laugh can cast their vote for their favorite.

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02/03/08

PawSpot’s Do Good Doggy Day Contest
Joy

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You just can’t stop Dogsters from doing good! Dogster Reesee barked in to invite everypup and kitten to join in the Do Good Doggy Day this month. Note, please post your entries at PawSpot.

Hello! Doesn’t every dog and cat deserve a good home? Doesn’t every dog and cat deserve to be warm? Doesn’t every dog and cat deserve to be fed? The answer to all of these questions is YES! With the wonderful idea of Vesuvius Lucy, PawSpot is holding a Do GOOD Doggy Day. During the month of February, everyfur can help out to make shelters a better place for doggies and kitties around the country.

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01/28/08

Contest for New Face of Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Deadline January 31st
Joy

Tresa at the Oregon League of Conservation Voters (OLCV) barked over this announcement. They’re looking for the new face of a watchdog mascot. Does your furbaby have what it takes?

Hi,
I work at OLCV and we are having a contest to find the best face to represent our watchdog work. For over thirty years, we have worked as the independent political voice for Oregon’s environment.

I would like to know if you would post our contest on your blog. It is a free contest that we originally opened to our members at the beginning of January. But then we thought why not take it do ALL dog lovers? I have included the text from our own blog below.

Please let me know if you can help us reach out to the dog lovers out there.

Thanks

Here’s the blog post:

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01/27/08

Is Your Furbaby Cute Enough to Be on a Birthday Card?
Joy

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What fun!

Thanks to Leeann B., furmom to Dahlila Rose, for barking in this opportunity from Hallmark! Your dog can be on a Hallmark birthday card!

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01/05/08

Sharing and Caring 07 Winners
Joy

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I LOVE this contest. Oh yes, I love all the Dogster and Catster strolls because I get to see lots of fun pictures of members of our really big pack but Sharing and Caring is extra nice since it has pictures of Dogsters and Catsters doing good things for others. How do you beat that?

Kimberly Douglas and The Douglas Sisters, wrote:
AND THE WINNERS ARE…..

FIRST PLACE GOES TO:
Gizmo The Great

He will be winning a Gift Basket donated by The Douglas Sisters

5 Rosettes, 1 Star, & 5000 bones from The Douglas Sisters

A $20 Petsmart Gift Certificate from Kipopo

A a 40 Zealie package from Loomis and Family

A Gift Basket from Sienna, NPC, CGC

A Star from Leroy, Gabi, Annie, Penny -My Angel 1987-2005,
The Christmas Club, & Jessi Fuzzball

A $10 Zealie Package from Mr. NuNu

A Hand Crafted Necklace from Peaches

A Gift Basket of Goodies from Nugget CGC

A Spi-Dog, (it is the Spiderman version of the I-dog, speakers for mp3
players.) from Mi Ty Chi Chen (Ty)

A pawtographed copy of the book “Pocket Pups” (which has several pictures of him in it) and a gold-coated Milkbone Biscuit from Eli

sadie (CPE),(BBB),&(UPD) is giving some of her Cookies from her Bakery in a variety pack

$25.00 to the Shelter or Rescue Organization of the winners choice from Shiloh

A Star or a Special Gift from Farrah 12/97-3/06

Brandy ….In Is giving a Star and making a Special Page if they need or would like a new page done.

A Woodburned Plaque from Fred Gone Too Soon

10 Rosettes/Zealies from Cashew

Chelsea Is giving a Care Package to a single soldier who has served in Iraq, and will be going back there again this spring. My husband has many such soldiers in his unit who will be away from home during Christmas. The package will be given in the winner’s name!

$25 to the winner’s favorite Animal Charity from Chelsea

HONEY BEAR Will be making them a picture!

2 Rosettes from Bailey,NPC

2 Stars from roscoe

A $10.00 Zealie Package from Sarge & Rocky
A Special Gift from Baby

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12/06/07

Dogster Dazzle Wins Best in Show in Dogster’s 3rd Annual Dog & Cat Show!!!
Joy

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Big barks for Dazzle!!! Voters named the Border Collie and agility star Best in Show!!!!

That’s a big hurdle to jump considering how many dogs and cats entered Dogster’s 3rd Annual World’s Coolest dog & Cat Show! You can check out the rest of the VERY BIG pack at this link.