Free dog treats!
Pet Show is ready to celebrate the holidays! We’re having a photo contest through New Years’ Day! Here’s the deal -
* Email holiday pictures of your pet to ccoppernoll@opubco.com this month. We need the pet’s name, your name, your address, your phone number and a description of what your pet is doing, if that’s possible.
* Every person who enters at least one photo will be put in the drawing for this amazing prize pack! The bags, shown, here are packed full of great treats from brands like Milk Bone, Pup Peroni, Wholesome Medley and Meow Mix. (Thanks to the great folks at Del Monte for providing the prize pack!)
* Only one entry per person, but you can submit any many pictures as you want!
* The deadline for entry is noon Jan. 1.
* The Pet Show crew will draw the name of the winner at random Jan. 2.
* The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. The odds of receiving unconditional love from your pet this holiday season: 100 percent.
* We’ll post the best photos on our blog right after we draw the winner.
* Good luck!
So, where did this all come from? The crew over at Del Monte are having a special fundraiser that helps pets in need. They’re donating $1 for every person who tells them why his/her pet is great. Really? Yes. All you have to do is go to their site, Power of Paws, and talk about how great your pet is. We all know how easy that is to do. So far, more than 5,000 people have done it. That’s a $5,000 donation just for bragging. So go add your story to the pile!
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Stop decorating your animals
Why do people insist on doing things like this to their dogs? This is from the Sandy Paws Grooming Shop’s Creative Grooming Awards. 
At right, you will notice a poodle groomed to look like Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I am surprised this dog is willing to wear a bandana across its eyes, and I can’t imagine it is comfortable.
Below, you will find video of some guy tattooing pigs. Why?
It should be said that this kind of thing is illegal in Oklahoma City. As I discovered a couple of years ago during a fish tattooing controversy, artificially coloring your dog’s fur is against the law. This was primarily because of the practice of dyeing rabbits around Easter, but applies to dogs as well. Tattooing fish or pigs or any other pet is also illegal. Is there anything wrong with a poodle looking like a poodle? Does a pig really need a tat to look interesting?
I think not.
- Staff Writer Bryan Dean
Travel contest deadline looms!
The holiday season looms like your cat’s next trip to the vet – you know it’s coming and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. And holidays mean holiday travel to visit loved ones near and far. So, Pet Show wants to celebrate! Send us your favorite pictures of your pet on vacation or on the road, and you’ll be entered in our Holiday Travel Contest! The prize: some super-snazzy car travel gear!The fabulous folks at CoverKing have given us this awesome Pet Protector Seat Cover. How does it work? You hang it over your back seat and not only does it keep your pet from falling into the floorboard every time you tap the breaks, but it also keeps pet hair off your upholstery! Well, in my car, that would be pet hair, pet smell, pet sneezes and other pet yuckies. Retail value: $50! Your entry: free! Here are the rules:
* Email pictures of your pets to ccoppernoll@opubco.com. The pictures can be anything related to travel – in the car, on vacation, on a hike, visiting a friend’s house, whatever! We need the pet’s name, your name, your address, your phone number and the kind of animal your loveable friend is. (And we’d also like a description of what your pet is doing, if that’s possible. )
* Every person who enters at least one photo will be put in the drawing for the rockin’ CoverKing Pet Protector Seat Cover! (Thanks to CoverKing for providing the prize!)
* Only one entry per person, but you can submit any many pictures as you want!
* The deadline for entry is noon Nov. 21.
* The Pet Show crew will draw the name of the winner at random after noon Nov. 21, just in time to get you your CoverKing before you head out for Thanksgiving vacation!
* The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. The odds of fun while traveling with your pet: 100 percent.
* What happens if you don’t win? Don’t worry! We’ll take all the photos submitted and make a slide show of everyone’s fantastic travel pics. We’ll post it right after we draw the winner.
* Good luck!
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Bird of the year
Not to be upstaged by America’s presidential election, voters in New Zealand have cast their votes for the kakapo as bird of the year.
The kakapo won Forest & Bird’s annual bird of the year election with 578 votes, far out-pacing the second place takahe, which got 322 votes.
Last year’s winner, the grey warbler, fell to 10th, while the kiwi, New Zealand’s national bird, slipped out of the top 10 for the first time.
Here are the top 10 finishers:
Kakapo
Takahe
Kokako
Tui
Rifleman
Fantail
Morepork
Kea
Kereru
Grey warbler
- Staff Writer Bryan Dean
Your pet picture could win you a special travel prize!
The holiday season looms like your cat’s next trip to the vet – you know it’s coming and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. And holidays mean holiday travel to visit loved ones near and far. So, Pet Show wants to celebrate! Send us your favorite pictures of your pet on vacation or on the road, and you’ll be entered in our Holiday Travel Contest! The prize: some super-snazzy car travel gear!
