Dogtopia of Waco, TX Blog

Caspian Rafferty by 54%

Goodness! It was a close competition with Snowball right behind him with 46%. I hope the proud parents had as much fun as we did with this competition. There was some serious campaigning going on and of course in our eyes both Caspian and Snowball are CHAMPIONS!

Caspian wins the Mutt Madness Champions Prize! A City Pets food bowl, Loofa dog, zanies stuffed bone, mutt madness basketball, 2 hour professional home cleaning by English Maids, Free 6 week obedience training course with Cedar Hill Training, Free 30 minute canine massage with Dooley Press Canine Massage, and a free day of daycare at Dogtopia! Also, a free private indoor dog park party to invite his friends (and fans) to come play for a couple of hours. Thanks again to our sponsors for these wonderful goodies! Congrats Caspian!

Mutt Madness 2009 Champion

Mr. Snowball is in the Toybox socializing, playing, and greeting. While Caspian is chasing and wrestling with his buddies in the Romper Room.

Just to show that this IS a friendly competition we do have our two champions playing a little pickup game in the Dogtopia lobby.

The “hand shake”

even doggy sports have rules

 

 

The Tip Off!

Caspian says "I've got this"

I may be short but don't count me out!

Forget basketball...where are the treats?

Wow…what a hard fought battle!  But from the Fantastic Four comes the finalist…CASPIAN AND SNOWBALL…Sic ‘em Bears! 

As the Bears fight it out amongst themselves, will the Caspianites and the Snowballers be able to have a friendly competition or will this Baylor drama forever split the green and gold? 

 The sweet taste of victory!  These two climbed (OK…maybe campaigned) their way to the top only to be faced with one, final, daunting battle…the battle for the most coveted championship of all time.  Forget about the NCAA…forget about the Big 12…this competition is for…the recognition…the glory…THE TITLE…yes, it is for the championship of the first annual MUTT MADNESS competition! (Don’t you get goose bumps just thinking about it?)

But every competitor must have the one thing that sets them apart, the backbone of their strategy…the secret to success.  Team Snowball and Team Caspian both know that it is the fans, YOU, who will cheer them to victory!   Do you have one more vote in you?  Do you believe in your team…enough?

Just to remind you of why you are here, cheering them on, here are a few pictures of your warriors as they ready themselves for the final battle…

 

Snowball works the crowd

  

Caspian has his game face on!

LET THE FINAL GAME BEGIN!      You know about the title they are playing for, you know about the fabulous prize…but to make the victory even sweeter the victor wins their very own private indoor dog park party!  What better way to celebrate.

Voting begins now and goes through 11:59pm Wednesday April 1st. All votes after midnight will not be counted, and you may only vote once per name and email address. Duplicate votes will be thrown out.  The champion will be announced on Thursday!

Best of luck!

    Here are our Fabulous Four!

OK sports fans, we tallied up the votes and have our winners for ROUND TWO!  Please vote using the comment section at the bottom of this entry.  Voting will close at 7:00pm on Monday the 30th and any votes after the polls have closed will not be counted. You may vote for one or both match ups (we encourage you to vote for both to keep in the spirit of things). Duplicate votes (same name or e-mail addresses) will only be counted once. 

Heeeeeeere’s our line up!

Match up # 1 we have Baylor vs Texas A&M with Caspian and Ranger!

Baylor Bear Fan Caspian

Aggie fan Ranger

Match up # 2 is Snowball the Baylor Bear fan vs Austin the Long Horn fan

Snowball says Sic 'em!

Austin says Hook 'em!

Just a reminder that the voting will end at midnight tonight! The voting was fast and furious yesterday so lets keep it up! I will tally the votes on Saturday morning and post the results and 2nd round that afternoon. The voting for round 2 will end on Monday at 7 p.m. and the FINAL ROUND will start on Tuesday with our winner being announced on Thursday.

Also, for those Twitter fans out there I have setup an account for Dogtopia Waco. So if you would like to follow us over there for updates, fun facts and whatever else I can think of, please do so! I’m not sure what all we can do with it yet but hopefully it will be fun! If you are not already a member, you do have to sign up in order to follow your favorite people and businesses but it is free. Just visit www.twitter.com and search for Dogtopiawaco.

Ok, we have approval to extend the voting so you have a little more time. All votes must be in by Midnight on Friday the 27th.

Also to clear up some confusion, yes you can vote for as many of the match ups as you want but you may only vote once per match up. So you can pick your favorite in match up 1, match up 2, match up 3, and match up 4. Some comments are sent to me for approval so if they don’t show up right away that is why.

Remember our contestants are playing for a goodie basket that includes: City Pets food bowl, Loofa dog, zanies stuffed bone, mutt madness basketball, 2 hour professional home cleaning by English Maids, Free 6 week obedience training course with Cedar Hill Training, Free 30 minute canine massage with Dooley Press Canine Massage, and a free day of daycare at Dogtopia!

Go Mutt Madness!!!                                    

Matchup #1 Caspian vs Doodles for Baylor

Caspian

Doodles

  Match up #2 Oliver takes on Team Toby & Casper and Ranger

Oliver for Auburn

 

Team Toby & Casper

 

Ranger for the Aggies!

All the cheering for Baylor has worn Snowball out

 

Newt the proud Baylor fan

Austin

Gracie

 We will announce the winners of this first round this Friday!

Ok people we have our first entry and it’s a good one!!!!!!!! 

You better get those pictures in or Mr. Austin Lee is going to run away with the prizes!!!!

The First Round opens Monday, March 23rd and will continue every other day through-out the week until we reach our final 2!

Is your pooch the biggest fan on four legs? Are you ready to RUMBLE!? Enter Dogtopia’s 1st Annual Mutt Madness and prove it!

Submit a picture of your dog sporting the colors of your favorite college by Sunday, March 22nd and they’ll be entered in our bracket-style competition! Submissions can be emailed to waco@dogdaycare.comor dropped off at the front desk. You can also join us Saturday, March 21st at the Dogtopia Birthday Party and we’ll snap a picture there!

 Then stay tuned right here at Doggyblogging.com/waco and we will have the blow-by-blow details and voting will be done by the “crowds” via the blog comments. You’ll be able to share the link with family, friends, co-workers and anyone else you can to really get out the vote for your pooch!

 The First Round opens Monday, March 23rd and will continue every other day through-out the week until we reach our final 2!

Join us Saturday, March 21st, from 1p.m. to 3p.m., for the official kick-off at our 1st Annual Birthday Party! Bring your spirited dog to the party and Vicky from Precious Paws Photography will take a photo. You can enter the contest right then!

We may not have a big trophy or a net for our winner to cut down, but the biggest fan will receive a basket of goodies and coupons YOU and your pup will enjoy…Coupons include a 2 hour basic house cleaning from English Maids Cleaning Service, a 30 minute canine massage from Dooley Press Canine Massage and a 6 week Basic Obedience Course from Cedar Hill Training Center.

Oh…and the most important thing of all? BRAGGING RIGHTS!