Fit Dogs at #Blogpaws!

When were at BlogPaws a few weeks ago, we had lots of fun meeting up with some our FitDog pals.

We took a few early morning walks and also had some time to play in the PetSafe dog park! Here are a few of our favorite photos.

The first morning we were there, we woke up super early from the time change and while we were out walking at 6 a.m., we ran into Dolly the Doxie, Sugar the Golden Retriever, and Bailie and Emma from My GBGV Life.

Look how nicely the pups posed for us!  From left to right,  that's Dolly, Rocco, Sugar, Emma and Bailie.

Take a look at this crew!

Wow! We managed to get six dogs and a cockatoo to pose at the same time!

From left to right, that's Gretel and Chester from You Did What With Your Wiener;  Rocco; and Leo the Cockatoo, Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley from Cascadian Nomads. We had so much fun visiting with them all!

Next it was off to the PetSafe dog park area. Rocco loved meeting Cardiff, who's human is the awesome Dr. Patrick Mahaney.

Cardiff and Rocco

 Rocco whooped it up with some toys from PetSafe!

Rocco

Rocco took an immediate liking to Wilhelm. I think he was one of Rocco's favorite new pals at BlogPaws!

Wilhelm from Cascadian Nomads and Rocco

PetSafe also hosted a fun Yappy Hour where we learned about its fourth annual Bark for Your Park nationwide contest. One U.S. city will win $100,000 and four other finalist cities will be awarded $25,000 each to build an off-leash dog park in their community.

Fun times at the PetSafe Yappy Hour at BlogPaws

From May 7 through June 7, anyone within the continental U.S. can vote for his or her city online at www.petsafe.net/barkforyourpark. In order to advance to the finals, each community must complete their application by finding a home for their dog park and encouraging their civic leaders to support the park.

Based on the information provided by each city, PetSafe will confirm the availability of land, civic leader support, population size and total number of votes to select 15 finalist communities, which will be announced June 13.


For more information, visit www.petsafe.net/barkforyourpark or check out the online video to learn what’s new for this year’s contest.

The fun and games continue every Friday with FitDog Friday, the weekly Blog Hop brought to you by To Dog With Love, SlimDoggy and Peggy's Pet Place to promote a healthy active lifestyle for pets (and their people, too!). Join in every Friday by linking up your FitDog story or visiting the blogs in the Hop.

Fido's Freebie Friday Goes to #BlogPaws: How to Help Pets with Bissell!

Welcome to another edition of Fido's Freebie Friday (FFF), the weekly giveaway blog hop for all things pet!

Rocco checks out the goodies in the BlogPaws swag bags.

Read all the way down for lots of great giveaways, but first we want to share what we're up to this week! 

Today kicks off the official start of BlogPaws 2014, the annual pet blogger conference that we've attended every year since the conference began in 2010. 

We're at the beautiful Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa, and last night we attended a special event hosted by Bissell for bloggers who arrived early.

There, we learned more about the Bissell Pet Foundation and enjoyed lots of tasty dessert treats! Did you know that anytime a pet product is purchased from Bissell.com, a donation in the amount of $1, $5 or $10 will be made to the Bissell Pet Foundation?!  That's right! Through purchasing those products you can help the Bissell Pet Foundation in its effort to raise money for the grants and contributions they award to charities dedicated to saving the  lives of homeless pets.

The gorgeous view from the Westin at Lake Las Vegas and the site of the Bissell party

The tasty dessert table at the Bissell party. Pups were welcome, of course!

We'll have lots more to share as BlogPaws officially kicks off today.

In the meantime, check out the great selection of this week's giveaways in the Fido's Freebie Friday Blog Hop below. You can enter them all or add your own! We make it easy by linking them up all in one place.

Here's how to participate

The rules for Fido's Freebie Friday are super simple. Here's all you need to know to link up:

• You have up to 45 characters to describe your prize and include an expiration date
• Fido's Freebie Friday Blog Hop is open to posts with prizes for pet products or services, including pet-related or pet-themed items for owners. Use your specific post url to link up.
• Or simply enter the giveaways that interest you for a chance to win some fabulous prizes!

Fido's Freebie Friday opens each Thursday afternoon for linkups at 4 p.m. ET, and renews each week at the same time with a new listing. Link up anytime during the week!

For more information, you can check out the help page. Your hosts are All Things Dog Blog, DogTipper and To Dog With Love.

Happy (s)hopping!

Individual rules of entry and guidelines for winning may apply to each listing. All Things Dog Blog, Doggies and Stuff, DogTipper and To Dog With Love take no responsibility for the legality of the rules governing the listings on other sites and giveaways that are posted here. We simply provide this forum as a gathering place for pet products to be offered. Fulfillment of each giveaway is done by the blog conducting the giveaway, not by the hosts of this giveaway hop; please contact the giveaway host with any questions regarding a giveaway or giveaway prize.

Surprise! We're Going to #BlogPaws

Rocco and I are headed to the 2014 BlogPaws Conference on Lake Las Vegas this week, thanks to a BlogPaws sponsorship, and we couldn't be more excited.

I've attended every year since the pet-friendly conference began in 2010, and this will be Rocco's second conference (he's 19 months old now!). We hope to see plenty of old friends and make new ones too. If you see us, please come up and say hi! 

We'll be checking out the conference events, exhibit area and sessions and we'll have plenty of photos and info to share for pet owners.

We'll let you know all about our trip when we get back, but in the meantime, your can see what we're up to at BlogPaws on our social media sites:

• Facebook
• Vine
• Instagram
• @ToDogWithLove on Twitter
• @RoccoHavanese on Twitter

If you're traveling to BlogPaws for the first time, here are a few helpful ideas of what to bring and how to prepare if you're bringing a pet!
7 Things You Should Bring to BlogPaws
Travel Bag Comfort for You and Your Pet
A Dog's Guide to BlogPaws
How to Prepare Your Dog for a Long Plane Flight

See you all in Las Vegas!

My trip to BlogPaws is sponsored by BlogPaws. To Dog With Love only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers and all opinions expressed herein are our own.