Arlene Vs. Lambeau
We’ve received our first two entries and they are GREAT competition! Arlene and Lambeau are now in the running for a 5-day daycare pass! Remember, submit a picture of your dog in their favorite collegiate team’s colors to alex@dogdaycare.com by next Monday and you could be a winner too!
Submit a picture of your dog decked out in their favorite college team’s gear or colors to alex(at)dogdaycare.com and enter the Mutt Madness 2010 Contest!
Beginning Monday, March 22nd pictures will be posted here on our blog and doggies will go paw-to-paw!
Fans can vote via the comments section and top vote-getters will move on to the next round until we have our Grand Champion!
Our winner will receive a 5-Day Daycare Pass and a gift basket of toys and goodies.
Bring your dog in their “costume” and we’ll snap a picture to enter them in our contest. Each participant will receive a full day of daycare at the half day price and we’ll have basketballs in the playrooms all day.
Be sure to check out the action on the webcams as we celebrate our own version of Madness in March!
After calculating the votes online and in the store our winner is…
FINNEGAN THE MAIL DOG!
Congratulations to Finnegan! He will receive a gift bag of goodies, a gift certificate.
Finnegan has gone on to compete in the National Dogtopia Contest. Vote for him here!
Thank you for all the votes! We’re counting them up today and will announce a winner Thursday!
Each year we ask you to send in your spooky, cute, original and outright AWESOME pictures of your dog in their Halloween gear for our “Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest”. We’re always thrilled to see our favorite four-legged clients dressed up for the holiday and this year was certainly no disappointment!
Choose your favorite and vote by leaving a comment with the dog’s name and costume. Voting is open until next Wednesday, the 28th, at 5pm. Only one vote per person is allowed, but you can certainly pass the contest along to anyone and everyone you’d like to get the vote out for your fav!!
Goodie bags filled with toys and treats, as well as a 5-Day Pass are up for grabs – Good Luck to our fantastic contestants!
It’s time to get your camera’s ready and dress-up your pooch for our Annual Howl-O-Ween Photo Contest!
Last year’s national contest was quite competitive, featuring doggy versions of The Grinch (our Grand Champion), Mother Goose, Hugh Hefner and his bunny and Shrek! We really enjoyed all of the entries and were very impressed at the creativity. We can’t wait to see your photos this year!
Photos of your costumed pet should be emailed to photos@dogdaycare.com or dropped off at the front desk no later than Thursday, Oct 22nd.
This year voting will take place right here on the blog beginning Friday, Oct 23rd. You’ll be able to vote via the comments section (one vote per user) and easily pass it along to family, friends, co-workers – anyone you can think of – to rustle up some votes for your pup!
The Dogtopia family has grown to twenty stores in 2009! The winner from each store will go on to compete in the national contest for the title of Grand Howl-O-Ween Champion, a spot of honor on the front page of the website and a 5-Day Daycare Pass.
Good Luck!
Remember: Costumes, while fun, can also be dangerous. Make sure your dog cannot get tangled, choked or otherwise injured in his or her Halloween costume. Never leave your pet unsupervised while in costume.
Last week we asked everyone to send in their best Snow Dog pictures.
The pictures were great and it was SO hard to pic just one to be our Snow Champion!
But in the end… Spencer the Cavalier’s amazing ACTION shot reigned supreme! Spencer will receive a Dogtopia gift certificate for a complimentary Spa Day!
Thanks again to every snow covered pup that entered!!
Click on the collage for the full size view
Winter came back with avengeance this week and we bet the dogs were loving it!
A number of you mentioned today that your dogs did have a fantastic time and you took great pictures…
… we want to see them!!
Submit your great snow dog pictures to alex@dogdaycare.com. We’ll post our favorites on the blog next week and give out some fun doggy prizes!
Milo
Tuesday the 24th is The Humane Society’s 15th Annual Spay Day!
