New Holiday-Themed Hartz Angry Bird Toys! #giveaway

Red Bird Plush Ball was found at the
North Pole in week one of the contest

Ho ho ho! We love holiday toys, and this year, Hartz is unveiling a special line of limited edition holiday-themed Angry Birds dog toys.

Cosmo and our new puppy love the Angry Birds toys we've collected over the years, so we're excited to bring you two ways to win the entire special holiday collection of Angry Birds toys.

Hartz is running a Facebook contest throughout the month of December and we're running a giveaway on To Dog With Love too! Read down to learn how to enter both!

Details for the game on Facebook are as follows:

• There are four unique holiday Angry Birds toys that will be shown in four different in holiday locations that will be slowly revealed throughout the course of four weeks.
• Each week (Monday-Sunday) a photo of one of the toys in a distinct setting, will be featured on the Facebook application with only a small amount of the photo visible.
• As the week progresses, more and more of the photo will become visible and ultimately be fully revealed each Sunday.
• Fans will be able to submit their guesses as to the location where the toy is hiding out as many times as they like throughout the week.  
• The campaign will kicked off on Monday, November 26, 2012 and runs through December.
• Enter at the Hartz Facebook page.

For more holiday toy suggestions visit the Hartz holiday gift guide. We also love the DuraPlay and Tuff Stuff toys, so check them out in the gift guide!

Enter our To Dog With Love Giveaway!

Simply enter via Rafflecopter, below, to win the set of four limited edition holiday-themed Angry Birds dog toys. Contest is open until Monday, December 17 at 12 a.m. ET. U.S. Entries only.

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Disclosure: Hartz sent us a set of four holiday-themed toys and is providing the giveaway prize as well. All opinions expressed herein are our own.

Monday Mischief: Fun at Home

Sometimes, there are plenty of things to do right in your own backyard...

Like spying on the neighbor's cats...

And sometimes, when it gets just too hot outside, there's a whole lot of adventure indoors too. Cosmo had some work to catch up on this weekend, testing out a few new products for reviews and giveaways!

Cosmo loves a good interactive toy and a chew. These are from Busy Buddy. Stay tuned for a giveaway!

Cosmo also did a taste test for Rachael Ray's Nutrish Naturally Delish dog food. Stay tuned for that review and giveaway later this week!

What did you do this weekend? Here's what some of our pals have been up to!

Review and Giveaway: Water Bottle Madness with JW Pets Crackle Heads Dog Toys!

Cosmo Havanese with some of his new pals from JW Pet

If your pup has ever gone to town with a water bottle, then here's your chance to win some toys your dog is going to love! Read all the way down to see how to enter, but first Cosmo is taking the new Crackle Heads toys from JW Pet for a test drive!

Cosmo gives Leroy the Lion a twirl

JW Pet sent us plush Leroy the Lion and Canvas Bear, both in a size large. The entire line of Crackle Heads toys come in medium and large sizes and it seems Cosmo, a mighty 17-pound Havanese, would be happy with either size!

Most of our photos look blurry like this, because Cosmo LOVES a good noisy toy he can toss around!

The patent-pending Crackle Heads toys are built around crackly water bottle material, making them irresistible for a fun-loving dog like Cosmo! The toys we tried also had squeakers, making them extra-exciting!

We practiced down, stay and then I release Cosmo to the toy! Wheee!

Since these are toys better off watched in motion, here's a look at the Crackle Heads in action. Cosmo perfects the crunch, squeak and toss technique...



Cosmo thoroughly enjoyed his toys and now you can too!

Enter our JW Pet Crackle Heads Toys giveaway!

Enter via Rafflecopter below to win your very own toys from JW Pet, like the ones Cosmo tested above! The giveaway is open to U.S. entries until 12:01 a.m. ET on July 30.

Win toys like these! Dog not included!

Good Luck!

Disclosure: JW Pet sent us the Crackle Heads toys to review and will provide the toys for prizes. We were not paid for this review and our opinions are entirely our own.



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For more great giveaways - check out Fido's Freebie Friday, hosted by All Things Dog Blog, Doggies and Stuff and Dogtipper!

Angry Birds Have Landed!

Thanks to everyone for playing our Angry Birds giveway. And now it's time to announce our winner. And the winner is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Uptown Dog!

Congrats to you!

Wordless Wednesday: Dog toy explosion

Cosmo says he can't find anything to play with...

Angry Birds Dog Toys Giveaway!

You can win a prize pack of Angry Bird toys like these! *Dog not included.

If your doggie hasn't had the chance to play Angry Birds yet, this could be your lucky day!

Hartz sent us a pack of toys to try out and a pack to give away!

Cosmo is enjoying his new Angry Birds plush toys and Tuff Stuff Flyer from Hartz.  With sound chips that squeak and chortle and a flyer toy that's perfect for a game of toss or tug, we've enjoyed hours of fun!

Cosmo's even found a way to share the fun with a friend!

Cosmo plays Angry Birds tug with the Tuff Stuff flyer and his pal Susie!

You'll win enough toys to keep and some to share...

Susie's the one with the bow in her hair!

Hours of fun for Cosmo and his pal Susie! 

Now here's how you can win!

To enter:

Just leave a comment on this blog post saying you'd like to win Angry Birds dog toys! Comments must be posted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Shipping to U.S. addresses only. Winner will be picked at random using random.org.

