PUPPY BOWL IV

oh goddammit I don't have cable anymore.

oh jessie! i wish i could tape it and send it to you. but i have no means to do so.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-bruin.jpg

This is the only good thing about the Super Bowl.

NO SAMOYEDS THIS YEAR ;_;

I hope there will be a Kitty Halftime Show this year.

Kodiak, Janet, and Kira. SO CUTE.

hallelujah!

For all the feline fans, the BISSELL KITTY HALF-TIME SHOW is back! The lively kittens show off their moves on a glittery stage and chase each other around the field. Tom Petty's performance has nothing on these tiny tabbies and cuddly calicos which prove that watching curious kittens batting around a toy mouse is all the entertainment you need. It's the pick of the litter for halftime shows!

xpost really? i thought that went on way too long last year

and COLT!!!

Yeah, I thought so too but I don't like cats so figured that was why.

i thought it was hilarious! the kitties totally didn't get along. lots of hissing. NB i have 3 cats (me = cuckoo), and 2 don't get a long, so it was sort of a "better you than me, sucka" situation.

also, i want to kiss this puppy on the head:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-kodiak.jpg

He just looks so soft!

beagle/pinscher mix YOU ARE A TREAT

talkin' bout this fella right here:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-raven.jpg

hello, i love you.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-scuba.jpg

(those ears!}

WANT BIGGER PICTURES. I can't see a thing of the bull terrier mix....

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/abigail-100.jpg

Oh my god, this dog stole my good name.

LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU, PUPPY BOWL.
I've never heard of a miniature australian shepherd? Come to mama, you sweet little stinkpot.

Elle's chin = very fetching
Rascal ---> you are my kinda guy
Maiisey = toy shepherd? i luv u too.

They are kind of like Cardigan Welsh Corgis!!!

can i trade my full size aussie shepherd mutt for a mini?
(jk carl, i luv u)

srsly, everytime mr. pike had on an nfl game, i would proclaim, "i wish puppy bowl were on!"

i love the dude "bruin" in the first pic. he looks like he wants lots of hugs.

I can't believe Pike watches NFL. The South/his dad is rubbing off on him.

He does. Lots. He love the Titans but often proclaims that they're a bunch of "bums."

WANT BIGGER PICTURES. I can't see a thing of the bull terrier mix....

I know!! It's pose looks so cute too - from what I can see of it!

Unacceptable. I could handle the footy, I even learned to like it. But if you're okay with American football, yr a better woman than me.

oops - its not "it's"
xpost to self

Mind you, I knit a lot (i.e. all the time), so I'm usually on the couch anyway, so whatever is on, is on. He watches A LOT of hockey now which is b/c of me. I even ordered the fancy hockey package from cable so I can have my constant rustbelt connection.

Good on you! Mmmm hockey....

GO MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS!

GO PUPPIES

two things i'm not looking forward to: kitty halftime (yawn) and the deluge of abused animal commercials apl runs during the whole program. i have to leave the room or else i get depressed and tearful.

this is biff (my large cat) watching the kitty halftime show:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/73964793_9b5b382ea6.jpg

entertainment for everyone!

(ok, so he was watching a dog show when that picture was taken, but the same thing happens)

Me too. That David Duchovny one just about killed me.

Also - GAH!:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/puppybowl.jpg

xpost

Biff says, "I am the large cat."

IIRC, I ended up crying last year during the commercials, and I didn't even have PMS.

my bf found me sobbing in front of the tv once during the ugly dog show because one of the contestants had a heartwrenching backstory.

I can't watch "Animal Precinct" anymore. The show ends with me summoning my cats to the couch while I sob and proclaim, "I'll never turn you out!"

all of those animal police shows are bad news. and that new one about the "last chance" rehabilitation facility/shelter? i started tearing up during the credits (the credits!) and banned myself from watching it.

whenever animal cops has some heartbreaking rescue that ends with "the animals were feral and had to be euthanised" i get really upset.

omg. I haven't seen that one yet, thank God. xpost.

in the only animal rescue show i watched, horatio (great dane found running wild) had to be euthanized at the end bcz he was too aggressive. the camera showed him going into the kill room! that was my first and last experience with that genre.

ok, i should stop being such a downer on the puppy bowl thread. yay puppies!

