Did you know that Dogster has an  Answer section?  Dogster members can submit their questions and other members can leave a reply. There are numerous categories: behavior, health, adoption, and breeds are only a few of the many listed.  It’s a great place to share your advice with other Dogsters and gain some knowledge along the way.

Now you can get 25 zealies just for being a helpful doggy.

The following Dogster members have received 25 Zealies each for the pawesome answers that they’ve given to guests and other members who post questions in our Answers section. People browsing through the Answers section can rate the answers that they read by letting us know if they thought that the answer given was helpful or not.

October’s most helpful dogs were: Sergeant, Bounder, Abby K-9, Deogie and Sadie.

November’s most helpful dogs were: Abby K-9, Deogie, Bear, Princess, Coco and Sheba, Sergeant and Dexter.

December’s most helpful dogs? Well, that’s up to you! Head on over to Answers and start seeing where you can help out–you could be awarded 25 Zealies next month!

Congrats to the dogs who have already been awarded zealies.  For those that haven’t,  get on over to the Answer section and start sharing what you know.

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Here’s a fun trivia quiz to win 10 zealies.  It’s not hard, just requires a little digging.  The first one with the right answers wins.  Here goes…

What was the first group started?

What is the last group started?

Which group has the most members?

Which group has the least members?

Times a wasting, go dig up some answers.

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It’s Friday 8/8/08 and it’s opening night of the Beijing Olympics. In keeping with this theme, I’ll give 5 zealies to the first person that can tell me the answer to the following question:

What dogster member is the only one to have a video tagged with the word olympics?

It’s easy

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It’s Friday afternoon and I need some exitement.  What’s more exciting than giving away a few zealies?  If you said receiving them, you’re right!

OK..First person or furry fella who can tell me how many Dogster.com members have their birthday today gets five quick zealies in their account.  That’s right, five big ones.

Guess away!!

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It’s always nice to see Dogster and its members in the news. This weekend the Boston Globe had an article about virtual gifts in the online social networking world.  You know virtual gifts; they’re the balls, paws and chicken hats we all love to give to each other.

Joni Gleason of Haverhill spends about $100 a year on gifts for her pet-loving friends. But the gifts can’t be held or wrapped. They can’t even be seen unless her friends are online.

As a member of Dogster.com, Gleason, 62, sends fellow dog owners virtual candles and angel wings when their pets get sick or die. When Gleason feels playful, she sends virtual squirrels or, one of Dogster’s newer gift options, a can of Spam.

It’s an interesting read about the trend toward virtual gifts in the online world.

As you can imagine, some people don’t necessarily agree they have any value at all.  Ted Rheingold, Dogster’s founder, responded to that argument by stating in the article:

“They may not be something you can hold in your hand, but the sentiment that comes with giving or receiving, is the same sentiment.”

I agree. The point naysayers are missing is that social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared purpose.

In our case, it’s the cute, lovable and nutty creatures that run our lives. Just because the gifts we give online don’t have physical properties, doesn’t change the feelings associated with giving and receiving them. What better way to know someone is thinking of you than receiving a Boo Boo Bandaid when your dog is ill?  Isn’t there value in that gesture? I think so.

Now, if you’ll pardon me, I have a few SPAM hats to give away.

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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…

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