Dogtopia truly admires the work the Humane Society has put into educating owners on the value of spaying or neutering your pet. Literally millions of pets are put to sleep each year because there simply aren’t enough loving homes to care for them. It’s a sad reality that doesn’t have to be. Reducing the number of animals born through these simple procedures is the answer. Click here to learn more.
This annual campaign shines light on the efforts to save animals lives and is celebrated across the country!
Boomer
One of the most exciting events is the online photo contest! Enter your pet’s best cover girl or guy shot here and then pass it along to all your friend’s for voting! Each vote is just $1 and all donations will go directly to helping pets.
Prizes include shopping sprees at HUMANE Domain shop, signed copies of Marley & Me, custom painted pet portraits (say that three times fast) and much more. But aren’t simple bragging rights the real prize here? We think so. 
Proof positive that you really do have the cutest pooch around and you’re helping a great cause.
Thanks to everyone from our Tysons Corner and White Flint locations who played the Name Game with us and took the time to share their thoughts on name choices for the new Obama family dog!
We thought you all had wonderfully creative ideas, but had to narrow it down and ultimately, Reiko, Bridget and Lisa were are choices for Best of the Best:
How about Noa [noh' (w)ah], it means freedom in Hawaiian…
Bridget S says:
I hope they are able to get a breed-specific rescue – this article says they are trying!
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/01/could-this-be-t.htmlMaybe Garrett as a tribute to their home city famous popcorn. Or Windy for a girl. To remind them of home!
I love to match a dog’s name to it’s personality. If they go with Waterdog, I like naming it something water-related like Cliff (as in cliffs into the sea), India (as in Indian ocean), Skipper or Gilligan. For a labradoodle, I like Muffin, Curly, or Teddy.
Who doesn't love a Spa Day?
We loved the idea of incorporating the President’s Hawaiian history into the name and it was great that Bridget mentioned the ability to work with a breed rescue in her response. We also just like the name Windy. Lisa clearly put some thought into her response, taking the dog’s breed into account.
For their special prize, each of their dog’s will receive certificates for luxury Spa Days at Dogtopia White Flint or Dogtopia of Tysons Corner. Their dogs will be pampered with a soothing bubble bath, pawdicure nail trim, fragrant spritz and bandana the next time they visit us!
Thanks again to everyone who participated!
Just a day after the Inauguration, Barney and Miss Beazley are out, but who’s in?
Joe Biden and Champ (www.daylife.com
The new first family is settling into their White House digs, but everyone is still eagerly awaiting the introduction of the new first dog.
Vice-President Biden didn’t keep us guessing. He quickly chose an adorable German Shepherd puppy to accompany him and his family to Washington. He later named him Champ.
From Obama’s famous assurance during his acceptance speech to his daughters that they had “earned the new puppy coming with them to the White House” to recent news that they’ve narrowed the choice down to a Labradoodle or a Portuguese Water Dog – America seems fascinated by the selection process. Almost as much as the election itself!
The American Kennel Club wrote a letter to the Obamas with a short-list of breeds they thought would suit the family. They also established www.presidentialpup.com where you could vote for your choice. After 42,000 votes were cast, the Poodle won out.
Petitions, emails and entire websites were devoted to encouraging they adopt a dog from a shelter or rescue organization. The popular animal rescue, Best Friends Network, has one of the most popular sites – www.obamafamilydog.com.
Being staunch supporters of dog adoption, we’d LOVE to see them visit a local shelter and pick out the pup of their dreams, but what to name the luckiest dog this side of the Potomac?
Our clients are some of the most creative people around when it comes to clever dog names. Capt Jack Sparrow, Milkshake, Kofi (as in Annan) and Buffalo are a few of my favorites here at Dogtopia of White Flint. Buffalo is (naturally) a big, beautiful Newfoundland.
So we ask you, the awesome clients of Dogtopia of White Flint -what are your name suggestions?
Submit your best selection via the comments section here (remember to include an email) before Friday, the 30th and our favorites will be rewarded with cash and prizes!!
Okay NOT cash, but we will give a cool Dogtopia prize.
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