The fabulous folks at CoverKing have given us this awesome Pet Protector Seat Cover. How does it work? You hang it over your back seat and not only does it keep your pet from falling into the floorboard every time you tap the breaks, but it also keeps pet hair off your upholstery! Well, in my car, that would be pet hair, pet smell, pet sneezes and other pet yuckies. Retail value: $50! Your entry: free! Here are the rules:
* Email pictures of your pets to ccoppernoll@opubco.com. The pictures can be anything related to travel – in the car, on vacation, on a hike, visiting a friend’s house, whatever! We need the pet’s name, your name, your address, your phone number and the kind of animal your loveable friend is. (And we’d also like a description of what your pet is doing, if that’s possible. )
* Every person who enters at least one photo will be put in the drawing for the rockin’ CoverKing Pet Protector Seat Cover! (Thanks to CoverKing for providing the prize!)
* Only one entry per person, but you can submit any many pictures as you want!
* The deadline for entry is noon Nov. 21.
* The Pet Show crew will draw the name of the winner at random after noon Nov. 21, just in time to get you your CoverKing before you head out for Thanksgiving vacation!
* The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. The odds of fun while traveling with your pet: 100 percent.
* What happens if you don’t win? Don’t worry! We’ll take all the photos submitted and make a slide show of everyone’s fantastic travel pics. We’ll post it right after we draw the winner.
* Good luck!
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Congratulations to our photo contest winners!
Congratulations to the four winners of our Adopt a Shelter Dog Photo Contest!
- Angela Dudley of Moore adopted her dog, Mazie Grace, from Pets and People in Yukon (that’s Mazie – already ready for Halloween!)
- Nancy Lindo of Oklahoma City adopted her dog, Garfunkel, from Free to Live in Edmond
- Leslie Aguilar of Oklahoma City adopted her dog, Buddy, from the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter
- Laura Cooke of Oklahoma City adopted her dog, Hawkeye, from the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter
Thanks to Candlewick Press for providing two outstanding children’s books by Elizabeth Bluemle, and thanks to Fat Cat Inc. for two hilarious presidential chew toys!
For those of you who didn’t win this go around, we’re so sorry! The good news is your beautiful pups will be featured in a slide show next week! (And if you didn’t win this round, stay tuned. We have another cool contest coming up!)
For the winners, the Pet Show crew will be in touch with you very soon!
Congrats!
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Bark Obama and John McCanine!
Just as we predicted, we’ve added prizes to our Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Photo Contest!
Fat Cat Inc. has come out with some great chew toys – one of Bark Obama and the other of John McCanine. They’re both “Political Animals.” Get it? Hilarious! You can also get Hilary and W.
As a side note, I have Rotten, a blue cat chew toy, somewhere in my back yard. My husband’s dog has been chewing on that thing for, like, two years, and the toy is still surviving! So, these aren’t your regular stuffed chewies.
Thanks to the folks at Bamboo for donating these toys to Pet Show! (Just as a side note, Bamboo has the nicest company slogan: “Bamboo understands families come in all shapes and sizes with claws and tails, wings and scales. We celebrate your life together by designing innovative products that enhance your pet’s well-being and safety every day.”)
So, for your chance to win, submit a pictures of your shelter dogs! Check out our past blog for all the rules.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Time to enter!
Send us your shelter dog pics! Email them to ccoppernoll@oklahoman.com.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Are more prizes on the way?
Word has it that our Adopt a Shelter Dog photo contest has more prizes on the way … yes, more prizes! Watch the blog for all the details.
Check out the rules and enter.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Win a pair of books with your dog photos!
In honor of Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Pet Show wants to celebrate your adopted dogs! We’re having a photo contest through the end of October! Here’s the deal -
* Email pictures of your adopted dogs to ccoppernoll@opubco.com this month. We need the dog’s name, your name, your address, your phone number and the shelter where you found your loveable friend. (And we’d also like a description of what your dog is doing, if that’s possible. We know how dogs are. Sometimes no one knows.)
* Every person who enters at least one photo will be put in the drawing for two fabulous children’s books! The books are “Dogs on the Bed” and “My Father the Dog,” both written by Elizabeth Bluemle. (Thanks to Candlewick Press for providing the prizes!)
* Only one entry per person, but you can submit any many pictures as you want!
* The deadline for entry is noon Oct. 31.
* The Pet Show crew will draw the name of the winner at random after noon Oct. 31, the end of Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.
* The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. The odds of receiving unconditional love from a shelter dog: 100 percent.
* What happens if you don’t win? Don’t worry! We’ll take all the photos submitted and make a slide show of everyone’s fantastic adopted dogs. We’ll post it right after we draw the winner.
* Good luck!
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
