Share The Love Stories

barker & meowsky's 4th Annual
Your Furry Valentine Contest

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, we can’t help but think of true love and love stories – especially those little sources of unconditional love, our own furry valentines. Throughout the year we’re privileged to hear from our customers stories of rescue, destiny and love at first sight and we want to hear more!

We want you to think back and remember the moment you realized that you and your furry friend were meant to be together. Was it love at first sight? Were you surfing petfinder.com and saw a face you just couldn’t forget? Were you in a shelter and saw a cat that you had to share your life with? Did your dog save you from a burning building? Did you find yourself living with a pet that slowly endeared herself to you over time? What is it that they do every day that makes you love them a little more?

Every year the entries make us laugh and cry - we are always touched. Last year’s poignant winning story described how one little beagle changed a couple’s life forever. Please stop by our store, or email your special story and pictures to us at blog@barkerandmeowsky.com. This year, along with barker and meowsky, we’re thrilled to welcome our celebrity Judge, animal expert Steve Dale, to join us in choosing a favorite story.

As always, we want to reward true love. The best story wins a $200 barker & meowsky prize package, 1st runner up wins a $75 barker & meowsky prize package and the winning stories will be published on our blog.

Good luck, and remember, you have a furry valentine so you’re already a winner! Every entry receives a coupon with a special valentine offer.
Thank you for sharing your stories with us!

Entry deadline is February 29^th, 2008. (Winners will be announced March 4th.) To read the stories of past furry valentine contest winners, click "furry valentine contest" in the archives.

About our Celebrity Judge : Steve Dale, a champion of the human-animal bond, pet expert and certified dog and cat behavior consultant, reaches more pet owners than any other pet journalist in America.

Steve writes a twice weekly syndicated newspaper column (Tribune Media Services), he’s a contributing editor at USA Weekend, special correspondent Cat Fancy, and host of two nationally syndicated radio shows, Steve Dale’s Pet World and The Pet Minute as well as Pet Central on WGN Radio, Chicago. Steve Dale’s website is a wonderful resource for all of us who love our pets: http://www.stevedalepetworld.com/