PET LOVERS! It is that time of the week once again! Time to announce the results of the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Give Away!

Week 7 was “No Losers” week. Everyone registered in the Bark For Awareness giveaway will receive a FREE Official Vick Dog Chew Toy. We had a total of 9 very fine organizations that registered for the Bark For Awareness giveaway. In celebration of the efforts, loyalty to our pets, and in tribute to the work they do daily, I would like to formally recognize each organization:

Rugaz Rescue. Location: Tampa Bay, FL. Our mission is to foster, rehabilitate, and re-home abused, neglected, and abandoned APBTs that are seized by Authorities or forfeited by their owners.

Baltimore Humane Society. Location: Reisterstown, MD. Since its founding in 1927 by Elsie Seeger Barton, the Baltimore Humane Society has provided for the care of suffering and homeless animals. Situated on 365 acres of land held in trust for the Humane Society, it operates an animal shelter, a spay/neuter center, a memorial park, and a wildlife sanctuary.

Country Acres Rescue. Location: Manchester, MO. The mission of Country Acres Rescue is to rescue, rehabilitate, socialize and place homeless, abused, and/or neglected dogs and cats in the metropolitan St. Louis area while focusing community attention on their plight.

A Rotta Love. Location: Saint Paul, MN. A Rotta Love Plus is dedicated to rehoming Rottweilers and pit bulls in Minnesota, raising breed awareness, educating the public about responsible pet ownership, and advocating for the humane and equal treatment of all dogs without prejudice.

East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue. Location: Oak Ridge, TN. East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue is a developing rescue. We have evolved out of a desperate need to find a safe place for abandoned Pit Bulls in our area.

The Buster Foundation. Location: Belleville, MI. The Buster Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping rehome surrendered and stray pit bull and bully breed mixes. We are a group of individuals that have come to realize that the pit bull desperately needs a better educated and understanding public so that the misconceptions society has come to believe about them is finally put in it’s proper perspective.

Atlanta Bully Rally. Location: Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Bully Education Rally. Promoting breed awareness and responsible ownership

Noble Ones Bully Breed Rescue. Location: Ladson, SC. We are a rescue dedicated to the rehabilitation and re-homing of abandoned, stray, and neglected bully breed dogs.

Carolina Care Bullies. Location: Haw River, NC. Carolina Care Bullies hopes to move toward decreasing the pit bull euthanasia rate in North Carolina shelters, by: dispelling myths and broadening the understanding of what the pit bull breed is really all about; offering support to owners of bully breeds; caring for deserving pit bulls in the loving homes of generous foster families; and placing pit bulls in responsible permanent homes.

Each organization is special in what you do. Each of you are connected by a common thread; a desire to help protect those that may be neglected, misunderstood, unwanted, or discarded. I encourage each of you to get to know one another. Support each other. Network and share information, best practices, and helpful advice. You compete only in the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Contest. Other than that, you all share a common goal, vision, mission.

OK, so now we are ready for the results of Week 7 Bark For Awareness Campaign results. I have to be honest with each of you, I am a Redskins fan. It was with mixed feelings that I watched the game on Monday night between the Eagles and the Redskins. I want the Eagles to score because I know that each TD equals a free Official Vick Dog Chew Toy to help raise awareness. On the other hand, each TD goes against my beloved Skins. I was going for a 99 to 98 final score, with the Redskins on top.

Did it go that way? Nope! Through turnovers galore the Eagles kept scoring. In the end it was the Eagles that prevailed and took the win. Did Vick show up? Briefly. Michael Vick tried, but it looks as though his long layoff in jail and home arrest have left him a step slower. Perhaps that is a little poetic justice to those animals that lost a step and more at the hands of Vicks organization. Michael Vick once again failed to play in to the decision, but the Eagles did score 3 touchdowns.

So, who won the contest? Everyone mentioned above will receive one free Official Vick Dog Chew Toy. Only Rugaz Rescue will be shipped 3 free Official Vick Dog Chew Toys! Rugaz Rescue took 55% of the vote and won Week 7 of the Official Vick Dog Chew Toy Bark For Awareness Campaign! Congratulations again for Rugaz Rescue. Noble Ones Bully Breed Rescue took second place with 29% of the vote.

Thanks again to all that participated. Stay tuned to the next special giveaway for week 8. More special offers are being thrown in to the mix that will bring even more free Official Vick Dog Chew Toys out to the market.

Thanks for your interest in my story.