Super Dog Sunday!

Have you submitted either your dog's picture (with adorning football paraphernalia) or a photo of a Petfinder adoptable pet to this fun contest sponsored by Dog Tipper, All Things Dog Blog, and Event Barkers? Did you know that all proceeds go to the Petfinder Foundation? You can submit your pictures until the kick off of the real Super Bowl at 6:00 pm EST.

But wait, there's more! There's tons of prizes for this annual photo contest, too! Could you use a $75 prize package of Nature's Logic dog food or a Sherpa pet carrier? Don't let football take over the house until you've entered your photo and entered to win a plethora of prizes—there's still plenty of time!

We hope you're all tuned in to Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl and eagerly awaiting the Super Bowl kickoff!

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Puppy Bowl Preview!

How many of you are counting the days till the Puppy Bowl? Well...anyway, we're here to tell you that next Sunday, February 2, Animal Planet will air Puppy Bowl X from 3:00-5:00 pm EST. And if you still haven't gotten your fill of puppy cuteness, it will repeat the rest of the day and night, with new content each hour—whew!

What we really love about the Puppy Bowl (besides the cuteness overload) is that all 66 of this year's participating puppies are from shelters across the country, and all are looking for their forever homes. There will also be a kitty halftime show sponsored by Bissell, with adorable little felines from New York City's Animal Care and Control. Read more about Puppy Bowl X in this super article from our friends at Dog Channel.com. Don't miss the live streaming of the pups' back-stage antics and a roster of the starting line-up—and don't forget to vote for your MVP (Most Valuable Pup)!

But wait, there's more! We're once again participating in the Super Dog Sunday event co-hosted by our good friends at Dog Tipper and All Things Dog Blog. Check out all the fun they have planned for Super Bowl Dog Sunday, and don't forget to enter your dog's picture for a chance to win some great prizes!

                                         Super Dog Sunday here I come!

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Super Dog Sunday Is Here!

Ummm...these laces smell delicious!

Are you going to enter the Super Dog Sunday Photo Contest? Why not? There's the possibility of winning great prizes and having your pet be part of the slide shows that will be featured on Dog Tipper and All Things Dog Blog, starting Monday February 4. And let's not forget that this is a charity event benefiting the Petfinder Foundation, so it's a win-win for all the involved players!

You can enter your pet's football-themed photo right up until Super Bowl kick-off time today (6:30 pm EST) by sending your photo to EventBarkers@gmail.com, or by doing a post like we did and hooking it up to the bloghop going on over at All Things Dog Blog.

It's not too late to get in on the fun!

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Saturday Pet Blogger Hop!

Happy Saturday to everyone-and whadayasay we dogs go hoppin' right away?!

We'll meet at the Old Elm Tree, chase some squirrels, and then visit everyones' blogs together-how does that sound? And we're officially giving up on Timmy! 

Photo by www.rachellaurenphotography.com

Here are just a few, easy-to-follow rules for joining this hop:

__ Use the Linky tool provided to sign up. Note: if your blog is not pet-related it will be removed from the list.

__Follow the three hosts at the top of the list (and while you're at it, follow us-we'd appreciate it!)

__ Peruse these fabulous blogs and follow and comment as you desire.

Check in later today for a Super Dog Sunday update!

And...don't forget to check back tomorrow for Week # 46 of "Living with Your Pet" tips gathered for the pet lover in all of us.

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The Puppy Bowl: Cuteness Overload!

 Photo from this year's Puppy Bowl courtesy of The Washington Post

We're gonna admit this right up front: Neither Parental Unit nor I have ever watched the Puppy Bowl-not one second in eight years of mega amounts of cuteness and tens of millions of viewers. But this year will be different!

We saw this (five page), wildly funny article in the Washington Post that alerted us to the possibility-make that probability - that two hours of adorableness should not be missed. We've learned that "Cute cannot be dismissed" when you've got 63 puppies playing on a mock, 10-by-19-foot football field. Millions of humans are eternally grateful that in 2005, "Animal Planet executives green-lighted a crazy idea: to film puppies playing football as counter programming to the Super Bowl." But this annual event, now in its ninth year,  turned out to be far from crazy, with 8.7 million unique total viewers last year alone.