For extra entries (leave a comment on this blog post, telling us what you did, for each extra entry below):

• Tweet: "Gift a virtual Angry Bird and help a shelter pet with @HartzPets hartz.us/rzbUGd" (Hartz will give $1 to a shelter in need for every virtual gift given. Spread the word and read more about Hartz Angry Birds virtual gifts here!)
• Follow @ToDogWithLove on Twitter
• Tweet: "My pup wants to play Angry Birds with @CosmoHavanese and @HartzPets! http://bit.ly/slo2zG #Giveaway"
• Like Cosmo Havanese on Facebook

Good luck!

Winners of the Hartz® Dura Play™ Giveaway!!

It's Dura Play all the way for Cosmo and now four lucky winners will be taking home their own Hartz® Dura Play™ bones!

Drum roll please as Cosmo gets ready to announce four lucky winners of
the Hartz® Dura Play™ medium bone...

And the  winners of our Dura Play giveaway are ...

1. Sparky Glover
2. Wrigley Schnauzer
3. Nancy and Dog Thunder
4. Oskar

Congratulations!!!!

I'll contact you each with the details so we can get some Dura Play goodness heading your way! 

Squeak ON! 

Product Review: Hartz® Tuff Stuff® Tiny Dog™ Flyer

Left to right, the small Dura Play bone, Tiny Dog Flyer
and medium Dura Play bone

Some of you may remember Cosmo's glee over the Hartz Dura Play ball in our BlogPaws swag bag. If you missed it, go check out the video at the bottom of this post. I don't know what they put in that ball, but I had to lock it up at night so Cosmo would get some rest and stop the squeaking madness.  


So when we received a package recently with more toys from Hartz, Cosmo's head spun around and he about jumped out of his fur. Two of the toys are made of the same Dura Play goodness and the third is a little disc-type toy, perfect for a dog like Cosmo who loves to chase, catch and squeak! 


Today we are reviewing the Hartz® Tuff Stuff® Tiny Dog™ Flyer. Be sure to check back tomorrow when we'll review the Dura Play bones AND do a giveaway! 


First a few specs on the Flyer:

• Made from durable ballistic nylon
• Measures about 5.75 inches in diameter
• Nice squeak in the middle
• Three openings perfect to grab for tugging

Special note: we were given a sneak peak at this toy. It will be available in Walmart stores March 2011. The regular-sized Tuff Stuff Flyer  is available now at Walmart and Kmart stores, measures about 9.5 inches in diameter with a recommended retail price of $11.99.


Let's head on over to Cosmo's Test Kitchen. Take a look!

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for more fun and games! We'll review the small and medium Dura Play bones AND you'll get a chance to win some great stuff! 

Here's where it all began. For Cosmo and Dura Play it was love at first sight...

FTC Disclosure

Hartz gave us these toys. We didn't buy them. Our opinions are our own... dogs don't lie.

The Dogs, and Ferrets, of BarkWorld

That's me, Cosmo, on the left with mai pal Johann on the right

One of the best things about BarkWorld Expo, was seeing old and new pals -- some who we've met IRL (in real life) before and some who we only knew from the twitterverse and blogosphere!

Last weekend, Cosmo and I attended the social media conference in Atlanta, and we met so many great pals we decided to do two blogs posts... first for the great anipals we met (dogs and ferrets in this case) and a second one for the fabulous humans! 

Cosmo wins, as usual, so we're starting with his dog pals.  Johann the Dog, far right, was one of Cosmo's very first anipals on Twitter. In fact, it was Cosmo's pal Zio Tony, who found Johann for us when he was searching for some famous cyclist person named Johann something-or-other.  Johann the Dog came up first in search (that says something, doesn't it!), Zio Tony introduced Johann to us and the rest is history! We were particularly excited about meeting Johann for the first time, since he and his mom, Leslie May, do agility like we do! We already knew we'd have lots in common beyond having black-and-white doggies! 

I luv this Dog Tornado, Moooom... can I have one??!!

Johann is one of the busiest social media doggies I know with three blogs and a web site.  And he let Cosmo play with some of his cool toys at BarkWorld.

Cosmo particularly enjoyed the Nina Ottosson Dog Tornado, shown at left, and the Dog Pyramid. Both are available at Nip and Bones, our pal Baby Patches' mom's store. 

In addition to Johann, we met lots of other great anipals at BarkWorld. Here are a few!

Preston Speaks, below left, is one of our newest friends on Twitter. He's a lovely West Highland White Terrier, and here, he's discovering Manny, one of two Informed Ferrets. Ferret James was also at BarkWorld, but he's hiding out in his nice bag carried by his mom AmyJo Casner.  On the right, please meet Precious... she is @ImaJackRussell on Twitter and the author of two lovely children's books about her adventures.

Below left is our pal Frankie Beans, also known as @FrankieElPerro on Twitter. Frankie's mom, Denise Quashie is founder of BarkWorld Expo, and a meeting and event planner in Atlanta. She did a terrific job in the first year of this event. Below right, is Miss Niqqi, an adorable Bichon Frise from Chicago who made this terrific video about our Chicago meet up and dog walk!

And finally, we met Judy, below left, for the first time at BarkWorld. Her mom, Jessica Bush, authors the DOGingham blog and she took some great photos at BarkWorld! Willow Wiggles, below right, is a pal from our neighborhood, but we didn't even know Willow or her mom Lee Smith until we met them on Twitter!

There also were so many great pals at BarkWorld who didn't come with their anipals. Next up, BarkWorld pals of the human kind!