And The Winner of "Dogs Rule Nonchalantly" Is...!

As you might recall, Parental Unit and I were thrilled to review  Mark Ulriksen's wonderful new book, Dogs Rule...Nonchalantly. A hearty thank you to both the wildly talented Mr. Ulriksen and the publisher, Goff Books for our review and giveaway copies!

Now, the moment you've all been waiting for...we'll turn to the reliable, yet spooky, Random Sequence Generator  to choose our winner. There were seven comments, but the last comment was received after the 8:00 pm EST deadline, so unfortunately, we can't count it. We plugged in the numbers 1-6 in the Sequence Generator and here's what happened...

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

5
4
3
2
1
6

Timestamp: 2014-09-26 17:15:54 UTC

The number five comment is from Ann Cluck...Congrats to Ann! let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for our winner! And many thanks to all who took the time to enter and give us a shout-out. We surely appreciate your support!

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And The Winners Of The "Mr. Peabody And Sherman Fantastic Prize Packages Are...!

As usual, we put our trust in Random.org's Random Sequence Generator to pick our lucky winners. There were 18 comments so we plugged in the numbers 1-18...and here's what came up!
Note: Since we have two prize packages to giveaway, the first two numbers that come up in the sequence will be the winners.
Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

18
 3
 8
10
15
 2
 4
17
 1
 5
12
 7
14
13
16
 9
 6
11

Timestamp: 2014-03-25 01:56:14 UTC

The number 18 comment is from Sky Evans and the number 3 comment is from our good friends, Mitch and Molly! Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for our winners! We'll be contacting you both for your mailing addresses shortly.

We'd like to extend a hearty thank you to all who entered, and please stay tuned for more giveaways coming soon! 

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And The Winner Of The "I And Love And You" Pet Food And Treats Prize Package Is...!

We're once again trusting Random.org.'s Random Sequence Generator to pick our lucky winner. There were 15 comments, so we entered the numbers one through 15, and here's what was revealed...

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

13
 9
 4
 3
10
14
 8
 2
15
 7
 5
11
 6
 1
12

Timestamp: 2014-03-16 23:00:34 UTC

The lucky number 13 is a comment by "From Furrin", so congrats to you!  (We think comment #13 won our last giveaway) Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for  "From Furrin" ! We will contact the lucky winner by email right now.  A hearty thank you to all who participated!

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And The Winner Of The Special ASPCA Gift Pack Is...!

Tonight, we're excited to announce the winner of this super-duper gift pack from the ASPCA. As usual, we're putting all of our trust in the Random Sequence Generator: We'll plug in the numbers 1-17, because they are 17 comments... and here's what came up

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

 3
 8
15
11
17
12
 1
14
 4
 9
10
 7


2
 5
 6
16
13

• Timestamp: 2013-12-24 03:46:41 UT
• The number three is the first up in the Random Sequence Generator, and the third comment was left by Jenn, of My Furry Interesting Life. Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for Jenn! And a hearty thank you to all who participated—we really appreciate your support. We'll have more reviews and giveaways coming in the next few weeks, so please stay tuned!

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And The Winner Of The Purina Prizes Giveaway Is...!

We're excited to announce the winner of this super trio of prizes, courtesy of our friends at Purina. The winner will receive the hardback book, Maddie on Things by Theron Humphrey, a really cool Moleskine dog journal, and 10 coupons for $1 off three cans of Purina One R SmartBlend R dog food.  Remember that you and your dog balance each other by playing and learning together each day!

Once again, we trusted our fortunes to Random.org and its spooky Random Sequence Generator. We plugged in the numbers 2-15. There were 15 comments, but the number one comment was from our friends across the pond, Molly the Wally, and they were not eligible to participate (they realized this and just left a friendly comment!). We also deleted several comments made by entrants who left more than one comment. We kept one comment from the entrant and deleted the rest. Remember please: only one comment per person is necessary and others will be deleted by Parental Unit.

So...when we entered the numbers 2-15 in the Random Sequence Generator, here's what came up:

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

10
 2
 8
 7
 6
12
11
15
 4
 9
14
 3
 5
13

Timestamp: 2013-10-22 02:31:37 UTC

The number 10 comment belongs to Rachel H.!  Congrats! Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for our lucky winner! We would appreciate it if Rachel H could please send her mailing address to Parental Unit at: jdemarti@columbus.rr.com at her earliest convenience. Thanks! 

