For the second year in a row, the World's Coolest Dog and Cat Show reached 20,000 entries and 3,000,000 votes during phase one of the contest. We're SUPER happy with this accomplishment and are, as always, very grateful to our members for their dedication and participation in the coolest pet photo contest on the Internet.
Now that phase one is over, it's time to start voting for Best in Show! Members can cast one vote for a dog, and one for a cat, so make sure that you really check out all the dog finalists and all the cat finalists before you click that vote button!
Thanks again to all of our members for their continued support. This fun contest just wouldn't be the same without you!
Now get on out there and vote for Best in Show!
We've got just two days left until the first round of voting closes in the 4th Annual World's Coolest Dog & Cat Show, and to show our appreciation for your taking the time to vote for your favorite dogs and cats, we're offering a prize of 250 Zealies to a random Dogster or Catster member who casts a vote between now and the close of voting! The more you vote, the better your chances are of taking home the 250 big ones! We're almost at 3,000,000 votes! Let's see if we can get there!
So get on over there and vote! And maybe we'll depawsit 250 Zealies in YOUR Catster account!
Good luck!
Esteemed pet photographer Mark Rogers has announced that he will be offering specials for Catster members in the San Francisco Bay Area, just in time for the holidays. Mark, recently voted SF Gate's Best Pet Photographer in the Bay Area, is the man behind the lens behind our Photo Caption Contest on our For the Love of Dog Blog over on Dogster. So if you're a member of the greatest cat site around, and you live in the SF Bay Area, click here to find out more about Mark's exclusive Catster offer!
Thanks, Mark! Purrs and meows!
PSSST! That cat look furmiliar? That's right, it's Catster member Guido the Italian Kitty, who will be competing for A MILLION DOLLARS in the Meow Mix Think Like a Cat Game Show on November 15! Make sure you tune in to watch!
So, you're entered in the
World's Coolest, you've voted on your photos and so have your friends. But you still want more!
Do you know we've made HTML embed codes so you can show off your photos anywhere you want on the internet? You can use it for your own or anyone's that you think should get special attention.
Get the HTML embed code beside or beneath the entry photo from the yellow text area to the left of the 'help me win!' title. You can show off your entries and solicit more voters!
Snuzzy made some helpful images to point them out.
The
4th Annual World's Coolest Dog & Cat Show is up and running and grrrreat pix are being entered, so stop what you're doing and get on over there--don't miss out on all of the excitement! With categories from
Costumes and Shades and
Craziest Tail to
Sitting Cat and
Captivated Cat, there's definitely a purrfect place for your kitty to shine in this one of a kind
cat photo contest!
So dig up your best shots and get them entered today, OR go through the CATegories and START PREPPING for the taking of the shot that's going to blow the competition out of the water! World's Coolest only happens once a year, so don't let it pass you by!
ENTER! VOTE! ENTER AND VOTE!
Our
4th Annual World’s Coolest Dog & Cat Show* is live and hip-hop-happening! G-G-Get on over there and e-e-enter, g-g-get on over there and v-v-vote... just
GET ON OVER THERE! As the contest strolls along new entries will arrive daily, so make sure that you check back in every day to cast your votes!
Here are a few of the entries so far... Think you can top 'em? Go for it!
Check out all the categories first, put on your creative thinking caps and say cheese... It's SHOWTIME, pawrty people!
*The 4th Annual World’s Coolest Dog & Cat Show is an online photo contest. You must be a member of the Dog ster or the Cat ster and be 13 years of age or older to enter or vote. Remember, no pedigree is required—any pet can enter regardless of age, breed or disposition.
The Cat's Meow: Catster's Cats and Kittens Blog is here!
After all of the waiting and pawing, meowing and speculating, Catster's eagerly anticipated blog dedicated to all things feline is here!
Written by Karen Nichols and her "kyoot" little pal Skeezix, the blog aims to cover all the things that cat-lovers are scratching to get at: news, information, events, product reviews, pet food recalls, and, of course, feline fun!
Every single one of us at Catster HQ is super-duper excited to welcome Karen and Skeezix on board, and to be able to add yet another exciting product to our family of cat blogs and dog blogs!
You can subscribe to The Cat's Meow via RSS feed here, or by getting email updates here. Enjoy!
This is it! The new annual Plus Membership subscription drive ends today! We've not only been meowing a $2 donation to the Morris Animal Foundation for each new annual Plus subscription, but for each renewed annual Plus subscription as well! So if you still want to get in on the donating action, get a new Plus membership or renew yours TODAY! Even if your Plus membership isn't about to expire, renewing now means that you're making a contribution to the Morris Animal Foundation!
The Morris Animal Foundation has been working since 1948 to fund research studies aimed at protecting, treating and curing animals of all kinds. Help us help them to keep up the good work!
Mary Jane Irwin's Forbes.com article on pet technology includes a bit of insight on the pet industry from Catster's very own Ted Rheingold. From the article:
You can always turn to social networks to set up play dates for your pet with other pets. Dogster and Catster, sites that started out as a way to share photos of beloved animal companions, are now repositories of information on everything from grooming to finding veterinarians in foreign countries.
Now nearing a combined 1 million members, the sites have even become places to plan real-world meet-ups. On Dogster, about 100 West [Highland] Terriers united recently in South Carolina--with some pets and owners traveling from as far as six states away.
Indeed, pets are no longer creatures you just keep in the backyard and rarely see."It used to be [that] the dog was kind of around and someone would often forget to feed it," says Dogster Chief Executive Ted Rheingold. "Now they have a family-member relationship. When you make plans, you are thinking about what you're going to do about Sparky."
And that's where technology can step in and lend a helping hand.
You can read the whole article here.
These mysterious shots were placed under the doormat here at Catster HQ this morning. Can you make heads or cat-tails out of them? Because we sure can't.
And this postcard was included as well:
Any clues about what this might mean? Leave your comments (reactions?) below.
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