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BARK FOR AWARENESS GIVE AWAY ~ WEEK 15 WINNER

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

This weeks winner is Carolina Care Bullies! Congratulations to them for their third victory of the season. Aim To Beginn, LLC will be shipping out 3 more FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toys directly to the dogs for some fun in the snow! This will bring their total winnings to a dozen chew toys donated to the dogs. Congratulations again on a job well done and thank you for all your support.

Three new organizations have joined our BARK FOR AWARENESS GIVE AWAY and we’d like to take a moment to introduce them and ask for your help in voting for their organization this week. They are:

Max’s Animal Rescue & Humane Society is a 501c3 not for profit organization that survives soley on the donations we receive. We are the only shelter in our county. We are here to provide care and shelter for homeless animals until they are placed into a loving and lifetime home We provide community awareness that instills the benefits of proper care and love for companion animals We provide all aspects of care to any animal in need that comes to our doors. We find loving lifetime homes for all our adoptable animals. We educate the public on importance of spay & neuter and the programs that are affordable and available. We have education and resource information to help promote responsible pet ownership

East Tennessee Bloodhound Rescue is located deep in the backwoods of Powell, Tennessee. We Rescue Bloodhounds simply because of our love of the breed. all donations go towards saving the lives of more and more Bloodhounds. All Of our dogs will go to approved homes only. When they are ready for their new homes all will be UTD on all shots and be Spayed/Neutered.

The purpose is simple: to help abused and homeless dogs, to work towards an end to the misery of euthanasia and to enable every dog to have a happy and loving forever home. Roxie’s Fund was established in 2000 and was inspired by Cindy Vernasco’s first Rottweiler, “Roxie”. And it is this continued inspiration that keeps Roxie’s Fund alive. The fund honors the unconditional love and happiness Roxie brought to the Vernasco home by helping abused and homeless animals.

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BARK FOR AWARENESS GIVE AWAY – WEEK 14 WINNER

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Week 14 of the NFL season is officially in the books and so is week 14 of the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Give Away!

What a week it was! The voting was heavy and tight! New groups were heavily involved in the voting and were certainly poised to play a part in the final decision. I want to thank each organization for participating and encouraging the votes. Awareness begins with distribution and delivery of the message. You are ALL making it happen. Thank you so much!

What an NFL weekend! Michael Vick and the Eagles were facing their NFC East rivals the NY Giants in what would be a very key match up as we approach the end of the 2009 NFL season. Would the Eagles be able to topple the mighty Giants? Would Vick add to his low but growing touchdown count? Do the Eagles feel that the heat is off enough to feature Michael Vick as a regular part of their offense?

The Eagles continued to impress and made quick work of the Giants. With the win the Eagles continue to move closer to a slot in the post season. Now, you might not be an Eagles or Michael Vick fan, but you are certainly a fan of The Official Vick Dog Chew Toy! Being a loyal fan of the Official Dog and The Bark For Awareness Give Away, you should continue to hope for a post season birth for the Eagles. Remember, as long as they play the longer we give!

Who would take the FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toys in week 14? This week was a REAL close race. As mentioned earlier, the new organizations involved with The Bark For Awareness Give Away were determined to play a part in the decision. Remarkably, not only did our newest member play a part, they also WON! Congratulations to Heart Pet Rescue for taking 34% of the total votes and positioning their organization as the winner for week 14 of the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Give Away!

Thanks for reading. For those of you that may not be familiar with the great work that Heart Pet Rescue does, please visit their site at www.heartpetrescue.org

Let’s get to the week 14 Official FREE chew toy count:

5 Eagles touchdowns = 5 FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy’s.
1 Michael Vick TD run = 1 additional FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy.
For the 2nd week in a row, a bunch of FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy’s will be shipped to the week 14 winner. This week’s recipient, Heart Pet Rescue!

Thanks again for a great week. Remember, your organization still has time to cast votes and win FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy’s. Sadly, there was one organization with 0% of the votes and another with 1% of the votes. Use this opportunity to drive interest, traffic, and awareness!

Send along voters or registrants to http://www.officialvickdogchewtoy.com/giveaway.html

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Official Dog Blog – Entry 2 of The Split

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

I appreciate your interest in my story.

All involved with The Official Vick Dog Chew Toy at this stage thought that we were all working in lock step. Everyone, including our Manufacturer and myself, thought that the goal was clear. This is where we messed up.

Earlier in my blog entries you will remember the fund holding plan that was developed. You will also remember in that entry that trust was something that we thought was formed. It was at this time that funds were due to our new manufacturer in order to pay for cast costs, mold cost, initial product development, shipping and handling fees. The money was available through the initial orders received. That money was locked in a Paypal account in the name of the rogue employee.

That was the big mistake that presented itself at this point.

By denying that individual the right to produce a product that fell short of the product originally advertised, by denying that individual the right to sell cheaply made products that garnished our logo, by denying that individual the right to pursue another manufacturer and intentionally disrespect and compromise the relationship we had built with the company that provided us critical mold time and guaranteed the safety of our product, I unintentionally drove a divide with the person that held the account that held all our funds.

My integrity, the values I had developed regarding The Official Vick Dog Chew Toy and the operational mission we had all agreed to in regards to how we would operate as a company was all the reasons why we lost the rogue partner and subsequently lost all the funds.

Losing the funds of those that paid for our product was concerning, disappointing, and extremely disturbing to me. The reasons why we lost the rogue partner from our organization and partnership was not.

What comes next is extremely interesting.

I appreciate your interest in my story.

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