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		<title>Because Dogs Have People!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Wild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMPETITION! As you know, my site Intellidogs.com and my training ethos are all about dogs AND their owners.
Our saying is, and has always been &#8211; &#8216;Because dogs have people..&#8217;
Now is your chance to star with your dog family&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>COMPETITION! </strong>As you know, my site Intellidogs.com and my training ethos are all about dogs AND their owners.</p>
<p><strong>Our saying is, and has always been &#8211; &#8216;Because dogs have people..&#8217;</strong></p>
<p>Now is your chance to star with your dog family in our new mini-movie and WIN some fantastic prizes!</p>
<p>All you need to do is make a very short video (only a few seconds &#8211; like the sample below) of you and your dog(s) together in as imaginative a place or way as possible saying &#8216;BECAUSE&#8230;DOGS&#8230;HAVE&#8230;PEOPLE&#8230;&#8230;LIKE ME!&#8217; (or &#8216;Like us&#8217; if there&#8217;s more than one human!) The dogs don&#8217;t have to say it of course &#8211; but you can get them to bark, sit, jump, do tricks, play, do whatever you please whilst YOU say the phrase!</p>
<p>Prizes on offer:</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 178px"><a href="http://intellidogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/00760-BCT-mug-original.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2695  " title="Border Collie GB mug" src="http://intellidogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/00760-BCT-mug-original-280x300.jpg" alt="Border COllie GB mug" width="168" height="180" /></a></dt>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><p class="wp-caption-text">WIN! Border Collie Trust GB mug</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_2694" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://intellidogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/youdoo-pet.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2694" title="youdoo pet" src="http://intellidogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/youdoo-pet-300x240.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WIN! Make your own dog!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_2693" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 211px"><a href="http://intellidogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dastardly-dog-book.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2693" title="dastardly dog book" src="http://intellidogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dastardly-dog-book-201x300.jpg" alt="" width="201" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WIN! Dastardly Dogs!</p></div>
<p>Prizes will be given based on the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Most original location</li>
<li>Funniest</li>
<li>Cutest</li>
<li>Most breathtaking</li>
<li>Best Dog Actor</li>
<li>Best Supporting Human</li>
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<p>And of course the chance to star in the mini-movie on the Intellidogs site and blog!</p>
<p>We will use bits of each film in the finished product so<strong><em> make sure you space out the words as you speak them in your film. </em></strong>See the sample below this post that our fab friend <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BubblyNatz">Natz</a> did with the lovely Mika &#8211; now it&#8217;s your turn!</p>
<p>When you have your little snippet of film, go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karen-Wild-WildPaw-Intellidogs/333418429641">WildPaw Intellidogs Facebook page</a> and upload your video! Winners and stars of the film will be notified by the end of August so&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>&#8230;.ACTION!</strong></p>
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		<title>My Pet Dog has a Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Wild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have our dogs for a reason.
They all have a doggy job to do. Companion, supporter, hot water bottle, friend, guide, collector of slippers, illness alerter, you name it &#8211; the dogs jobs are varied and important to&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>We all have our dogs for a reason.</h3>
<p>They all have a doggy job to do. Companion, supporter, hot water bottle, friend, guide, collector of slippers, illness alerter, you name it &#8211; the dogs jobs are varied and important to us.</p>
<p>In the blog picture here, you might see a dog with a job that involves administering brandy to struggling humans. I see a different job. I see two dogs that have worked very hard to learn to behave calmly when kids are hugging and cuddling them. I want to hear from you about your pet dog&#8217;s job.</p>
<h3>Celebrate your dog&#8217;s job in our photo competition!</h3>
<p>Maybe we can’t imagine life without a doggy member of the family. Maybe we have our dog on purpose to help us with something. Maybe they do useful things that you never expected them to do! It&#8217;s a dogs job to do all these things.</p>
<p>In fact, our pet dogs all have a job.</p>
