Adopt-A-Bull Contest!

[Elyse Orecchio]

(Get it? Adopt-A-Bull? Adoptable? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha..ah, never mind.)

Nobody loves a story about someone finding their perfect four-legged match as much as we do—except maybe you. Now, we’re putting out a call for adoption success stories featuring pit bulls. What better way to get the word out that pit bulls can indeed make loving and loyal, delightful and devoted companions?
We've launched the Adopt-A-Bull Contest (pretty clever, if we do say so ourselves), sponsored by the New York-based Animal Farm Foundation, Inc, a group dedicated to protecting American pit bull terriers from discrimination and cruelty. We're accepting nominations of successful adoptions of pit bulls made at shelters using the ASPCA’s Meet Your Match™ program. MYM focuses on the individual dog and adopter—making matches based on an individual dog’s behavior and the lifestyle and expectations of the adopter.

The contest will run four times throughout the year, with one winner announced each quarter. The winning shelters will be awarded a $4,000 grant, and the dog-and-pet parent matches from each winning shelter will score a prize pack and automatically be entered into the “Vote for Your Favorite Match” contest, which will take place here, online at ASPCA.org., in February 2009. Yep, we’ll be asking you to cast their vote for your favorite couple, so stay tuned!


The grand-prize shelter winner will be treated to a trip to New York City to participate in the third annual ASPCA Day celebration (that’s April 10, 2009) and a $5,000 grant, and the pet parent-pooch duo who receives the most votes in our online contest will win a photo shoot with a professional photographer and a bronze of their top dog.

And if, over the course of the contest, any of our winning dog-human duos get you thinking that a pit bull might make a perfect match for your family, please visit ASPCA.org for more information…that’s the point of our contest, after all!


Meet Your Match Shelters: Enter the Contest!

Recent Pit Bull/Pit B...

Now, since we figure we're entitled to one bad pun per post, we'll sign off saying this: If you don't enter this contest and you're eligible, that'll really be the pits.

[mariah]

how do i get involed do they have any of those shelters in san antonio tx?

[Jason Cook]

I adopted mine :) But I didn't adopt it from the shelter. We knew someone that was going to take her's to the pound (5 weeks old no less!!!) and we interviened. Our Pit Bull is a wonderful large part of my family (I have put up a couple of pictures as well).

[lesley moore]

oh your funny real funny but what would i do with a bull

[Susy]

A pitbull like a dog! Your kidding right? lesley? it even says so! on the first post! silly! I really hope ur kidding lesley. Even though the akc doesn't like that term and classifies them as American Staffs.

[Elyse Orecchio]

I think she's kidding! (Right?) LOL

[Susy]

yeah i asked her that too. lol

[Shell]

Haha, I get it! I'm like that too. Wow, this contest is a good idea. It's definitley gets the word out that Pit Bulls can be great family members. Can't wait to see what happens! Well, hope everything goes well along the way! Bye! -Shell

[Renate Uhl]

sounds good to me and what a cute doggie :-)


Renate

[Cathrynn]

used to be scared of Pitbulls, but how could I be now I have read all about them, see them in a different light now...the pics are gorgeous..:) (like the puns too!!)

[luvmypups2]

Bummer! :( I'm sorry I can't enter, all full up on APBT's. My husband says 2 dogs are the limit, or I may loose a husband, (hmmmm....then again, let me re-think that) LOL! Naw, I guess I'll keep the hubby, he keeps us in dog bones and the dogs like him too. But congrats to all those lucky people that do get to enter, nothing like being loved by a bully.

[Fernanda]

this is great!!!!

[Renate Uhl]

what a sweet looking dog-is he yours??

Renate