The Dog Blog

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered our four competitions for National Pet Month. We had loads of entries and hopefully it helped raise awareness.

We thought it would be nice to show you all some pictures of our winners and their prizes:

National Pet Month Competition 1 winner: Jessica Wilkinson

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Everyone loves summer, dogs and humans alike. It is a great time to play outside in the nice weather and go on glorious long walks by the beach or across the country side.  It is however, crucial to ensure you keep your dog cool throughout the hot weather. While humans have the ability to keep themselves cool in a manner of different ways,  dogs don't have this option and therefore need your help in maintaining a good body temperature.

Dogs sweat a small amount through their paws but they mainly cool off by panting. Unfortunately when the temperatures are very hot and humid then panting is not enough.
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It was a nail biting final on Saturday night when approximately 11.4 million viewers saw Ashleigh Butler and her dog Pudsey claim the title of Britain's Got Talent winners!

Pudsey is a six year old border collie, bichon frise and Chinese crested cross. As part of his prize he will now perform at the Royal Variety Performance for the Queen - a known dog lover with her collection of Corgis.

Ashleigh and Pudsey managed to pull of 3 flawless and unique performances throughout the competition and are now the proud owners of £500,000. Ashleigh says that one of the first things she will be buying him is a new lead after he lost one of his in the semi-finals.

Simon Cowell, who is the head Judge on the ITV talent show claims that Ashleigh and Pudsey were one of his favourite acts ever. He told them:

"I adore both of you. You have got better and better as the competition has progressed and to do what you did in such a short time is a miracle"

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It’s the start of the May Bank Holiday Weekend tomorrow and I hope you are as excited as we are! Long weekends are a great time to make the most of the country side and letting your dog stretch their legs and have a great walk. It can be hard finding a good dog walk sometimes that combines all the required elements such as terrain, space, views and variety. So we have written a list of the top 10 dog walks around the country for you to try out this weekend:

1. Glennifer Braes, Paisley – This walk has plenty of variety along it including open grassland and woodland. The terrain varies from flat to uphill terrain and there are many historical sites along the way as well as spectacular views. There is even a waterfall!

2. Cavehill, Belfast – This walk is more challenging with wild, unsurfaced paths leading you past caves and across moorland and meadows. There is a lot to be explored for both walker and dog and there are views to keep you going for miles around.

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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk

You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 3 competitions in our original blog post.

Our fourth competition will commence on Tuesday 1st May 2012 and end on Monday 7th May 2012.

In this weekly competition you can enter by:

Giving our Google Plus Page a "+1" (just click the button below, you don't need a Google Plus account!) :

And commenting on the form below to win

We will announce the winner next week on our blog

Good luck everyone!

Thank you to those who have entered all our previous competitions too :)

Millions seem to think so!

Boo the dog has taken the web by storm. He is a Pomeranian and was born on March 16th 2006 looking like a very cute miniature bear. His owner, camera poised has captured the hearts of people around the world with snaps of this lovable, fluffy, energetic dog.
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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk

You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 3 competitions in our original blog post.

Our third competition will commence on Tuesday 24th April 2012 and end on Monday 30th April 2012.

In this weekly competition you can enter by:

Liking the Dogs Beds Facebook page:

Liking the Dog Beds homepage:

Good luck everyone! The winner of this competition will be announced on the afternoon of April 30th :)

We hope everyone had a lovely weekend, but we know what Mondays can be like. So we thought we would do our best to put a smile back on your face with these fantastic pictures of dogs enjoying the breeze while cruising along in the car:

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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk

You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 2 competitions in our original blog post.

Our second competition will commence on Tuesday 17th April 2012 and end on Monday 23th April 2012.

Good luck everyone - the winner will be announced over twitter on the morning of Tuesday 24th April before the third competition starts.

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As it is national pet month from the 7th April to 7th May, every week until then we are giving you the chance to win a £100 voucher to spend on anything you like from dogbeds.co.uk

You can find out more about National Pet Month and our other 3 competitions in our original blog post.

Our first competition will commence on Tuesday 10th April 2012 and end on Monday 16th April 2012.

In this weekly competition you can enter by linking to our website from yours. It’s that simple, if you have a website or blog just pop a link with the anchor text 'dogbeds.co.uk' to our website onto it and e-mail the page URL it can be found on to competitions@dogbeds.co.uk

Good luck everyone - the winner will be anounced on the morning of Tuesday 17th April before the second competition starts.

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