<h2>It is time to celebrate how our ordinary dogs jobs benefit our lives.</h2>
<p>Even TV star and recording mogul <strong>Simon Cowell</strong> talks about how his dog had the power to make his troubles go away. He says “I remember one particular day, I was having the worst (I thought) day of my life, I was coming home from work, everything had gone wrong, I was depressed, sad, and I went home, and there waiting up for my was my pet dog. And he jumped up, licked my face, and was happy to see me, and everything was happy again”. I am sure we can all agree, we know that feeling well.</p>
<h2>Every dog has his down side…</h2>
<p>but let’s bring into focus the jobs that our pet dogs do for us.</p>
<p>Taste tester, sofa keeper-warmer, extra blanket, doorstop, key-finder, conversation-starter, bringer of the remote control…</p>
<h2>What is your dog&#8217;s job? &#8211; competition</h2>
<p>Take your photos and send them to me with a brief description of the job your dog does, titled &#8216;My dog has a job&#8217; to <a href="mailto:info@karenwild.co.uk">info@karenwild.co.uk</a></p>
<p>or tweet them to me as @WildPaw on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/WildPaw" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/WildPaw</a> adding #mydoghasajob.  All entries will be posted via this site.</p>
<p>The top 3 photos will each win a prize and one of my fab Pawprint ‘Top Team’ rosettes! Entries from worldwide are welcome. We&#8217;ll sort the postage!</p>
<p><em><strong>I ask that if you enter and if you would like, please consider a donation to the fabulous &#8220;Oldies Club&#8217; who care for and rehome older dogs. You can <a title="Oldies Club Dog Charity Donation" href="http://www.oldies.org.uk/?page_id=5512" target="_blank">donate here</a></strong></em></p>
<p>I may even ask YOU to vote for a winner, if I can work out how to do that &#8211; and if not, a panel of dog <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">nutcases</span> professionals will judge the best photo.</p>
<p>Closing date for entries is Mon 12th April which gives you plenty of time to start paparazzi-ing your pooch..!</p>
<h3>My Pet Dog has a Job – let’s see yours</h3>
<p>Karen x</p>
<p><em>Simon Cowell interviewed for WSPA: <a href="http://www.animalsmatter.org/">http://www.animalsmatter.org/</a></em></p>
<p> <em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/intellidogs/sets/72157625087640651/">The pics are up!<a/></em></p>
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		<title>Make your dog a star!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Wild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win an amazing Dogs Today magazine photo shoot for your dog!
Twinkle, twinkle little star- we are so excited at today’s calendar prize… all ready for Christmas.
Win an amazing Dogs Today magazine photo shoot for your dog!
They may&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Win an amazing Dogs Today magazine photo shoot for your dog!</h2>
<p>Twinkle, twinkle little star- we are so excited at today’s calendar prize… all ready for Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Win an amazing Dogs Today magazine photo shoot for your dog!</strong></p>
<p>They may even make it onto the cover of this, the UK’s top dog magazine. So strike a pose!</p>
<p>Here’s Beverley Cuddy, Editor of Dogs Today, to tell you more&#8230;</p>
<p>This Christmas Eve I’d like to give a special dog the chance to be a star. Several times a year Dogs Today magazine takes over a professional photographic studio in Slough and we always have a lot of fun!</p>
<p>Since 1992 the amazing Tim Rose has been take amazing shots for us of people’s beloved dogs using state of the art lighting and eye-wateringly expensive Hassleblads that make even the blackest of dogs shine in pin-sharp definition.</p>
<p>The best shots we take make it on to the front cover and every one attending gets a CD of their images to keep and a doggie bag of goodies. We use chicken and bacon to incentivise our super models and a array of silly noises to get everyone’s ears up! The shoots are always on a weekday and each session takes a maximum of 30 minutes to keep it fun for the dogs. Dogs that are flash phobic or very nervous generally will not enjoy this experience.</p>
<p>While we love highly trained dogs, we have ingenious ways of getting the shot no matter what! If you’re too far away to attend the shoot (we’ve had people travel from Scotland before now!) we’d still like to treat you! If you mention Karen Wild’s advent calendar when you phone up we’ll give you £5 off the price of a 12-issue subscription to Dogs Today magazine 01276 858880. (This offer valid for 30 days and is not to be used in conjunction with any other offers!)</p>
<p>The office will be closed Dec 24-Jan 4th for Xmas, so see you in the New Year!  Email me with a pic of your dog and why they deserve to be one of our canine supermodels – <a href="mailto:beverley@dogstodaymagazine.co.uk">beverley@dogstodaymagazine.co.uk</a></p>
<p>So get snapping (with your camera, not the dog hee hee)</p>
<p>Merry Christmas Everyone – please leave your Christmas wishes to share below and don’t forget the hamper – it’s being drawn tonight!</p>
<p>Lots of love</p>
<p>Karen xxx</p>
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