Benji Casting Call

Do you love the Benji movies? Do you have a dog that has the Benji look?

A new Benji movie is going to be made and there is a casting call out to find the next dog to play Benji! If you think that your dog has that look or acting quality then you can enter your pet as a candidate. Simply upload a photo of your dog to the Benji the Movie facebook page – only one dog per photo, no people!

Here are the official guidelines:

Benji Casting Call Guidelines

Submissions to the Benji Casting Call should include your name (first name, last initial), the dog’s name, and the dog’s location (city, state, country). Each submission should feature one dog. While multiple submissions are permissible, multiple submissions of the same dog may be removed. Submissions deemed inappropriate will be removed, and offenders will be blocked from the Benji the Movie Facebook page.

By posting a photo to the Benji Casting Call, you grant Walden Media permission to publish your photo on the Benji the Movie Facebook page, and any other Walden Media property. You acknowledge that you are the owner of the photo, or that you have obtained proper consent from the owner. You must be 13 years or older to submit a photo to the Benji Casting Call. Adherence to these guidelines is each entrant’s responsibility, and is a condition to the submission of photos.

While all submissions will be reviewed, there is no guarantee that the next Benji will be selected from the Casting Call.

Walden Media does not encourage or support the submission of any comments, information, photos, videos, links or other content (Third Party Content) to the Benji the Movie Facebook page which infringes the rights of any third party, violates any law or other legal authority, is false and/or misleading in any manner or which fails to comply with Facebook’s Terms and Conditions. Facebook’s Terms and Conditions. By viewing the Benji the Movie Facebook page, you acknowledge that any content uploaded by anyone other than Walden Media is the creation/views/responsibility of the submitter, and not Walden Media. Notwithstanding, Walden Media reserves the right, but assumes no obligation, to remove any Third Party Content in its sole discretion. Submission of any Third Party Content grants Walden Media and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, license and right to publish, use, publicly perform such content, or any idea contained therein, or any portion thereof, in any way, in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed, without territorial time or other limitation, for commercial, advertising/promotional or any other purposes, without consideration to the submitter.Walden Media reserves the right to adopt additional terms or rules and to change or modify these terms or rules at any time.

 

Lucky the Dog

Lucky the dog, who holds the world record for animal most photographed with different celebrities (more than 300!), is going to have a wedding! While that might sound strange, the event is all for a good reason with charity in mind.

Betty White with Lucky:

Picture from animalfair.com

First, here is some back story: Lucky is a very pampered little white Maltese, who was a rescue, now living a life of luxury in Manhattan. Her owner, Wendy Diamond, founded Animal Fair Media to promote fairness for animals and rescues. Lucky has become somewhat of the company’s spokesdog – getting to meet the stars and have photos with them to share on the company website in an area called “Who Got Lucky?” She has helped to raise money for many different rescue organizations.

Lucky with owner Wendy

Picture from animalfair.com

Animal Fair’s website explains some further accomplishments for Lucky: ” She’s the Chair Dog of the Katrina Pet Memorial, and also has a wing named after her at the Humane Society of New York, honoring all she does to help animals in need worldwide. Some animal-related organizations that Lucky has aided through charity and media attention include: Delta Society, Humane Society of New York, PACT, Pixie Project, Elephant Nature Park, IFAW and the list goes on!”

What exactly is the wedding all about?

Lucky has been diagnosed with spleen cancer and may only have a few months left to live. Lucky was cancer free after treatment, but the survial rate for this type of cancer is only 5%. Facing this, Wendy decided to find Wendy a “mate” – someone to end up replacing her as animal spokesmen for Animal Fair. Wendy has organized this with lots of flair and publicity – and a couple events to help continue to raise money for her and Lucky’s cause.

This May Lucky had a bridal shower, in which she wore a frilly pink dress and got to lick icing off of cupcakes.

Picture from abc news/animal fair

The wedding is scheduled for July 12, and 300  guests were invited. The cost to attend is $200, all proceeds benefit the Human Society of New York. There will be an orchestra, a doggy buffet, and dog ring bearer and flower girl. The groom is, as of yet, unknown. The lucky groom will be chosen by an online competition on the animal fair website where anyone can enter their dog to eventually take Lucky’s place.  Applications can be made on Facebook or at animalfair.com, and the winner will be the one with the most votes. Cats are also allowed to apply. The winner will be announced June 28, 2 weeks before the wedding.

You can read more about the wedding at abc news.

Guinea Pigs Wearing Hats

BuzzFeed has posted a nice selection of 30 guinea pigs wearing hats! Well, so they did not do such a good job or identifying all the animals involved so there is also a rabbit and hamster, but they are still cute too!

Here are a couple of  my favorites:

Yellow Bonnet:

From ohbeehiveblog

Where did you go?

From http://d2nxvnj9b2h8rk.cloudfront.net

King me!

From CuteOverload

Cowboy hat:

From Buzzfeed

straw hat:

From cutiepiecuriosities

Now this one made me laugh – the guinea pig has nail polish on!

From Tumblr

Check out BuzzFeed to see the rest of the adorable pictures!

Sorry for the lack of posting recently, my internet has been strange and one of my guinea pigs had surgery and needs lots of care. Maybe I will post about that once we are through the really hard part.

Preakness Winner!

The Preakness Stakes took place earlier today at Pimlico Race Course, and the performance was almost the same as the Kentucky Derby. I’ll Have Another came from behind and won by a head, just in front of Bodemeister.

(photo Mike Stewart/AP)

With wins at the Derby and Preakness, I’ll Have Another has a real chance of winning the Triple Crown! The final race of the three is the Belmont Stakes – with takes place June 9. The last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978.

Do you think we will have a Triple Crown winner this year?

Tim Tebow’s Dog

Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Jets, has decided to change the name of his dog. Once Bronco, Tebow’s Rhodesian Ridgeback is now Bronx.

I do not feel like he needed to rename the dog – I mean at least the name is close so the dog might not be that confused by it. The topic has come up on Twitter with people suggesting other possible but funny names with #RejectedTebowDogNames. Some of the suggestions include Elway, Champ, Starter, and Spiral.

As a puppy:

You can read more about the story on Yahoo! Sports.

Dogs on Bikes

Happy Tuesday! The weather is getting nicer here and I thought that we should celebrate with some pictures of dogs on bikes:

This might be a Shiba Inu

Dalmatian actually working a bike

Cool Dog

Dog on the Back

Pug up Front

All pictures found on Buzz Feed, visit if you would like to see more pictures.

I hope that you all have an amazing day!

Spotless Cheetah

A very rare spotless cheetah has been photographed in the African wilds. The last recorded sighting of one of these anomalies was in 1921.

It is amazing how well the big cat blends in without its traditional markings.

Here is a picture of a regular, spotted cheetah:

To read more about the photographer who took pictures of the cheetah and his search for the animal, visit dailymail.co.uk.

Kentucky Derby Winner

I’ll Have Another has won the 138th Kentucky Derby! It was amazing to watch, he came from the pack in the final stretch and run very well. It was a first time win for post position number 19, and a first time derby win for his jockey. The horse is named for what his owner says when his wife offers him another cookie.

(found here)