Never mind the Super Bowl. It's time for the Puppy Bowl!
It may shock some of you to know that I have never seen a football game from begining to end.
But it's hard to ignore this time of year, what with that Super Bowl thing happening on
Sunday.
But people like me have a choice: Sunday is also the day of the fifth annual Puppy Bowl!
What's a Puppy Bowl? Well, it's puppies running around a tiny football field for a couple of hours. That's pretty much the whole enchilada. Oh, when they have accidents, a man comes out and blows a whistle.
The animals are all rescue dogs and I think charity might somehow be involved, but really who cares about that?
Cats are somehow involved in the half time show.
And get this: According to Wikipedia, 8 million people watched it last year.
It's at 1 p.m. on Animal Planet.
Go here for more details.
If you've never seen it, it's worth sticking around at least until they show the "bowl cam."
I'm thinking of having a Puppy Bowl party. I'm going to invite the neigbhorhood dogs, which includes Buddy, Tango, Cowboy and Tess.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
I'm going to watch. So cute!!!
I LOVE the Puppy Bowl! Especially the Bowl Cam when the labs get going and shower all the dignified dogs who gently lap up their refreshments. It is a fantastic concept and I hope that whoever dreamed it up is sitting fat and happy knowing how much pleasure and good will that show does.
Never cared much for cheerleaders, but I'd gladly jump around and shake my stuff for that Puppy Bowl!