Hooray for puppy love this Valentine’s Day!

We will be having a small (for ThoughtsFurPaws) contest for the hub-a-bub heart-happy holiday; it’s being generously sponsored by the following brands: Stella and Chewy’s®, Spring Naturals™ and Lickety Stik® by PetSafe®!

This Contest Is Nothin' to Snooze About; a Previous Entrant Can Tell You!

Did you know that, according to Business Wire, pet parents are so so enamored with their special furry someones – that as many as 64% of Americans pet owners will spoil their pet with a special gift this love season? They spend as much as $15 billion dollars collectively to celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Well ThoughtsFurPaws and the aforementioned companies are happy to announce the Valentine’s Contest for Pooches for 2012!

Love to shower your pet with kisses? Then you’ll love Stella & Chewy’s® Carnivore Kisses™ Treats! These freeze-dried treats are made with only natural, premium raw meat and will perfectly compliment your pet’s diet. Every recipe is made without grains, glutens, fillers, added hormones or antibiotics, artificial preservatives and colorings. Carnivore Kisses are 100% nutritious and delicious and are available in 100% Angus Beef, 100% Chicken, 100% Duck and 100% Wild Alaskan Salmon.

Spring Naturals™ is a fresh new line of natural dinners and treats designed to nurture the health and well-being of dogs of all ages and breeds. The family of no-compromise recipes is made with real meats, whole vegetables, whole fruits and whole grains – meat, poultry or fish is always the first ingredient. Then whole chickpeas, green peas and eggs are added to offer pets a unique blend of high-quality proteins. And since these products do not contain meat, poultry or fish meals of any kind, they can be formulated without high-glycemic ingredients like corn, wheat, soy, potato starch or rice. Recently recognized by Pet Business in their 2011 Industry Recognition Awards, Spring Naturals was chosen as the year’s top pet food. Available in Whole Grain and Grain Free varieties (Organic line will arrive this March), Spring Naturals dinners and treats are made by a family-owned company in the USA.

For the pooch with model behavior here is a treat as lovely as he is. Lickety Stik® by PetSafe® is a new and innovative liquid treat for dogs that provides a healthy, all-natural snack while on-the-go. Designed with pet parents’ convenience in mind, Lickety Stik® is easy to throw into a purse or keep in your back pocket when heading out to the park or when packing for a road trip. Most importantly, dogs can’t get enough of this treat! With only 1 calorie in every 10 licks, this is a treat both consumers and their pets can feel good about. Lickety Stik® is available in three irresistible flavors – Savory Chicken, Braised Liver or Smoky Bacon. No matter your Valentine’s Day plans, Lickety Stik® is easy to pack, easy to treat and easy to fall in love with.

*** You can enter the contest by sending me a photo of your cute puppy or dog – he doesn’t have to be dressed up or doing anything silly – just send me your fave dog photo and tell me why it’s your fave and a little background behind the taking of the picture.***

 ♥ ♥ Email them to thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com; please put “Valentine’s Day Contest” in the Subject Line. ♥ ♥

Here is a super-funny picture of a dog seriously trying to avoid a bath!!

Thanks to my friend Jason and his friend, the dog’s owner!

Have your own funny animal pictures? Email them to me and be featured on Wordless Wednesday: see About Page for contact info!

The results are in!

Here are the winners of the Annual Halloween Photo Contest!

I’m offering up two Honorable Mentions after third place because it was so contentious!

1. Hobbs the Confederate Soldier

2. Brulee

3. Petey Honors Fallen Soldiers

Honorable Mentions:  Dakota, “Wolfie in Sheep’s Clothing”

See all pictures (in a row) below…

Hobbs the Confederate Soldier

Brulee

Petey Honors Fallen Heroes

Dakota

Wolfie in Sheep's Clothing

Okay, so this is the last update…

♥ These are THEE FINAL ENTRIES for the Annual ThoughtsFurPaws.com Halloween Pet Photo Contest! If you sent me a photo after 8 pm EST last night, it has automatically been filed for inclusion in the next pet photo contest, a “Funny Pets Picture” Contest to start end-of-November. Of course, I will announce the start of the contest-as well as personally email each late entrant (from this month) a notice that their photo is going up.

Voting for the Halloween Pet Photo Contest, because of the delay in posting these final entries, is extended to NEXT Sunday, November 5th at 10 pm EST.

** PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE ACTUAL PET’S PHOTO TO VOTE; click on the Responses/Comments section and leave your name and email address please. If you do not vote this way (or by emailing me at thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com), your vote MAY NOT BE RECEIVED due to technical issues on the back end that arose this week. *** I cannot stress the importance of this…

And finally, at last count, here are the current leaders for the contest — in order — as of yesterday at noon EST:

1. TIE between Dakota and Angel (see 10/10 post for picture)

2. “Petey Honors Fallen Heroes” (see 10/10 post for picture) — Petey needs only 3 more votes to TAKE first place!

3. Brulee – who, to clarify, is a foster kitty and sib to the late Sweet Praline, not a “rescue kitten” as I previously mis-wrote (see 10/26 post for picture) – Brulee needs only two votes to tie for 2nd!

4. “Clyde the Native American” (Honorable Mention – but still gets a prize package) (see 10/22 post for picture)

5. “Wolfie in Sheep’s Clothing” (Honorable Mention – but still gets a prize package) (see 10/26 post for picture)

So, on to the final entries. Please be patient and scroll all the way down, there are about 15  photos in this post! And there are 15 more final entries above!

