Once again we’re working with the dynamic brother and sister team Dan Hoffman and Carrie Pollare, founders of “Im Tired of..” bracelets. This time they’re having a fun contest, you can win prizes and help continue to spread the word about wiping out animal cruelty.
And during May, “I’m Tired of…” is even giving away some cool Dogster stuff for the contest. You can win a one year Dogster Plus Membership, cool Dogster t-shirt, and a Together Tag. Read on for details of the contest and then get that camera out and say “cheese”.
SANTA MONICA, CA, MAY 6, 2009 – I’m Tired of… (ITo) is looking for the next darling doggy and kooky kitty superstars to win a spot in its new SMILE2 video, so it has launched the SMILE2 Photo Contest. Contestants must have Hollywood-worthy, award-winning “smiles” or be able to make hilarious funny faces.
The makers of the popular “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelets, which raise money for animal rights and rescue, has called on its charity partner, Best Friends Animal Society and cast members of National Geographic Channel’s “Dogtown” to help judge the entries and award the winners. The contest runs through June 30, 2009.
So, how did this get started? According to Dan Hoffman, ITo co-founder, “My sister and partner, Carrie, and I are huge animal lovers. Carrie has always cracked up every time she sees dogs or cats who are smiling. She used to have an entire bulletin board full of photos like that. We wanted to draw attention to animal cruelty, but in a positive way. So, we came up with the concept to create our first SMILE video, which is a very cute 60 second slide show, set to music, of dogs and cats ‘smiling.’ We did it very casually, found the photos ourselves, posted it on our website and a few other places and, beyond our wildest imagination, it went viral, has been viewed more than 100,000 times and is still going strong. Who knew?!”
Okay pups, it’s time to get out your surf board and join in the fun. On July 11th in Huntington Beach, CA there is one cool event taking place…Surfing Dogs Paw Jam.
If you’re like me and you just get completely blown away by the fact that some dogs can surf better than most humans can, then you’re going to love this little tidbit of infurmation…
Dogster member Miss Kia and her best friend René Bruce are organizing a big surfing event down in Huntington Beach, CA, this summer, and Dogster is howlin’ with so much excitement about it that we’re jumping on (the surf)board to help promote the event and spread the bark!
The SURFING PAWS DOG JAM will be held on July 11 in Huntington Beach, CA where Goldenwest meets PCH! The contest and day activities are from 9-4 and then in the evening (from 8-11) there will be a red carpet awards show and an auction.
In the area and want to enter your cool surfer dog? You can register HERE.
Dogster is a sponsor of the event and will be helping to get the bark out! We’ll even be giving away some goodies and a few Together Tag pet ID and recovery service enrollments to spectators at the event!
Even if you can’t make it to the contest, join the group and stay tuned for some cool surfing dog excitement! Want to see Miss Kia tearing up the surf? There’s a video of her on her board over on SurfinPaws website. Check it out and learn more about the event now!
There are two announcements from Dogster HQ’s that you don’t want to miss. …
Now You Can Comment On Diary Entries!
We’ve just today added a new feature to our Diary pages, so that other dogs can bark back comments about what you have to say! Yay!
If you’re excited about that announcement you will be doing cartwheels over the next one. The Dog Breed Photo Game is offering you a chance to win some fantastic prizes throughout the month of May.
Prizes:
The top three scorers in the month of May will win big prizes.
* Grand Prize: Dyson Vacuum
* Second Prize: Flip HD Video Camera
* Third Prize: $100 PetSmart Gift Card (good for use in-store or online)
Are you looking for products that are not only good for your dog, but also good for the earth? Then head on over to Paw Luxury, where their mission is to offer luxury, high-quality, durable, holistic and earth-friendly products for the everyday dog and their owners.
And this week, Adam, Wendy & Lola are stepping in as guest tipsters on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re super excited to have Paw Luxury join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what they’ve got in store for us this week. Their first tip about products made in the U.S. is live already, you can check it out here.
More about Paw Luxury: Our name, Paw Luxury, is inspired by the commonality that pets and humans in a sense both have paws that need love to. We define “luxury” as your dog living the good life, it’s all about wellness with some pampering thrown in. We believe you can fuse green living with the cachet and comforts of luxury living-for a healthier life now and for future generations.
We are first and foremost a down to earth company that cares about the earth and the dogs and people that inhabit it. Like our dog’s lovable, kind and warm spirit, Paw Luxury is always approachable and inviting. We measure everything we do against our goal to reflect warmth and a generosity of spirit in the products we sell, our actions and interactions.
We are mindful and approach our work with humility and purpose, authenticity and creativity. We offer products that are real & functional for the everyday dog about town – combining style with ease of use, accessibility, and meaningful intent with enduring quality. We educate through awareness and inspire social responsibility through our genuine concern for the world.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Paw Luxury or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Looking to meet dog lovers like you? Or are you interested in hearing about what’s going down with celebrities and their dogs? Then take a swing on by Leashes and Lovers, where pet expert Sheryl Matthys and the gang are sure to quench your thirst for pooch-related social scene updates.
And this week, Sheryl’s stepping in as a guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re excited to have Sheryl join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us this week. Her first tip about partying with your pooch is live already, you can check it out here.