But the real winners of this game are the pups, because each is from shelters and ready for adoption. "Some shelters have built relationships with the show and give their dogs football-inspired names", like a terrier mix from the LA ASPCA to appear in this year's game named Blitz, who is hoped will "follow in the footsteps of Fumble, last year's Puppy Bowl MVP." Backstage note: All but four of the puppies appearing in this year's Bowl have already been adopted.

And just in case you thought that the animals might be mistreated in any way, "the entire production is supervised by...a representative from the Humane Society's film and television division, who ensures that the dogs, cats and hedgehogs [yes, hedgehogs!] are faring well."

If you want even more information about Puppy Bowl IX, check out this article published just hours ago by the Associated Press, "Animal Shelters are real winners of 'Puppy Bowl'. The Puppy Bowl airs On Sunday, February 3, on Animal Planet from 3:00-5:00 pm EST and then repeats throughout the next 10 hours.

Will you be first-time watchers like we are, or are you veteran Puppy Bowl aficionados? Let us know!

P.S. In all the Puppy Bowl hubbub, please don't forget the "Super Dog Sunday" extravaganza, where as  a member of the Cheer Team, we'll be helping to raise funds for Petfinder.com! Details here: www.boccibeefs.com/2013/01/super-dog-sunday-benefits-petfinder.html

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Super Dog Sunday Benefits Petfinder Foundation: Is Your Dog Ready To Play Ball?!

                  Do I look ready for Super Dog Sunday?

Do you all know that Super Dog Sunday TM is a charitable event, now in its third year, that benefits the Petfinder Foundation? We're thrilled to be one of the many pet bloggers who make up the "Cheer Team" for this event, that helps spread the good word about pet adoption-yahoo! As you can see from the above picture, we've pawticipated in this event in previous years (I don't usually play with an Official NFL Football). Generous sponsors pay an annual fee to participate, and every penny of that fee is donated to the Petfinder Foundation so they can continue to assist shelters and rescues, and in turn, help  beautiful orphaned animals find forever homes.

So how can you help? Glad you asked! Super Dog Sunday TM is really a photo contest that features great pics of pets (both your pets and adoptable pets on Petfinder.com), that each have a football theme. You can snap a cute pic of your pet playing with a football (see above) or surrounded by football gear, or edit a photo of an adoptable animal using football graphics. See ImageChef.com for free and fun ways to edit your photo submissions.

You can submit your photos by no later than February 3, 2013 to Parental Unit at: jdemarti@columbus.rr.com and I'll post them on a special Pinterest board made just for the occasion. I'll be posting photos starting now, so start snapping and/or editing some adorable photos to benefit this great cause! By the way, for those of you who are gridiron challenged, February 3, 2013 is Super Bowl Sunday!

You can also submit your photos to EventBarkers@gmail.com and all of the pics will be posted on Dog Tipper and All Things Dog Blog. Posting started a few days ago on January 20 and will continue through Super Bowl Sunday. 

We hope you all join in this fun, charity event and as always, many thanks for your support!

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Super Bowl Sunday BlogHop With Lots Of Prizes!

Once again this year, our friends Carrie, from All Things Dog Blog and Paris and John from DogTipper have teamed up to host a "dogs only" Super Bowl party extraordinaire. They've aptly  dubbed in "Super Dog Sunday"-ha!  Just check out their sites to participate and you, too, could win some grand prizes-the list will make you drool (or at least make your pup drool!).

Their sponsors will be donating proceeds to this year's charity recipient, Petfinder.com, so it's a win-win-win situation! You can also link up with their Super Sunday Blog Hop below to join in the fun-today's just one big party!

P.S. Stay tuned here at Bocci's Beefs for our round-up, with pictures aplenty, from our fabulous evening out at Cesar Millan's show-we'll be posting in just a few more hours...

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