Countdown to Christmas Day 5: New colorful Le Bol dishes from Loving Pets

We're counting down to Christmas!

Christmas is only a couple days away and we can't wait, how about you guys? We're pulling out all of our Christmas stuff, and we're excited about these new pet dishes we got from Loving Pets. Check out the Le Bol series, and enter to win a set of them!

DISCLOSURE: All prizes and review samples in Lulu's Countdown to Christmas Giveaway were provided for free, but no other compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.

Countdown to Christmas, Day 4: New Spot Farms training treats

We're counting down for Christmas!

We know we are missing a post Thursday, and we are late with this one. Galadriel, our kitty, is very sick, so we've been dealing with that. 

More on that another time. 

We're going to unwrap a great giveaway right now!

DISCLOSURE: All prizes and review samples in Lulu's Countdown to Christmas Giveaway were provided for free, but no other compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.

Countdown to Christmas Day 2: Scents of the season with One Fur All!

We're counting down to Christmas!

Every Tuesday and Thursday we're unwrapping a new giveaway for dogs and the humans who love them!

On Tuesday we unwrapped the "Beagles Go Around the World" coloring book!

And today, we have another great gift for dog lovers!

DISCLOSURE: All prizes and review samples in Lulu's Countdown to Christmas Giveaway were provided for free, but no other compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.

Countdown to Christmas: Win this stress-relieving book for your dog lover

We're excited to announce our new campaign!

DISCLOSURE: All prizes and review samples in Lulu's Countdown to Christmas Giveaway were provided for free, but no other compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.

See all the winners of Deck the Dog House 2015

The holidays are rough! I feel like I am always out of time. There's always something that gets left behind.

I also didn't get around to announcing the winners of the the Deck the Dog House contest before Christmas! Sorry about that. But I did notify all the winners.

I want to start out by saying everyone did an amazing job this year. The entries were fantastic! My judges, (Jodi Chick of Kol's Notes and my mom, lol) both said choosing the winners were especially hard.

How the judging worked:

• Each judge came up with a list of 10 contestants, for each of the 10 prizes.
• Any contestant chosen by both judges instantly got a prize
• Any contestant ties were broken by me. This happened for four contestants. In the end, two contestants didn't make the top 10. This was my decision

Anyone who didn't win this year, please don't get discouraged. Please try again next year. For one thing, all winners this year are barred from entering next year, so that more people have a chance. And at least one of our winners this year did not win last year. So please just keep entering.

Also, all contestants will coupon codes to two Etsy websites. My friends at Kitsch and Crossbones and The French Dog have graciously given these coupon codes so that everyone can enjoy these awesome handmade products.

So without further adieu, here are the winners:

Hallmark dog prize winner:
"A sledding Waffos goes" -- Kelly Seals

"Waffos enjoys playing in his pool in the Summer time. In the Winter he just likes to play with the pool as a toy . Then  I decided to turn the pool into a " Sleigh Bed" for the Winter so he would enjoy his blankets & bed in there. I have had the 2 little German Shepherds stuffed critters  & I thought Waffos would love to have some company in his sleigh day photo. The weather here in Texas in our town has been in the 70's so I had to "create' a Winter scene." 
Hallmark other pet prize winner:
"Snoopy Christmas" -- Katrina Koski

"This snoopy house took 5 hours to make and all it is a big moving box covered is red wrapping paper(I was going to use poster board but all the stores in town were out of red) then I had to pant on the stripe which was hard because I had to make Rabbit safe pant. sSo that's pretty much how I did it."

Lionel Train winner:
"Countdown to Christmas" -- Kerry Swartwood

 Big dog toy winner:
"Christmas bed" -- Jessica Gibson

Small dog toy winner:
"Snoopy's Christmas" -- Ann CargenRay

NOTE: We did not get any international entries this year, so I added some prizes for our domestic winners.

Bow tie from The French Dog winner:
"By the Fireplace" -- Jaime Grahek

Four "Peanuts Movie" hats and posters winners:
"Hanukkah" -- Mary Johnson

"Kitty Christmas" -- Melissa LaPierre

"Christmas TV" -- Leslie Penka

"Christmas Lair" -- Piper Dickinson

Again, Congratulations to all the winners! I will be getting the coupon codes to all contestants this weekend!

