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Americas Top Dog Model 2012 Contest!
America voted, and we listened! The winning theme for America's Top Dog Model 2012 contest is: Home Sweet Home!
The expression Home Sweet Home originated from the song "Home, Sweet Home that has remained popular for over 150 years. Adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne's 1823 opera, Clari, Maid of Milan and composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop. The famous opening lines are: 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home: During Americas Top Dog Model (R) 2012 contest, we would like to see photos of top dogs in a home sweet home setting. In addition contestants will be required to share a story about home sweet home with their dog. Contest prizes for the top dog winner are sweet: The cover of America's Top Dog Model (R) Calendar
Eleven finalists will be featured in Americas Top Dog Model (R) Calendar.
More prizes will be announced in the January 2012 issue of Paw Prints!
Contest rules will posted by the first of January on America's Top Dog Model (R) website.
Companies that wish to be considered for participation in Americas Top Dog Model (R) 2012 Contest, either as an event host or prize contributor, should send a proposal to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Americas Top Dog Models: Dogs that Make a Difference
Gianna & Zara
Photo: New Visual Photograph by Roy. Dresses by Linda Higgins
Americas Top Dog Models run in the Gurino family.
Princess Giana is Americas Top Dog Model (R) 2010 contest winner, and her sister Princess Zara is our 2008 contest finalist. Giana is the cover dog for Americas Top Dog Model (R) 2012 bestselling calendar.
 The contest theme for 2010 was Go Green with Style. In caring for this environmentalist, the Gurino family make certain that Giana's carbon paw prints are kept to a minimum. They use biodegradable bags to pick up after her and assures she eats organic food. Giana is a fashionista, but none of her clothes go to waste. They are donated to all her savvy friends. Both Giana and Zara are licensed service dogs. Their home sweet home is located in New York. Giana and Zara are often spotted on the runways at benefit fashion shows to support animal shelters. Both girls are top dog models for internationally known canine couture designer, Linda Higgins The dresses featured in the photo above are Linda Higgins designs as well as the feather dress on the cover of Americas Top Dog Model (R) 2012 Calendar. One lucky contest winner will receive a Linda Higgins original in 2012.
Another top dog that is making a difference is Millie LaRue. She is America's Top Dog Model 2011 contest finalist. Millie is a diva dog on a mission! The last two months have been a whirlwind filled with parties, fashion shows, television interviews, and even a movie!
 See more of Millie in her Kiki Hamann Best!!!!
In October, Millie LaRue spent ten days in New York City visiting friends and attending one Halloween party after another. Millie started at The Tompkins Square Halloween Pet Parade where she was dressed as the frightening character "Carrie" from the horror movie of the same name! She wore a white prom dress complete with headdress, and carried a tiny silver bucket that spilled "sequin blood" all down the white dress! What a sight it was! All proceeds from this event went toward park improvement in the doggie run areas. Later in the week, while Millie was doing a photo shoot in another area of New York City, she was approached by a film crew working on a movie for an Indian film. She agreed to be an "extra" in the film, and proceeded to walk back and forth across the park along with a few other doggies. Now Millie is waiting for the film to come out in India, so she can get a copy. The film is entitled "English Vinglish," so be watching for it...and Millie too! As that wasn't enough, Millie attended a Halloween party hosted by Wendy Diamond, benefiting one of her local pet charities. The next day Millie was contacted by "THE TODAY SHOW" and asked if she would be on their program the following Monday. They were doing a segment on Halloween Pet Costumes. Millie, accepted, of course, and attended the taping of THE TODAY SHOW on October 31. But Millie still had one more party to attend...Pets on the Runway, another Halloween event which also donates to animal shelters in New York City. All good things MUST come to an end, and finally the time came for Millie to head back to home sweet home in South Carolina.www.kikihamann.com/millie.htm |
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Franklin family’s dogs taken by animal officer, placed with new owners
FRANKLIN, Maine — Last fall, the Warren family had two Golden Retrievers, Bella and Jake, that were considered integral members of a household which includes four young children. Now the dogs have been placed with a new owner somewhere in New England after they took off from the Warrens’ yard in early November and failed to return.
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