I used to volunteer at a city animal shelter, and I magically didn't adopt any pets while I was there. I don't know how I did it. I have one really sad story, which I will refrain from telling. But, I will tell you that when these two older cats that came in together (older cats generally didn't get adopted) got adopted by this cute couple, all the cat volunteers cheered and teared up a bit. It was great!

i really want to start fostering dogs (in preparation for actually getting one sommmmmmmetime soon)...does anyone have any recommendations about this?

lucky! i would love to be able to foster. maybe try here:

http://www.animalalliancenyc.org/ (prepare to get teary)

or else maybe call barc?

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/nypeticare.html

there's nothing wrong with kitty half-time, people.

these people are in westchester, not far:

http://www.ny-petrescue.org/

kitty halftime is pretty boring if kittens leave you cold (i know; i'm abnormal).

oh man ny-petrescue has some serious cuties

i forced myself not to look.

bell, i think it depends on the shelter. i know some places like to make sure your housing situation is up to snuff first (not saying that yours isn't, obv., but i've seen some whack regulations like "must own residence"). i think, though, it varies from place to place.

i completely, 100% recommend volunteering at a shelter. dog-walking and socializing was the best! i grew up with a schnauzer, and was used to smaller to medium breeds. it was a little bit of a leap, but i started walking the bigger dogs at the city shelter, and almost came home with a pitbull mix named walter. he was the coolest dog. he got adopted by a family w/ a yard, so it was all good.

http://www.ny-petrescue.org/Judypups/pup2sm.jpg
WANT

my home is probably not ideal unfortunately. i have a cat and no back yard area, and i work pretty long hours. someday :(

awwww.

have you done dog-walking at barc, bell? i think might do it this evening after all of this dog talk.

Australian Toy Shepherd = wrongness

no! i should go!

yes! it's great.

hell, come tonight if you're free.

aw, not free tonight.

;_;
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/radical_man/shs_SadPuppy.jpg

"Hello, I'm Mr. Expressive Eyebrow Puppy and I'm adorable."

is walking dogs the worst part of having dogs?

as the person on morning (6am) and afternoon (3-4 pm) poop duty in chicago in the winter, i would say yes.

but it's not so bad. i think rain is way worse than snow. picking up the poop is no big deal.

in fact, i'm about to walk these mutts right now.

picking up poop vs cleaning cat box

cleaning cat box is really easy when you have awesoem litter. i am in love with fresh step so much that mr. pike has renamed biff "DJ FRESH STEP".

generally, you just scoop the poop up with a trowel or a scooper and you're done. emptying out a big box filled with shit and urine-soaked clumps is way worse, imo. having to look after two giant cats who pooped about 9 times a day traumatized me.

i will never go back to other brands. /end free advertising

at least with the shitbox you don't have to go outside in the winter or carry a bag of poop with you. the box gets taken care of in 5 minutes.

i can't remember what kind of litter i use, it's the stuff in the orange boxes? my friends got some hippie shit that you're supposed to flush down the toilet.

the crystal cat litter is the best. it absorbs the pee so it doesnt stink or get clumpy.

arm and hammer! yeah, i used to use that stuff. it's good, but the Fresh Step will Blow Your Mind.

It clumps like a dream.

(ewww)

I'm afraid of the flushable stuff. I've already had a world of misery re: plumbing in the place I'm in now. Nothing would make me want to revisit that hellish experience (our place is a new build, and the main sewage line collapsed - yeah, gross back up IN OUR KITCHEN).

Walking a dog is way less gross than cleaning a cat box, esp. if you have a backyard. My brother bought a miniature septic system for his two dogs - just use a scooper to pick up the crap and drop it in the septic bucket.

i read an article awhile back that said it's illegal to throw away cat waste in the trash in my town? fuck that, no way i'm clogging up my toilet with that shit.

whaaa? that is absolutely bonkers.

also, good luck trying to find someone to enforce that law, town.

honestly, carrying a bag of poop is not that big of a deal. i don't really know much about cat boxes, but it's not a big whoop either way.

this trip outside was harrowing, on the other hand:

-- 15 year old cocker spaniel who cannot walk up/down 3 flights of stairs, needs to be carried
-- skittish shepherd mutt who hates rock salt because it hurts his feet
-- v v cold outside
-- ancient cocker decides that he doesn't want to walk anymore at all, sits down in the snow and refuses to move
-- forced to carry ancient cocker and drag skittish mutt up the 3 flights of stairs while trying not to slip/fall on snow/ice

the whole "taking them out" thing is not a big deal. it's the circumstances. our enemies are: mud, cold, ice, rain, rock salt.

ancient cocker
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2404/2230871161_3ed11bc0e5_m.jpg
dingo mutt
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2293/2231661732_6c54768011_m.jpg

haha, you can take dogs to baseball games?

you can take them to the Sox stadium on "dog day"!!

