Thursday, September 16, 2010

Writing to Help Shelter Dogs

On behalf of PEDIGREE’S “Write a Blog, Help a Dog” Campaign, I want to share one of my favorite quotes about dogs:

A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.
     --John Grogan, Marley and Me, 2005

Did you know that each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations? In response, PEDIGREE® created The PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.



This year the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a “Fan” or “Likes” The PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far, more than 1 million bowls have been donated!! The goal is for PEDIGREE® to be able to give a bowl of food to each and every one of the 4 million dogs in shelters and rescues by the end of the year.

The PEDIGREE® BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop from Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19 to help raise awareness for the “Write a post, help a dog” effort. They will be hosting a blog hop where you can add the url (that's the direct link) to your Write A Post Help a Dog so that they are all in one place and we can see just how big of an impact we all can have in the lives of shelter dogs.

For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th, PEDIGREE® will donate a bag of their new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide. So please set aside a few moments to write a post.  AND, if you know bloggers in other categories that might be interested, please share this post with them and ask them to write a post as well!

Together, we can all make a difference!

JOIN THE BLOG HOP!


6 comments:

  1. You are wooftastic!!!! I is glad to see others helping our shelter cousins!


    giant wet kisses!
    Roscoe

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  2. My dogs and I have spent many hours in shelters and at shelter events. This is a way for people to help from the comfort of home.
    Thanks for spreading the word.

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  3. Roscoe and dogsmom:

    This is such an easy way to help shelter dogs, I dont know why anyone or anyfur wouldnt write a post! I still cant believe that by writing this simple post I provided a bag of Pedigree food to a shelter. Its a pawesome feeling!

    I will keep spreading the word. Thank you for visiting!

    Oscar

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  4. I think I have joined the Blog Hop... all down to your expert leading! Thank you Oscar! Let's hope we all help our furiends everywhere. Your furiend AnnieB X

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  5. Annie, you did it!!!!! Woof-hoo! I am soooo PROUD of you! You are the bestest anipal EVER!!!

    xxxxx
    Oz

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  6. Thanks so much for doing this! We just became followers! When you get a chance, please stop by Bocci's Beefs and become an official Follower-we'd love to have ya!

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