Ash

Baxter as Spaghetti and Meatballs

Beagle Doctor

Beagle Nurse

Bear and Daisy

Bentley the 2nd Chia Pet Entry!

Buddy and Bambi the Hair Sheep

Charlie the Cowboy

dog convict charged w/ ankle-biting & crumb-snatching!

"Gia's Drag Queen Impression"

Heidi the Cow & Sammi the Squirrel

Hobbs the Confederate Soldier (Close-Up)

Hobbs the Confederate Soldier

Holly the "Holla-peno" Pepper!

Sucrose

Please continue to weigh in on the final entries — get your contest votes in on these, the pics in the post above, and the several Halloween Photo Contest posts below…!

Okay, so this is the REAL last update… (please be patient if this page takes a bit to load)

♥ These are THEE FINAL ENTRIES for the Annual ThoughtsFurPaws.com Halloween Pet Photo Contest! This is the second part of the last post of entries. I had too many pics to post at once and didn’t want to slow down load-time. So please be sure to check out these photos AND the ones below, in addition to other, previous posts with “Halloween Pet Photo Contest Entries”

If you sent me a photo after 8 pm EST last night, it has automatically been filed for inclusion in the next pet photo contest, a “Funny Pets Picture” Contest to start end-of-November. Of course, I will announce the start of the contest-as well as personally email each late entrant (from this month) a notice that their photo is going up.

◊Voting for the Halloween Pet Photo Contest, because of the delay in posting these final entries, is extended to NEXT Sunday, November 5th at 10 pm EST.

** PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE ACTUAL PET’S PHOTO TO VOTE; click on the Responses/Comments section and leave your name and email address please. If you do not vote this way (or by emailing me at thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com), your vote MAY NOT BE RECEIVED due to technical issues on the back end that arose this week. *** I cannot stress the importance of this…

And finally, at last count, here are the current leaders for the contest — in order — as of yesterday at noon EST:

1. TIE between Dakota and Angel (see 10/10 post for picture)

2. “Petey Honors Fallen Heroes” (see 10/10 post for picture) — Petey needs only 3 more votes to TAKE first place!

3. Brulee – who, to clarify, is a foster kitty and sib to the late Sweet Praline, not a “rescue kitten” as I previously mis-wrote (see 10/26 post for picture) – Brulee needs only two votes to tie for 2nd!

4. “Clyde the Native American” (Honorable Mention – but still gets a prize package) (see 10/22 post for picture)

5. “Wolfie in Sheep’s Clothing” (Honorable Mention – but still gets a prize package) (see 10/26 post for picture)

So, on to the final entries. Please be patient and scroll all the way down, there are about 15 photos in this post!

Juno the Good Witch Great Dane

Lady Edwards

Lucky

Luna the Geisha

Lyndi Lou as Lady Gaga

Lyndi Lou as Lady Gaga II

Nimrod the Cat as a Sock Monkey

Ozzy the Vampire

Ozzy the Vampire II

"Know Where I Can Find Some 'Booty?'"

Rally as a Squirrel Cardinals Fan

Remy the Sprinkled Donut!

Rufus the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Great Dane!

Simba the Pomapoo Pumpkin

Spot the Witch

DON’T FORGET: Please scroll all the way down to “Responses” to vote; DO NOT click on the pet’s photo or I may not receive the vote due to tech issues. You can also email two votes per email to me at thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com.

Don’t forget also to check out ALL the Halloween Pet Photo Contest Entries that have been posted over the last three weeks or so. There are about 100 or so!

Hi everykitty and everydoggie!

You have until THIS FRIDAY, October 28th at 8 pm EST to get your pet’s Halloween picture entered into the famous Annual ThoughtsFurPaws Halloween Pet Photo Contest.

AND — since it’s only fair for those who entered late — voting is being extended until NEXT FRIDAY, November 4th at 10 pm EST.

Another thing — I have decided to add on TWO Honorable Mention Awards after the First, Second and Third Place Winners! YAY!

*** REMEMBER, please leave your votes in the COMMENTS – not by clicking on the photo of the pet you like. (You can also send two votes per email address to me at thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com.)

So, now that the administrative stuff is out of the way, here are the latest entries! (And by the way – competition is STIFF: I have received 250+ VOTES already and there are THREE TIES right now.)

Blossom the Unicorn

Brulee the Adorable Rescue Kitten

Chainey the Cat, Not a Happy Witch!

Chico as The Grinch

Chico II

"Dogter Who?"

Gibbs the Giraffe

Harley Frog Prince w Sneakers Cat

Karma the Golden GAGA

Lady the Japanese Chin

Lily Pickles as Puggy Potter

Maggie as Hatsune Miku

Russell the Triceratops

Sassy the Santa Cat

Stella and Sophia

"Wolfie in Sheep's Clothing"

Here are yet some more cat and dog Halloween photos; have a look at the past photo entries (keep scrolling down) for the Annual ThoughtsFurPaws Halloween Pet Photo Contest and leave your votes in the comments section please!

Also, as of today, here are the current leaders:

1. Dakota/Angel (tie)

2. Petey

3. Jimmy/Pepper (tie)

4. Miss Misty

Bling Bling as a Witch

Clyde as Native American

Couture as a Cheetah

Cupcake the Therapy Dog with/as a Nurse at Work

Cupcake the Therapy Dog

Heathcliff

Neala as a Turtle Pillow Pet

Toro as "Batman who doesnt share candy!"