Dogs Rule: Pedigree Adoption Drive homeless dogs loving homes
February 12, 2008
The Pedigree Adoption Drive at Dogs Rule is a campaign to help over four million homeless shelter dogs find loving homes and to support over 100 breed rescue organizations nationwide. Only half of homeless dogs in shelters and breed rescue organizations find a home. If you cannot adopt a dog, there are other ways to help the Pedigree Adoption Drive at Dogs Rule campaign.
Volunteer at a shelter. Find volunteer opportunities in your area at the Pedigree Adoption Drive Find a Volunteer Opportunity webpage. Simply type in your zipcode and a list of available volunteer opportunities are listed.
Donate to the Pedigree Adoption Drive at Dogs Rule. Donate online. Your donation is tax deductible. Last year, the foundation raised over $1 million dollars. Donate Pedigree Food for Dogs at your local shelter and Pedigree will match your donation.
Join the Million Dollar Mosaic. Visit the Million Dog Mosaic and upload photo of your dog. For each photo uploaded, $1 dollar will be donated to the Pedigree Adoption Drive.
The Pedigree Adoption Drive DogsRule has produced great commercials to promote the campaign for homeless dogs. In this one, Echo gets passed up at the shelter.
During an episode of Celebrity Apprentice, two teams of celebrities competed to create a winning commercial for the Pedigree Adoption Drive DogsRule campaign. With Gene Simmons leading the Hydra team, the winning ad featuring Lennox Lewis with Trace Adkins narration is airing during the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Uno the Beagle: Snoopy would be proud
February 11, 2008
2.12.2008 Update: Uno wins Best in Show! In 100 Best in Show awards given at the Westminster Kennel Dog Show, Uno is the first beagle to ever win Best in Show. The spectators erupted in cheers and gave the decision a standing ovation.
Congratulations Uno! the all American dog.
An early crowd favorite, the playful beagle Uno won Best of Breed on the first day of the 2008 Westminster Kennel Dog Show. Uno is no stranger to winning. The two-year-old beagle, whose official name is K-Run’s Park Me in First, has won 32 best in show titles and currently ranks sixth in the country for show dogs.
Dog show buzz has it Uno might take the top prize on Tuesday night as Best in Show. No beagle has ever won Westminster’s top award, and it has been 69 years since a beagle has won Best of Breed in the Hound group.
When Uno won Best of Breed, handler Aaron Wilkerson remarked, "Snoopy would be proud."
Why hasn’t a beagle ever won Best in Show at America’s number one dog show?
"Great show dogs often have an air about them. It’s like this is their world and we’re just living in it," explained Westminster TV host David Frei. "But beagles want to be in our world."
Then Frei added, "What better choice could there be to win America’s dog show than an all-American dog. A beagle winning would bring down the house."
Uno traveled to the Westminster Kennel Dog Show with his stuffed frog toy and a pillow with a star. Perhaps Uno will leave with the top trophy of trophies in the dog show world.
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
February 11, 2008
Beginning Monday, February 11th, the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Four new breeds: the Plott (Hound Group), the Tibetan Mastiff (Working), the Swedish Vallhund (Herding) and the Beauceron (Herding) will join 2,500 purebreed dogs in the annual judging competition. All Hound, Terrier, Non-Sporting and Herding breeds and varieties will be judged on Monday, with Groups judged on Monday evening. All Sporting, Working, and Toy breeds and varieties will be judged on Tuesday, with Groups judged on Tuesday evening. Best In Show will also be judged on Tuesday evening. Junior Showmanship preliminaries will be judged each afternoon, with the finals to be held at 7:30PM on Tuesday evening. In total, 169 breeds and varieties will be judged in seven different groups.
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