Pedigree "Write a Post Help a Dog" Campaign 2011 #dogsrule

Every Dog Deserves a Loving Home. One of the reasons for our connection with the Pedigree Foundation is that we both are involved in and care a lot about dog adoption. Our life with our adopted dog Cleo has been the best! She is our first adopted dog and has changed our lives permanently.

Last year we were involved in the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive and the “Write a Post, Help a Dog” program. Through the efforts of almost 500 blog posts, coverage by Mashable and Yahoo, and tweets from Alyssa Milano and Tori Spelling, more than 7,000 pounds of food was donated as part of the campaign. Here in San Francisco, Muttville Senior Dog Rescue was one of the shelters that received a donation thanks to your help.

Getting Involved during BlogPaws 2011

This year’s effort will help raise awareness of the Pedigree Foundation—a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization—committed to helping dogs by providing grants to shelters and rescue groups and by encouraging dog adoption. You can donate online to the Pedigree Foundation or purchase Dogs Rule Gearwhere the proceeds go to the Foundation.

PEDIGREE "Write a Post Help a Dog!" 2011 #DogsRule

How can you help? Write a post. For every blog post mentioning the Pedigree Foundation throughout BlogPaws, PEDIGREE Brand will donate 20 pounds of their new dry PEDIGREE recipe food for dogs to a shelter.

The Pedigree Foundation has already raised more than $376,570 so far this year 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 Foundation depends on charitable contributions from individuals to carry out its mission to help dogs find loving homes.

You can donate online to the Pedigree Foundation or buy Dogs Rule Gear where the proceeds go to the Foundation. Use Promo Code BlogPaws10 at DogRulesGear.com and get 10% off now until Sept. 30!

Shelters can apply for grants from the Pedigree Foundation by completing a form athttp://pedigreefoundation.org/. The amount of food offered by the Pedigree Foundation was increased from last year to up to 10,000 pounds this year!

Until Midnight ET Saturday, September 3rd, for each post written for the “Write a Post, Help a Dog” campaign, the Foundation will donate 20 pounds of the new dry PEDIGREE® recipe food for dogs—their best recipe ever—to shelters.

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. Once again, we are honored to be one of the Pedigree-sponsored bloggers at BlogPaws 2011 and we can't wait to join up with the rest of our group to help feed more shelter dogs. If you're going to BlogPaws, we look forward to seeing you! If you won't be there, please meet the rest of the Pedigree bloggers here: