DOG LOVERS SHOW GIVEAWAY

Weve got 5 double passes to giveaway to the 

Dog Lovers Show in Melbourne! 

Just comment below to let us know what youd like most to see at the show and well nominate our favourite responses by the end of Sunday 27 April 2014. 

This giveaway is also open to responses received via our Facebook and Twitter community.

THE BIGGEST DOG EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RETURNS TO MELBOURNE

Australia’s largest and most comprehensive event dedicated to educating, informing and entertaining dog lovers will take centre stage from Friday 2nd

Over three huge days, over 250 exhibitors, more than 600 dogs and a pack of pooch experts, personalities and performers will descend on the venue to provide 20,000+ visitors with everything and anything dog related on a scale never before seen in the Southern Hemisphere!

The Dog Lovers Show is a family friendly event which celebrates the unconditional love we share for our dogs with expert seminars, dog shows from the country’s most talented canines, information on all the off-leash parks in Victoria and literally thousands of the latest doggy products and services to reward your dog.

From dog adoption to hot dogs, there’s talks on diet, training and exercise to the fun of watching Chester the famous skateboarding dog on Centre stage - the Dog Lovers Show offers something for all ages.

LOCATION: Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Melbourne

DATES: Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th  May at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.

TIMES: 10am - 5pm Daily

Detailed info and for tickets visit: dogloversshow.com.au or
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dogloversshow
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The give away has now ended! We had such great responses here on the blog, on our Facebook page and at our Twitter feed, that we ended up using a random number generator to decide who won - it seemed the most fair way! Winners have been contacted - thank you all so much for participating - hope to see you at the DLS - please come say hello if our paths cross!  :)  Mia

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Dont miss out! Dogs Science from November

Catch up! Participate! Plan your conferences for 2015! Check out all the latest in canine science from November here, thanks to the magic of Storify (if you dont see a beautiful array of handy snippets below, please click this link to view)

Further reading:

Cobb M., Paul McGreevy, Alan Lill & Pauleen Bennett (2014). The advent of canine performance science: Offering a sustainable future for working dogs, Behavioural Processes, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2014.10.012

Hecht J. (2014). Citizen science: A new direction in canine behavior research, Behavioural Processes, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2014.10.014

Bradshaw J.W.S. & Rachel A. Casey (2009). Dominance in domestic dogs—useful construct or bad habit?, Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 4 (3) 135-144. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2008.08.004

Gosling S.D. & Oliver P. John (2003). A Dogs Got Personality: A Cross-Species Comparative Approach to Personality Judgments in Dogs and Humans., Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85 (6) 1161-1169. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.6.1161

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Enrich Your Dogs Mealtime With Paw5 Bowls GIVEAWAY!

Hey, guys!

Happy Leap Day!


Today I have a really fun new puzzle feeder dog bowl to share with you from Paw5! Paw5 is a new company offering a new way of feeding your dog. This environmentally friendly, mentally stimulating bowl takes mealtime to a whole new level. Mental stimulation is just as important as physical work, and Paw5 understands this. Theyve even generously offered one (1) of my readers a choice to win their very own bowl!

This USA made bowl stimulates all of your dogs senses with its innovative design, keeping food time fun, engaging and challenging. The contrasting colors and erratic movement of the bowl engage your dogs sight. The various openings allow plenty of scent to reach your pups nose and let out tasty kibble. The sound of rattling kibble revs up your pups appetite. The fun shape encourages your dog to nose, paw and touch the bowl in order to get it to release the kibble.

The bowl is BPA and phthalate free, and comes apart for easy cleaning - its even dishwasher safe! It comes in orange and grey, or blue and grey. The colors are vibrant and very visually appealing, not to mention that paw print design is too cute!

The bowl holds up to four cups of kibble, and the openings are big enough to let even large sized kibble such as Acana and Orijen through with ease.

This kibble is Canidae PURE Sky Grain Free 

I do wish that the bowl came in different sizes, and had a way to make the openings smaller. 10lb, long nosed Nola can easily shove her tongue in the toy and get the food out that way, and the openings are so large that they fall through with the slightest movement. This results in Nola getting her food out in under a minute. This may be better for a larger dog, or perhaps mine is just smart. ;)
However, I do appreciate how this prevents her from gulping!


Overall, I really like the idea of this bowl, as well as the company that stands behind it. Its definitely a fun bowl that Nola loves to play with!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Paw5 has generously offered one (1) bowl for one of you guys to win! Follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter below, and good luck! Sorry, US residents only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


- Dachshund Mommy

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