awwwh! i love them.

when my schnauzer max got old, he did the same thing. he would just park it, and refuse to deal with 2 feet of buffalo snow. i'd shovel paths for him b/c if he did try to forge the snow, he'd get stuck.

i think, though, walking yr dog and cleaning the shitbox is no big deal. i mean, it's your pet, and of course you're going to do it. you love the little buttheads.

exactly. it sucks momentarily but then you realize that hey, they don't have thumbs/fingers and cannot get their own meals or poop hygienically. they need a little help. might as well help them, as they are helpless buttheads.

do dogs like baseball?

mine did; he also got to parade around beforehand!

cats do a funny sweeping thing, esp. if some litter gets outside the box. my one cat gertrude can often be seen sweeping up around the box, trying to get the stray litter back home. it's cute. i always make sure to thank her for trying.

wow! my cats specifically kick litter outside the box. i have to sweep it up every day. they are bitches.

"you can take them to the Sox stadium on 'dog day'"

White Sox "dog day" = Jose Contreras on the mound

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-bingo.jpg

WINNAR

though this year's puppy bowl deserves an asterisk: no Huskies, Bulldogs, or Boxers ;_;

I knit a lot (i.e. all the time), so I'm usually on the couch anyway, so whatever is on, is on

Ha, I was visiting a sports fan friend, and I amused myslef with my knitting while he watched the Giants.

FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR PUPPY DICKASS BOWL I AM SO SICKENED BY ALL OF YOU RN

Gather round for the Puppy Bowl book.

Most likely to get the first "Puppy Foul" flag thrown for peepeeing:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-scuba.jpg
Scuba 2:1

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-raven.jpg
Raven 5:2

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/lineup-cody.jpg
Cody 4:1

Ellie Mae No bets currently being accepted on Ellie Mae, who will be wearing a diaper.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/elliemae-100.jpg

I HAS A DAIPERS

Cankles, get your bets in now.

Cody looks dumb as a box of rocks.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/puppybowl.jpg

LAST YEARS LOSERS BEFORE BEING TAKING TO KILL SHELTER

i wish to christ i could find my post about the '06 puppy bowl, the first one i watched, bcz it pretty succinctly describes my incredible fury at having been subjected to this fukkin BULLSQUID

Cankles lost $10Gs on dumb puppy bowl bet

LAST YEARS LOSERS BEFORE BEING TAKING TO KILL SHELTER

MEAN

Walking the dog is the best thing about having a dog!!! It forces you to get some exercise and it makes the dog so happy! (Actually v good for me as a depressio as he gives me incentive to get out of bed, ie having to take him out to potty.)

SORRY BOYS, LINGERIE BOWL IS OFF THIS YEAR

I need to find a bar around here that's showing both.

If I see that heartbreaking Pedigree ad about the unadopted dog one more time, I will swallow a tumbler filled with sleeping pills, I swear.

Rub My Belly

Put Down The Pills, Eric

How dare you sir?

*weeps for dogkind*

JW should watch this, that corgi is pretty adorable.

We're For Puppies

these Pedigree commercials are second only to the Errol Morris High Life spots in my book

OK, that confetti probably just scared the fuck outta those kittens.

then again, who cares, they're not puppies

yayyyy, multiple beagle puppies!

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/images/kala-100.jpg
MVP

okay, this year's Pedigree ad is just cruel

See? I told you.

Pedigree ad made me cry. Multiple times. I finally yelled, "Jesus, just let me adopt Echo aldready!"

I can't decide if I want to fly to wherever the Puppy Bowl is filmed and jack Abigail or the Malamute first

hahaha, I voted for Abigail but a Jack Russell would kill me.

Abigail was pretty awesome.

puppy bowl and miss america pageant are on channels right next to eachother right now.

They should have a Miss Puppy America pageant.

Mmmmm, puppies.

Abigail rocked. digging the water out of the bowl was golden.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/history/index.html

new thread?

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2009/images/bella-pitbull.jpg

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2009/images/madeline.jpg

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2009/images/xander.jpg

SUPER BOWL EXTRA LARGE

^my finest hour

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/starting-lineup-continued-04.html

^joke biters

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2009/images/charlie-brown.jpg

freaky staredown!

guys

guys

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2009/images/moose.jpg

ill be tuning in for the kitten half time show. sorry, bruce!