Deck the Dog House 2015: See all the entries

We are so excited and love all the entries we got for Deck the Dog House 2015!

And now, we'd like to share them all with you. But first, we'd like to remind you about the prizes.

Just a few days left! Decorate for your dog and win prizes!

UPDATE: We've decided, to give people more time, we will extend the deadline for Deck the Dog House 2 days -- to Dec. 15! So work this weekend and get those entries in!

Only 5 days left to enter the Deck the Dog House photo contest!

And I'm a little worried. I've only gotten three entries so far!

Deck the Dog House week 1 entries! See how dogs are celebrating Christmas

We know it's a little early, but we were excited to get some great entries for Deck the Dog House already!

Deck the Dog House is our doggy holiday decorating contest. We ask you to decorate your pet's living space for the holidays, like Snoopy in "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

You can find how to enter the contest, and see all the amazing prizes from Hallmark, Lionel Trains, Fetch 4Pets and more in our contest post!

How to deck your dog crate for the holidays

This is a special announcement from Lulu regarding Deck the Dog House. 

 

Deck the Dog House like Snoopy! Celebrate the holidays, win prizes

UPDATE: We are pushing the deadline back two days to give everyone some more time to get their entries in!

Last year we asked people to decorate their pet's living space and send us pics. We then gave out two amazing products from Hallmark. We called it Deck the Dog House.

We were amazed at how much people like it. We got 21 entries! 

So we're bringing it back! And this time we have more prizes!

Enter the Deck the Dog House decorating contest now through December 15!

Hallmark's newest Snoopy and pet ornaments

NOTE: This post is not sponsored by Hallmark and I am not getting compensated in any way. I just like ornaments.

I have a thing for Snoopy and the Peanuts for those who didn't know. lol!

Every year I look forward to the newest Peanuts ornaments from Hallmark. And I usually spend a little too much on them.

So this year I stopped by my area Hallmark and checked out the latest ones. Here are some pictures.

I picked this one up already. Had to! It apparently makes sounds of the plane taking off. 

See who won the Deck the Dog House photo contest

I know you guys have been waiting for this: who won our #DecktheDogHouse photo contest?

First, a word on the contest.

I was looking for something different to do this year. Almost everyone is doing a Holiday Gift Guide, and I had planned to as well. In the end, I was inspired by Snoopy decorating his dog house in "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

I didn't know how many people would actually take part in the contest. I thought if I got 10 entries, I would be surprised. I got over 20!

So I think we will do this contest again next year!

And next year I will have more for you guys: clearer rules, and more prizes and more winners! For instance, next year we will split the dogs off from other animals so that people with cats and ferrets and chickens and things will have their own chance of getting prizes.

On judging, I want to say that I chose two random people to be judges. One was a pet blogger, the other was a non-blogging friend of mine. Then my mom broke the tie. They judged on two things:

1) How well people followed the spirit of the contest by decorating their pet's living space. (this was objective)
2) Creativity. (Admittedly, this was a more subjective and vague category).

I now present the winners of the #DecktheDogHouse photo contest!

Drum Roll please!

Winner of Prize Pack #1 is:

Hayward Gillam, Tony Gillam's Cocker Spaniel!

Winner of Prize Pack #2 is:

Kolchak, Jodi Chick's puggle and his Charlie Brown-inspired Christmas decorations!

Congrats to Jodi and Tony. I will be contacting you both and giving your information to Hallmark!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest. I hope everyone stays with us into the new year! We'll have more chances for you to win prizes.

Before you go, I would appreciate it if you would do me a favor.

I am asking for nominations (something I don't normally do) for the Sunshine Blog Awards. To be nominated, you have to be a Florida-based blogger (which I am).

I'm asking readers to please nominate me in the "Other" category. You have until the end of the year! Thank you!

#Deck the Dog House: Check out all the entries

There's our #DecktheDogHouse week three entries! We got a lot of great entries for the contest. We'll be judging this week, and two people will get Snoopy-inspired prize packs, courtesy of Hallmark.

Take a look at all the entries, one more time!

Good luck, and thanks to all the entrants!