And many thanks to Purina and to all those who entered this contest!

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And The Winner Of The Burt's Bees Pet Products Is...

Tonight, we're once again trusting the Random Sequence Generator from Random.org to pick the lucky winner of one Burt's Bees doggy deodorizing shampoo and one oatmeal conditioner. We plugged in the numbers 1-19 because there were 19 comments. Note: if the first number had been 2, 5, 14  or 15, we would have chosen again, because the comments corresponding to those numbers either didn't want to enter or added more than one comment. So here's what came up:

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

 7
10
19
 2
11
15
 4
16
14
 8
13
 5
 3
18
17
12
 6
 9
 1

Timestamp: 2013-07-11 02:53:00 UTC

The comment that corresponds with the number 7 is from Amy/Layla the Malamute! Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for Amy and her pooch, Layla! We wish we could provide you with a link to their blog...but we can't seem to find it. Anyhoo, Amy and Layla, please send us your mailing address as soon as possible, and we will pass it on to the Burt's Bees representative. A hearty thank you to all who participated!

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And The THREE Lucky Winners Of Paper Pups, 35 Dogs To Copy, Cut & Fold Are...!

Once again we're putting our faith in the mysterious Random Sequence Generator to choose our winners: There were a total of SIX comments that all appeared to be entered according to our "strict" rules. So we put the numbers one through six into the Random Sequence Generator and here's what came up:

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

4
5
6
3
2
1

Timestamp: 2013-05-30 15:34:02 UTC

We're choosing the first three numbers listed to win the three books, and those three numbers coincide with comments from Molly the Wally, Kirby and Lea and Olivia R. Congrats to all three of our winners! This is truly a unique book that you can use for generations-just keep making copies of the beautifully drawn patterns:-) Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for our three, ridiculously lucky winners!

Note: We'll try to contact the winners, but entrants contact information isn't always available, so we hope you'll all check back to see if you won and to congratulate the winners. Please send you mailing addresses to: jdemarti@columbus.rr.com

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And The Winner Of The Book, Pukka's Promise: The Quest For Longer-Lived Dogs Is...

We're thrilled to announce the winner of this winner of a book-Pukka's Promise: The Quest For Longer-Lived Dogs by Ted Kerasote. Once again, we turned to the trusty Random Sequence Generator and plugged in the numbers one and three, reflecting the total number of comments...and here's what came up...

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

2
3
1

Timestamp: 2013-03-25 14:34:47 UTC

The #2 comment is from our friends Mitch and Molly-let' all put our paws together in a round of applause for our favorite two Airedales and their peeps! We hope you enjoy this book as much as we did!

By the way, if you enjoyed Pukka's "Second Summer" video, there are plenty more on Kerasote's website to enjoy, plus tons of other useful information and links to resources for the dog lover.

P.S. Stay tuned tomorrow (or Wednesday or Thursday) for another giveaway-this time we've got lots of dog toys, courtesy of PetSmart and Disney! (And sorry about the delay in posting the winner of Pukka's Promise-Parental Unit is down with a sinus infection and I was already asleep last evening to post when we promised!)

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And The Winner Of Underwater Dogs Is...!

Who will be the lucky winner of this super cool book, Underwater Dogs? We again visited our old friend, the Random.org and their handy, Random Sequence Generator to let us divine the answer.

 We plugged in the number of comments on our giveaway post, which is eight, and let the generator work its magic. (Please note: To spare ourselves time and complicated math equations, we always just plug in the total number of comments, even those who post as "anonymous", which is not allowed, and those who don't give the required shout-out to Facebook or Twitter-we check- or mention they'd like to win in their comment, also required. But... if the Random Sequence Generator chooses one of those aforementioned comments as number #1, we redo the sequence, to be fair to ourselves and those who follow the requirements:-) )

And here's what came up...

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

5
1
2
3
4
8
7
6

Timestamp: 2013-02-18 16:49:25 UTC

The #5 comment was posted by Amy B. from Wisconsin, who, although she initially posted anonymously, wrote an addtional message on Facebook, inquiring how to post correctly. Thanks for the explanation, Amy and congrats! Let's all put our paws together in a round of applause for Amy B.!

We'll contact you through Facebook for your mailing address, Amy.

