Comments on: All American Pet Brands Announces Cutest Dog Competition

By: Angel in NC

Angel in NC — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:07:31 +0000

John,
You did not post your email but I would like to know how this all works out.
Please drop me a line at Funpupphoto@yahoo.com
Put something in the memo line about All American Pets so I will recognize you.
Thanks
Angel

By: john parsons

john parsons — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:49:30 +0000

This contest is a Scam my dog won week 11 and I have not received our $500 prize money either. Have been in contact with the other winners and they have not received theirs yet. We have left many voice mail messages, emails and still no response. When we do occassionaly get a response their is always an excuse that Joel the accounts coordinator is sick, out of the office or out of town. We were suppose to receive our payment according to the contest rules 1 week after Thanksgiving.

By: Jen Quinn

Jen Quinn — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:00:48 +0000

will there be another cutest dog contest? I would love to enter my cute little dog, but I just realized that I’m a few months too late.

By: Angel in NC

Angel in NC — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:10:42 +0000

I can only speak for myself.
My dog was awarded a daily prize on October 16,2009 but I never have received anything not one word from the company.
The Admin never respondes to me.
I get auto replies that they receive my Mail so I know they can get through to me, they just DO NOT.
I have asked anyone who got their prizes to contact me but not one single person has contacted me.
I think the whole thing is a scam to get email addresses and plant cookies on our hard drives.
Feel free to contact me.
Funpupphoto@yahoo.com
Angel

By: Peanut

Peanut — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:04:57 +0000

There are many things wrong with this contest:

1. agreed, it’s a how-many-friends-your-owner-has contest, not a cutest dog contest. it should be judged by official judges.

2. the dogs that win, never have more than 300ish votes on Friday, then Sunday when we see who won hte day prior, the winners have over 2000 votes. How does that happen/make sense?

3. how does the contest make money and where do they get the money for the gifts?? it doesn’t cost to register, there are no website advertisements, and there are no products to buy. i wonder if the winners are rigged, so they don’t actually have to shell out any money, but want to build a rep for themselves using this competition, for if/when they eventually come out with a product.

4. this is all speculation. that being said…vote for me!…can’t hurt!

http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=90D70381C3774B61A4A80D516BDC1B50

-peanut

By: L Dog

L Dog — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:11:11 +0000

That’s a really cute Aussie!

By: courtney

courtney — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:55:16 +0000

Hey I entered my dog in the competition for the reason I want to stop the animal cruelty and shut down those herrific puppy farms once and for please vote for my dog heres the link
http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=21F355F336E025CE491240FB0590CE9C

By: Sara Golden

Sara Golden — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:28:12 +0000

I read somewhere in the contest pages (or heard on one of their videos) that the product wasn’t yet made. Maybe it was in one of the “word from out sponsors” blogs. It sounded as if the contest was a way for them to get necessary funding; I wonder how that works?

I have a dog entered but we just don’t seem to be able to get votes in the thousands; we do have a loyal group of voters and reach nearly five hundred weekly but that won’t be enough to ever win.

I don’t think that they even tried to nail the cheaters until week four or so; so overall, the contest has been making it up as it goes along.

So many have poured so much into the contest and I know of one dog I cannot believe was fairly disqualified. I have to believe that someone voted against the dog in a manner that got him dqed. The contest doesn’t not have a way of keeping that from happening.

By: Stasiu

Stasiu — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:25:44 +0000

This afternoon I phoned the number shown on the web page for All American Pet Brands. I asked the lady who answered where I might find these pet food products they are touting. She told me that they have not started manufacturing yet, and “hope to get them going in a month or two.”

This company claims to have been in existence for several years, and there has apparently never been any “product.” I plan to check with the FDA or USDA (whoever controls pet foods) to see whether any formulations or test samples have been filed.

But this outfit is looking more shaky to me by the day. FWIW…

By: Stasiu

Stasiu — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:56:55 +0000

Has anyone actually SEEN the products this company claims to sell? Their address is a high-rise office/apartment building in Beverly Hills, not a factory for certain. “where to find” and “shop online” links on their product pages lead to “under construction” messages. A Google shopping search turns up none of these brands. All phone numbers associated with AAPB are unpublished, which is curious for a business entity.

This is at least the second contest they’ve run this year, and the company claims to have been in business about six years. Why go to all this trouble, then make the product difficult to find?

I have begun to suspect there actually is no product being produced, and that this contest is a subterfuge for collecting large amounts of personal information from people.