For the dogs

According to Pedigree, over 4 million animals arrive in shelters every year due to abandonment, breed rescue, or other circumstances. To help shelters provide the care these animals need, they have an insanely successful campaign called: Write a Post, Help a Dog. Designed for the individual blogger, Pedigree promised to donate 20 pounds of food (one bag) for each blogger that blogs about this campaign. In 2010, 391 bloggers participated resulting in over 7,000 pounds of food donated to various shelters. YEA!!

This year, Pedigree wants to increase their goal to 10,000 pounds of food to be donated to a designated shelter. How can you help? It’s all very simple. Do what you do best—BLOG!

How you can help in 2011

Simply spread the word about Write a Post, Help a Dog 2011 and once again Pedigree will donate 20 pounds of food for each blogger’s post. Here’s all you need to include in your post:

• The Write a Post, Help a Dog program is aimed at raising awareness and food for the more than four million dogs that wind up in shelters and breed rescues each year.
• For each blog post mentioning the Pedigree Foundation from now until midnight ET on September 3, Pedigree will donate 20 pounds of its new dry Pedigree recipe food for dogs — its best recipe ever — to a shelter, because every dog deserves leading nutrition.
• The Pedigree Foundation — a 501 (C)(3) nonprofit organization is committed to helping dogs by providing grants to shelters and rescues and encouraging dog adoption. This year the Foundation has already raised more than $376,570 against its goal of $1.5 million to carry out its work to fund grants that not only help shelters operate, but to further shelter innovations.

The Pedigree Foundation depends on charitable contributions from individuals to carry out its mission to help dogs find loving homes. In addition to writing a blog post, here’s how you can help:

• Donate online at http://pedigreefoundation.org/donate.aspx
• Apply for a shelter grant from the Pedigree Foundation by completing a form at www.pedigreefoundation.org
• Purchase Dogs Rule Gear at www.dogsrulegear.com where the proceeds go to the Pedigree Foundation to help loving dogs find a home. SPECIAL OFFER: Get 10 percent off Dogs Rule Gear by using the promo code BlogPaws10 from August 22 – September 30.

Then, link up to our Blog Hop below, hosted by the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers to help spread the word about Write a Post, Help a Dog. This is a Blog Hop! 125 entries so far… you’re next!

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1. To Dog with Love	2. Two Little Cavaliers	3. Boccis Beefs
4. www. houstondogblog. com	5. Lis Careys Library	6. DogTipper. com
7. Grouchy Puppy	8. Keisha the Spaniel : )	9. Saving Pennies for a Rainy Day
10. Kyndall @ Say No To Recycling	11. 4 The Love of Animals	12. Julianne @ Just a Simple Life
13. Write a post, help a dog	14. Laineys Pawtique & Bakery	15. Blog for Paws
16. Non profit organizations weekend on Empire Avenue	17. Brando and Bogart	18. Adriel Hampton on Tumblr
19. Write a Post, Help a Dog	20. Write a Blog, Save a Dog	21. Write a Post, Help a Dog
22. Help Feed Some Shelter Dogs This Week	23. Write a post, help a dog	24. A Lesson in Physics
25. The Dog Park News	26. Literary Escapism	27. Jocelynn Drake LiveJournal
28. Jocelynn Drake Blogger	29. Oh My Books!	30. www. pencilpix. blogspot. com
31. Jennifer @ Gimme The Scoop Reviews	32. Holy Cannoli Recipes- Help a dog	33. Write a post, help a dog
34. Jackie @ Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories	35. Geeky Blogger Save a Dog Post	36. Vanessa@ theJeepDiva!
37. Books and Things Write a Post, Help a Dog	38. The Tales of Dexter, Nora, and Chloe	39. My Dogs and I
40. Our Furry Friends	41. Fearful Dogs Blog-Me the bloggers & Irene	42. Dog Blogging With Luna
43. Misfit Salon	44. Satias Journal	45. Telly Says. . . Help the doggies
46. Help A Dog @ Turning Japanese	47. Write A Post, Help A Dog 2011 (Adopt A Dog)	48. For the love of dogs!
49. Dogs need FOOD and You!	50. Exorcism of Hayley Callaway	51. Book Talk With Charla
52. Life As A Spaz	53. My Dog Daisy	54. Bella Gives Back
55. Share the Love with Pedigree Foundation	56. Pedigree Foundation Helps Bloggers Help Shelters	57. For the Love of all the furbabies
58. Best Friends: Write a Blog, Help a Dog Campaign 20	59. Married Minzilla	60. Hieuy
61. Write A Post, Help A Dog	62. Life In A Sea of Dogs	63. Help a Dog: Wicked Lil Pixie UF & PNR Reviews
64. Make A Difference Help A Dog	65. Help a Dog 2011	66. Paw Prints on our Hearts
67. A Three Way Tie	68. Life is Better with Dogs Aggie	69. Clicker Company Make a Difference
70. Pedigree “Write a Post, Help a Dog 2011″ #dogsrule	71. Write a post, help a dog.	72. Life With Arie
73. Reelblog	74. Enclave at Woodbridge	75. Help the HOPE Animal Shelter
76. Victorian Quarters at Team Ranch	77. Willeo Creek at Roswell	78. Timberwood Commons
79. The Preserve on Fredericksburg	80. The Villas at Valley Ranch	81. Reflections on Reading Romance
82. Domestic Comfort	83. The Village of Olde Hickory	84. Willow Wiggles
85. CatTipper: How Kitties Can Help Feed Doggies	86. Dog	87. Adventures of a Suburban Kitty
88. Bits N Bytes: Write A Post, Help a Dog	89. adventures of a curly tail	90. The Reader and the Book posts to help rescue dogs!
91. Write A Post, Help A Dog In 2011	92. Help Lucy Help Dogs	93. TEENS READ AND WRITE: Write a Post Help a Dog
94. Write a post, help a dog	95. Up All Night	96. Bastard Saves a Dog
97. Tanks Two Cents	98. Jenn @ Books At Midnight	99. Fiona and Abby the Goldendoodles
100. The Lesser Key of Tere	101. rumpydog!	102. Big Dogs Big Hearts Writes a Post, Helps a Dog
103. Pet Health Care Gazette	104. Social Savvy Pets	105. Mint Juleps and Magnolias: were for dogs.
106. Write a Post Help a Dog Campaign 2011	107. Make a Difference in the Life of an Animal in Need	108. Melograno at Teravista
109. Mira Loma	110. Sunrise Canyon	111. Sable Ridge
112. The Orchard	113. Big Dogs, Big Heartworm (linked to other blog post	114. 415 Premier Apartments
115. Bunnys Blog	116. Its Own Sweet Will	117. Mitchell Lofts
118. A Passion for Books & Real Life	119. Write a Post, Help a Dog	120. Write a post, Help a dog!
121. DFW Animal Rescue: Pedigree helps shelter dogs	122. Write a post, help a dog	123. P. L. A. Y.
124. www. dogrelationsnyc. com/2011/09/this-post-i	125. Dexters Days- A Blog by a Dog.