Thansk to all who participated! While you're here, please check out our latest giveaway of an ASPCA Gift Pack oveerflowing with cool stuff for you and your pets: www.boccibeefs.com/2013/02/aspcas-meet-your-match-dating-game-and.html

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And The Winner Of Crypton's Pet "Throver" Giveaway Is...

We're excited to announce the lucky winner of our giveaway of a gorgeous Crypton "Throver"!
As a reminder of what this beautiful stain-resistant, versatile blanket looks like, check out yours truly lounging on our Throver. Parental Unit and I both love it!

As usual we depended on the kindness of Random.org and it's mysterious "Random Sequence Generator" to choose our winner. We plugged in the numbers 1-10 (there are 10 entrants) and this is the sequence that came up:

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

 4
 9
10
 8
 5
 7
 1
 2
 3
 6

And the #4 comment is Amy/Layla the Malamute! Let's all put our paws together in a big round of applause for Amy and her beautiful pooch, Layla! Congrats!
Here's a photo of the Throver that Amy (and Layla, of course), won-that gorgeous color is dubbed "Pool".

Note to Amy: There doesn't seem to be a way to contact you, so please contact us at: jdemarti@columbus.rr.com with your snail mail address. If we don't hear from you by Monday, 
September 10, 2012 at 5:00 EST, we will be forced to choose another winner that evening.

A hearty "Thank-You" to all who entered! And please don't forget that Bocci's Beefs readers have their own special discount code (bocci20) to use when purchasing Crypton's array of amazing products. That specially designed coupon code entitles you to receive 20% off of all Crypton items (except fabric by the yard, furniture and cleaners). Shop right here:www.cryptonathome.com And Enjoy!

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And The Winner Of The Roam Giveaway Is...!

We're pleased to announce that the winner of our giveaway, the blogging friend and dog lover who has won a copy of this great book is... Bassettmomma! Let's put our paws together in a warm round of applause for our winner!

Note to Bassetmamma: Please send us your snail-mail address at your earliest convenience: jdemarti@columbus.rr.com

Here's a copy of the Random Sequence Generator page showing the number ONE at the top. Bassetmomma was the first comment on our Roam giveaway post.

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

1
2
4
3
5

Timestamp: 2011-12-16 03:36:33 UTC

A hearty "thank-you" to all who participated!

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for our review of a new online pet food retailer...and details about our next giveaway-yes, there's more!

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The Winner Of The EO Organic Pet Grooming Products Gift Set Is...

We're thrilled to announce the winner of the EO Pet Grooming Products gift set. As you can see below, we once again used our favorite new toy, the Random Sequence Generator, and the number in the first position is #6, the comment left by Cynthia Downer of the very cool blog, My Household Zoo. Please note that although there were a total of 17 comments, we deleted 4 comments as repeats (remember: you only need to leave ONE comment to tell us you'd like to enter-in addition to the four "following" requirements), so the total number we entered was 13.

Lets all put our paws together and congratulate our winner, Cynthia!
Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

6
 9
 1
 7
13
 3
 4
 5
 8
12
10
11
 2

Timestamp: 2011-11-30 02:28:11 UTC

Thanks to all who participated! Please stay tuned because we have yet another very special giveaway coming in the next few days: we had the pleasure of speaking with the author of the newly published novel, Roam, and we'll bring you excerpts from that conversation along with a chance to win a copy of this fabulous book. See our "teaser" post for the book here: www.boccibeefs.com/2011/10/roam-novel.html

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The Winner Of The FURminator FURDRY Wearable Dog Towel Is...

We're pleased to announce the winner of the FURDRY wearable dog towel! As we did for our last giveaway, we used Random.org's random sequencer and put in numbers one through twenty-one (we had 21 comments). The first number in the column is #2, so our lucky winners are Maggie and Mitch the Airedales! Let's all put our paws together for our friends Maggie and Mitch!

Note to Maggie and Mitch: Please send us your snail mail address and the size of the towel that best fits either Maggie or Mitch-it looks like you'll have to duke it out! Here's the link to FURminator's FURDRY page with the measurement directions and sizing chart:
www.furminator.com/products/fur_dry/hair_care

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

2
 7
 6
 1
 3
10
15
18
 9
13
12
 4
20
 5
 8
16
11
21
19

14
17

Timestamp: 2011-11-02 01:39:48 UTC

Stay tuned for our next giveaway coming soon! Hint: Can you say: The Puppy Diaries: Raising A Dog Named Scout, the newest book by none under than the executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson?!

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