More about Sheryl: Sheryl Matthys, The Dog Expert, helps you learn what your relationship with your dog can teach you about yourself, and how that knowledge makes your human relationships more successful – in life, with friends, family, associates, and in love! As creator of Leashes and Lovers online social community, a certified dog trainer with a psychology degree and master’s in Radio/TV, Sheryl’s doled out advice to thousands of dog lovers.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Sheryl or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
In case you haven’t read about it on Dogster Site News, today is the end of National Pet ID Week and the last day to save $3 when you order the Together Tag. Every pup on the planet should know by now that’s Dogster’s great new pet ID and recovery service.
April 18 – 24 is National Pet ID Week, and we’re barking all about it over here on Dogster. We love our community of pooches (as do you) and are determined to make sure that we don’t let one single pup go unprotected. One in three pets will get lost in their lifetime and sadly, most of these dogs and cats do not find their way back home. You can reduce the chances of losing your dog by preparing for the worst today. The steps are simple, quick and will save you from unnecessary heartbreak should your dog ever go lost or missing in the future.
Grab your owner and run on over to Dogster Site News to find out how to order the Together Tag and get a $3 discount. Don’t wait until it’s too late, act now.
* Tinker Bell Forever is stylin with her new tag, don’t you wanna be stylin too?
Our very own Dr. Barchas, from the Vet Blog, now has a site on YouTube where you can submit a video question to be answered.
Do you have a video question about your pet for Dr. Eric Barchas? This is the place for you to leave it -http://www.youtube.com/group/askDrBarchas, he’ll answer it on his blog.
Snuzzy, he posts all the snuzzilicous stuff, left Dr. Barchas a question about feeding his cat Tailer too many treats. Go check it out on the Vet Blog.
Looking for just the right hand-knit sweater for Fido? Can’t find the perfect toy for the dog who has everything? Then head over to Pupstyle.com, where resident Pet Style Expert Dara Foster is dishing out tips on the latest and greatest in luxury dog products.
And this week, she’s stepping in as a guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of canine information every weekday. We’re excited to have Dara join our team of talented pet experts and can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us this week. Her first tip is live already, you can check it out here.
More about Dara: Dara Foster is a world renowned Pet Style Expert best known for her humorous,”taste-making” pet style blog PupStyle.com, and as a regular pet style contributor on NBC’s TODAY show. She is also he resident Pet Fashion Expert on Tibesti.com and host of her own radio show “The Pet Set” on PetLifeRadio.com.
In 2003 Dara jump-started the luxury dog products movement with her own brand of boutique dog collars – Dara Foster New York LLC and blog, Pupstyle.com. Preferring to critique and write about other people’s cool designs, her full-time attention was turned to sourcing and writing about great pet product design for Pupstyle.com.
If you’d like to sign up to receive The Daily Dog Tip via email, so that you don’t miss tips from Dara or any of our other grrreat pet experts, you may do so here, or to add the RSS feed to your reader, click here. Want it all? You can also get them via Twitter when you follow @dogster.
Over here at Dogster, we’ve got our furry little paws on the pulse of the pet world and we’re well aware of the fact that during these rather tricky economic times, it sure is nice to save a buck or two when it comes to taking care of our best furiends. That’s why we’re proud to introduce you to a new site where you’ll find tons of pet coupons, deals and savings:
We’ll be updating that site on a regular basis with hot deals, hoping to help all dog owners (and cat owners, too!) save a few dollars on the products that their pets love the best.
Yesterday Dogster played an April Fools’ Day joke on all the pups when they posted about a new dog and cat hybrid. Today’s post is no joke, we have a few fun things to report on.
Dogster’s top dog Ted Rheingold is going to be interviewed today at 7 pm EST/4 pm PST on blog talk radio.
The great pawple over at Creative Animal Relief are going to be interview Ted R. on their blog talk radio program today. He’ll be talking about Together Tag, the new pet tag id service, as well as Dogster (and pawsably Catster). There’s real time chats and email so if you ever wanted to ask a question about Dogster, now would be a time.
We also have two new small features to announce…
Badges!
On your pet’s pages you can now display badges for features of the site you enjoy or services we work with. We rolled out with 5 badges to get things going, but I’m sure more will roll out soon. After checking them out, if there are other badges you’d like to have on your page, write them as comment. We’d luv to hear. You can add them by going to My Account and to the right of you pet’s thumbnail you’ll need a ‘badges’ listing.
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Once again we’re working with the dynamic brother and sister team Dan Hoffman and Carrie Pollare, founders of “Im Tired of..” bracelets. This time they’re having a fun contest, you can win prizes and help continue to spread the word about wiping out animal cruelty.So, how did this get started? According to Dan Hoffman, ITo co-founder, “My sister and partner, Carrie, and I are huge animal lovers. Carrie has always cracked up every time she sees dogs or cats who are smiling. She used to have an entire bulletin board full of photos like that. We wanted to draw attention to animal cruelty, but in a positive way. So, we came up with the concept to create our first SMILE video, which is a very cute 60 second slide show, set to music, of dogs and cats ‘smiling.’ We did it very casually, found the photos ourselves, posted it on our website and a few other places and, beyond our wildest imagination, it went viral, has been viewed more than 100,000 times and is still going strong. Who knew?!”
