Day 6 - Pet Pals 7th Annual 19 Days of Christmas Giveaway

Teresa Anderson you are the WINNER of Day 5 giveaway!! Please email Pet Pals at info@HirePetPals.com and please include your mailing address. The subject of the email should read, Day 5 Winner! 


Pet Pals was informed of another animal food drive that supports the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society!!! 
Here is the link to the event! https://www.facebook.com/events/716003418590152/ 

Another Holiday food drive is Pet Pals AniMeals food drive!!!! 

https://www.facebook.com/events/135923320508171/

Please join Pet Pals, Paws and Reflect Grooming and AniMeals for the AniMeals food drive open house at Paws and Reflect Grooming on December 9, 2017 from 1-3pm. During this open house bring any item on the wish list with your dog(s) and your dog(s) will receive a FREE nail trim and a goody bag from Pet Pals! ALL of the donations received STAY in Sioux Falls and are delivered by volunteers for AniMeals on Wheels clients. Help spread the word!!

Wish List, Cat Food:

Purina Complete Cat Chow

Purina Indoor and Indoor with Hairball Control

Iams Proactive Health indoor weight and hairball

Meow Mix Dry (Original and Seafood)

Meow Mix Tenders

Fancy Feast Chicken or Turkey in Gravy

Friskies canned food cases:

Classic Pate

Shreds

Wish List, Litter:

Clumping Litter (Tidy Cat/other)

Tidy Cat Instant Action (blue cap)

Arm & Hammer Clump & Seal

Slide

Wish List, Dog Food:

Purina Complete Dog Food

Purina Dog Chow Small Dog

Purina One

Purina (or other) Grain Free dry

Purina Beyond Small Breed

Iams Mini-Chunks

Pure Balance Chicken and Brown Rice

Any dry dog food chicken based

Canned dog food with gravy (Alpo, etc)

We have some pet owners who feed a variety of dry and canned food, so other brands are also welcome.

******Day 6 giveaway!!!!*****

You DO see that right!!! Your very own Pet Pals playing cards AND $20 CASH 

from Pet Pals!!!! 

 ***For additional entries into Day 6 giveaway, comment on  Pet Pals Facebook page under Day 6 giveaway, ........... your favorite animal rescue organization!!! Lets show them some love!!! 

Day 19, FINAL DAY- Pet Pals 5th Annual 19 Days of Christmas Giveaways

 Buffy Wentzel Steenholdt- you have WON Day 18!!! Please email Pet Pals to claim your items at info@HirePetPals.com. The subject of the email should read, Day 18 WINNER!

The FINAL Day for the Pet Pals 5th Annual 19 Days of Christmas Giveaways is here, Day 19.

First and foremost, I want to personally THANK each and every one of YOU for making this year giveaways sooooo fun!!!! I cannot truly express, with the written word, how much each and every one "like", comment, email, message, and/or share meant to me! Warms my heart so much!!!

Your support is very appreciated and will never ever be forgotten.
I personally invite you to come back to the Pet Pals Blog, Pet Pals Facebook page, and Pet Pals website daily to gather pet information, pet pictures that are sure to make you smile,
 more giveaways, and other pet related topics! We love having you here!

On behalf of Pet Pals, Pet Pal Keli (owner and founder of Pet Pals) and her pet kid Rinzen,
THANK YOU!!!

Think WARM!!!
Day 19 includes 2 Wild Water West tickets and Paw Patrol Beach Towel!!!

You can have the chance to win Day 19 giveaway item by going back to Pet Pals Facebook Page and "LIKE" the picture you see below. 

If you are not a current fan of Pet Pals Facebook page, 

please "Like" us! It is a great compliment to us to have you as a fan!

We still need more likes on Day 11!!! 
If you have not already, please like Day 11! 
We would LOVE to donate 200 pounds of food/litter (details below). 

Place your answer in the comments to the below question,

 (on Pet Pals Facebook page), and you will get 3 additional entries!!!

(only the blog post readers will know this extra way of getting additional entries!!) 

Day 11 is still open!!! Please go and LIKE Day 11!

By you going back to Pet Pals Facebook Page and clicking "LIKE" on the picture you see below, you, Pet Pals, and Paws and Reflect Pet Grooming will be donating

 1 pound of food and/or litter for 

every like, up to 200 likes, from the 

AniMeals Wish List (also posted below)!!!! 

Reminder:

Countdown to the Puppy Bowl

The one week countdown to the big game has started and Pet Pals is incredibly excited.  This year's game is poised be the biggest and best yet!  Additionally, the battle between brother coaches is all everyone is talking about, making what's been dubbed the 'Bowlnese' an epic game before it's even started.  That's right, Puppy Bowl IX, the biggest event on all fours is back and less than one week away.

Airing Sunday, Feb 3, @ 3 PM E/P on Animal Planet, this year's show is more creative than ever with all kinds of pets, tons of fun, and lots of cute puppies of course.  This year, the teams will be coached by two dogs from the same litter in honor of the two brothers coaching this year's Super Bowl teams.  Gunner and Zeus are 14-week-old Bernese Mountain Dog brothers with plenty of puppy experience and will be calling the plays that will most certainly lead to lots of puppy kiss tackles, tug-of-wars, and toys in the end-zones.

In all, there will be 63 puppies in this year's bowl game.  Each of the puppies are from shelters or rescues  and can be rafted into their forever homes for some well deserved love after their hard work on the field.  Animal Planet works with Petfinder to select the pups and will accept players from any breed or mix.

David Halloway/DCL

Puppies aren't the only pets featured during the Puppy Bowl though, with this year's game including at least;

• a hamster flying the blimp over the stadium,
• a kitten halftime show, including 21 kittens also from shelters and rescues and up for adoption,
• hedgehog cheerleaders,
• and the sideline reporter 'Meep the bird', who can also be followed on game day @MeepTheBird the for the latest news and behind the scenes moments.

Keith Barraclough/Discover

There are also other great game features this year, including;

• the ever popular Cute cam,
• the water bowl cam,
• a tail-gaitting party prior to the game,
• and a puppy hot tub party for the players to relax after the big game.

Find out more about this year's Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, where you can see this year's roster for both teams and even watch the festivities on game day.

Where Did The Food Go?

Ever wonder where the food in the hamster's bowl went and when you find it, how did the hamster get it there? We will explain with help from www.squidoo.com. Be sure to watch the video at the end of this blog, Pet Pals Cam in action! Candace (Pet Pals hamster) in action stuffing her cheeks and then burying the food!

"Hamsters have small flaps in the cheek skin, called pouches, which allow them to store and carry things. A full-pouched can be an amusing (or scary) sight. They can make their faces about three times as wide this way, carrying up to 20% of their body weight in bedding and yummy things. This is a natural way for them to rearrange their cage and hoard food.

Hamsters LOVE to hoard. In fact, it's such a central part of a hamster's instinct that it inspired the German word "hamstern", which means to store.

A normal hamster will pouch any food he finds (perhaps in a food dish) and bury it in a safe place. As long as he's only storing nonperishables (hamster pellets, seeds, nuts, dried vegetables, etc), this is nothing to worry about." squidoo.com

The below video is from the Pet Pals Cam! Enjoy :) 

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