I LOVE THEM ALL!

ps - go Xander the Pug.

don't get me wrong, puppies are pimp as hell and all, but the thing that sucks about the puppy bowl is that there's no events, no commentary, no production - it's just puppies chilling out in a plexiglass arena, for HOURS. i don't get it!!!! they don't DO ANYTHING!!!!!!!!! FUCK

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2009/images/ocee.jpg

omg this peke

x-post No, you're right. They should make them do tricks or dress them up or SOMETHING. I can only watch for like 5 mins at a time and go OMG CUTE PUPPIES before getting bored.

i'm beginning to think you guys dont really like puppies

Jeez, Animal Planet is running this 2-hour program for 8 hours today.

i wish to christ i could find my post about the '06 puppy bowl, the first one i watched, bcz it pretty succinctly describes my incredible fury at having been subjected to this fukkin BULLSQUID

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Cankles lost $10Gs on dumb puppy bowl bet

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luv u shroder!
the guy is just sitting there in the middle of the field. i think he fell asleep for a second.

here's what you do with puppy bowl -- put on a record, get a book and put the tv on mute. periodically look at the puppies. get a snack. read. look at the puppies and squeal. read. repeat.

Kitties! Kitties everywhere!

Kingfish, Animal Planet will be back to normal on Monday. You can go back to watching whatever they're doing the rest of the time.

pretty sure shroder did nothing but sleep on the 50 yard line

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Bowl

Puppy Bowl VI will air on Animal Planet on February 7, 2010.[4]

also

The running time of Puppy Bowls I-IV was 180 minutes (including commercials). The running time of Puppy Bowl V was decreased to 120 minutes (including commercials). Jessie Dinh, Producer, Discovery Studios, explained the reason for the decrease: "We only did two hours this year so that we had the opportunity to include some other fun elements."[5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ozn-OytW-c

psyched for puppy bowl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBR9HadikU

excellent puppy bowl so far
i'm partial toward the littledogs, favorites so far are winston and jersey boy with a nod to bandit

Dammit, i need cable

the pug/chi mix is also a top notch contender

Almost that time o' year again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3kzN18GUUU

the pug/chi mix won mvp last year

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/puppy-bowl-vii-highlights/

Oliver
http://cdn.videogum.com/files/2011/01/Oliver.jpeg

Little Red
http://cdn.videogum.com/files/2011/01/Little-Red.jpeg

The Rest of the Starting Lineup at Stereogum

Whoops... Videogum

GOD I FUCKING LOVE THE PUPPY BOWL

Man a pile of puppies would bring my soul some wiggly waggly cheer right now.

I seriously think this is one of the funniest/most awesome things that has ever been on TV.

Abbbott I was JUST ABT to email you asking you if you were watching/enjoy watching this.

Oh man I don't have TV channels. I wish I was watching these lil dudes frolic & romp!

Like I actually just caught myself jumping up and down and giggling watching this shit

I can't watch this anymore because I don't have cable and they don't actually do anything so it gets pretty boring. That said, is there a pug?

"Brought to you by Farmers Insurance Group. We are insurance. We are farmers."

like seriously you can't make this shit up.

Are they really farmers? I am incredulous.

bowlegged kitten at halftime was great

Yup, there's a pug mix.

I wonder how many DVDs they sell.

love these puppies

let's do this

Aberdeen is unstoppable.

hasn't started yet on the west coast. they're showing too cute now -- families of impossibly cute kittens.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/puppy-bowl-behind-the-scenes-puppies

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/2/1/12/enhanced-buzz-wide-18928-1328115728-63.jpg

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/puppy-bowl-behind-the-scenes-kitten-halftime-show

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/1/27/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-15114-1327701644-16.jpg

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/puppy-bowl-behind-the-scenes-piglet-pep-squad

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/1/31/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-28257-1328025067-41.jpg

Oh God they're all so cute.

the last puppy has a funny shaped nose

those little dudes were SO PISSED when the confetti came and fucked up their fun

I am all about this Puppy Bowl.

The kittens were more animated this year than they usually are.

That bit's just about to start out here.

Animal Planet SD is still showing Too Cute, not that I'm complaining.

Oh wait, here we go.

awesome, they have like 4 pittie mixes this year:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/starting-lineup/2012/anthony-625x450.jpg

I can't get the image out of my mind of a dachshund and a chihuahua mating.

the rat terrier siblings are awesome.

kitty halftime show coming up over here

yeah, they really didn't dig the confetti this year

SOMEBODY left SOMETHING on the field they SHOULDN'T HAVE

personal puppy foul

My dogs can't STAND the Puppy Bowl. One had a look of disdain on his face.

There's a hamster blimp.

meep the bird http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdkFbzybwfw

also, Katie Nolan is the best