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.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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.

Stay Cool With a Dog Pool: Cosmo Havanese Beats the Heat

Giant water bowl or doggie pool?

Today's installment of Monday Mischief is all about staying cool! If you haven't heard, this past weekend was a scorcher in Atlanta.  But with a little help from Cosmo's Twitter pal @WillowWiggles, we found a new way to beat the heat. Lucky for us, Willow lives close by, so we popped right over and Cosmo got this lesson in pool fun!

Since it wasn't going to get any cooler...

We set off to get our very own backyard pool.

And Cosmo jumped right in, along with his toy and all the leaves that already are falling. We found our pool at Toys "R" Us, but we've heard you also can find them at hardware stores, Walmart and some pet stores.  Ours was $7... that's a lot of cool fun for a few bucks! We chose the plastic variety, more durable for frisky paw nails.

Cosmo's toy, the Hartz Dura Play Boomerang works great in the pool because it floats and squeaks!

All cooled off and ready to run, Cosmo zoomed around the backyard. Only since it's been so hot, bunches of dead leaves are already falling off the trees...

Whaaaat?!!

And they stick to a wet dog!

 Cosmo invited a few of his pals over too.

They were not as impressed with his pool...

Although they did pose for a few pics! 

That's ok, more room for me! 

Ahhh!

Now head on over the Monday Mischief Blog Hop and see what everyone else has been up to!

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!

Give a Virtual Angry Birds Toy and Hartz Will Donate to Shelter Pets

Here's a way to help shelter pets celebrate the new year, AND spread some joy to your Facebook friends at the same time.

Visit the Hartz Facebook page to send a virtual Angry Birds pet toy to Facebook friend, and for every virtual toy given, Hartz will donate $1 worth of products to shelters in need across the country up to $10,000. It's all part of its Toys for Tails program to help shelter pets start off the new year with a little extra fun.

Cosmo and his pal Susie play Angry Birds for two!

There's also still time to enter the Angry Birds Photo Contest for the chance to win a Hartz gift basket valued at approximately $350 retail.
 
And, if that's not enough, later this week we'll be doing our own Angry Birds toy giveaway on To Dog With Love! Check back here for the chance to win a nice Angry Birds toy prize pack from Hartz. Cosmo promises he's got a few extra toys stashed away he'll share with you!

Cosmo says, "I do not like to share my toys, but I'll do it for you... this time."

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 and Giveaway: Hartz® Dura Play™ Bones

Cosmo's living large with his medium Dura Play bone

Fa la la la la! 


Cosmo is looking quite smug with his new Dura Play bone from Hartz, and today he gets to give away some of these bad boy toys! 


But first, he took a few new toys from Hartz on a test run. 


Hartz sent us a selection from its holiday gift guide, including the medium Dura Play bone, a small Dura Play bone and the Tuff Stuff Tiny Flyer.  


Yesterday we reviewed the Tiny Flyer so today it's all about Dura Play! 

The medium Dura Play bone captured Cosmo's attention from the start. I like it,  because the bone doesn't roll and get trapped under the sofa.  It does have a fun bounce and also seems quite durable.


Cosmo seems to like:

• Its squeak and color -- most of Cosmo's favorites are green, hmmm.
• The firm Power Play Core™ -- a foam technology that seems to provide a good chewing experience
• To fling it in the air and chase it!

Cosmo demonstrates the two Dura Play bones here. Check it out! 

The Dura Play bones are available at Walmart and Kmart stores. (suggested retail price: $2.99 small bone;  $5.29 medium bone)

Now, here's how you can win your  pup the magic of Dura Play!

Mandatory:

• To enter our giveaway for a medium Dura Play bone, leave a comment on this post telling me why you think your pup will like a Dura Play bone

Optional (for more entries, please leave a separate comment for each):

• "Like" our To Dog With Love Facebook page
• Follow our blog publicly using Google Friend Connect  (on our sidebar to the right)
• Follow @CosmoHavanese on Twitter and tweet the following: Win a Dura Play bone from @CosmoHavanese and Hartz! http://tinyurl.com/2dufqqn

That's all!! Don't forget to leave your comments below and get your entries in by midnight ET, Tuesday, December 21. We'll use random.org to choose FOUR winning entries! Winners will be announced here on Wednesday, December 22.


Wheeeee!




Disclosure: I received these products for free from Hartz. The opinions in this review are my own. 

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.