But enough of my yapping. We have a winner, and I’m going to let my K9 reporter Leroy and his new pawl Ella announce it, since they’re the purty pooches in the picture.

P.S. I wanna wish all you pooches and people a rad National Dog Day today! Among other real important things, this special day helps raise awareness of the number of pooches needing furever homes (a number that’s way too big).

Leroy: Thanks, TJ! And same to you.

Ella: Same here too! This is my first-ever National Dog Day, and I’m liking it! A lot!

Leroy: OK, Ella Stella Bella Gazella Cinderel—

Ella: The name’s just Ella, ‘K?

Leroy: All righty then, Just Ella, let’s stop keeping everybody in suspense. Ladies and gentlemen, mutts and purebreds, we proudly present the winner of TJ’s first-ever caption contest!!

Ella: “NaNa NaNaNaaaa, You can’t get me!”

Leroy is thinking: “Oh boy, is this what I get to look forward to every day with Ella?”

Leroy: Congratulations to Susan Walls of Green Bay, Wisc., who entered the winning caption! She wins a pawsome doggie bag filled with cool i Love Dogs toys and pooch accessories, plus samples of yummy TJ’s Health Bites!

Ella: Woo hoo! And by the way, Leroy? My girl Susan is so right – this is exactly what you get to look forward to every single day with me! BOLOL! NaNa NaNaNaa–

Leroy: Ruh-roh.

Leroy is a 3-year-old “Terribull” adopted from a Carson, Calif. shelter by i Love Dogs writer Laura Goldman. When he’s happy, Leroy snorts just like a pig. He still misses his first love, Sophie, who passed to the Rainbow Bridge last year, but he adores his new pawl Ella, a Shepherd-Pit-Monkey mix rescued from a Downey, Calif. shelter in March.

My K9 reporter Leroy (on the left) has a brand-new gal pawl, a puppy named Ella who you’ll be hearing from very soon here on WWW.TJ.LA.  

In the meantime, it sure looks like the little pooch has a lot to bark about! What exactly do you think she’s saying to Leroy in this picture? Or what could Leroy be thinking? Think up a really great caption – I know you can do it!

The grand prize winner will receive a furrific poochie swag bag stuffed with totally rad dog toys and accessories!

Here are all the caption contest details. Good luck, my furiends!

How to Enter
It couldn’t be simpler, if you ask me! Just think up a really funny or cute caption for the picture of Leroy and Ella, and enter it as a comment farther down this page in the Leave a Reply box. You can enter more than one caption if you’ve got a whole bunch of good ones.

Hurry – the deadline is the stroke of midnight PST on Sunday, August 15.

How to Vote
Starting on August 17, look for the August Caption Contest album on my Facebook page. (You gotta friend me first to see the album – how cool is that?). Just click Like for your favorite caption, and the caption that gets the most “Likes” wins!

Voting ends at – you guessed it, the stroke of midnight PST – on Sunday, August 22. Grreat news: The deadline has been extended until the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, August 24!

Winner Winner Winner!
Since Leroy and Ella are both pound pups, they want to announce the contest winner on August 26, which happens to be National Dog Day. Among other real important things, this special day helps raise awareness of the number of pooches needing furever homes (a number that’s way too big). The lucky winner will be announced on both WWW.TJ.LA and Facebook, and notified via email.

The Fabulous Prize…
A doggy bag filled with cool i Love Dogs toys and accessories for your pooch, plus samples of my tasty TJ’s Health Bites! Not to mention bragging rights, of course.

Dates to Remember
Just to recap, be sure to mark these important contest dates on your canine calendar:
August 15 – Deadline to enter a caption
August 17-22 – Vote for your favorite caption on my Facebook page
August 26 – Winner announced

Legal Stuff
i Love Dogs, Inc. reserves the right to verify, in its sole judgement, winner eligibility. i Love Dogs, Inc. also reserves the right to change contest rules at any time. Inappropriate submissions will not be eligible for the contest.

Assignment of Rights – By submitting a caption, you grant the company full ownership rights for said caption, including but not limited to the perpetual, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, and otherwise exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to that caption at the company’s sole discretion, including incorporating it in other works in any media now known or later developed including, without limitation, published books. If you do not wish to grant i Love Dogs, Inc. these rights, it is suggested that you do not submit a caption.

Well, I gotta tell you, not only can the Tillster rock the slopes, but the little dude is also totally amazing on a skateboard. Just take a look at him strutting his stuff at the KLOS Mark & Brian Pet Adoption Day on May 8!

Check out my video of these pawsome pooches showing their mad skillz on the course at the AKC Agility Invitational, held in super dog-friendly Long Beach from December 12-13.

I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of wearing costumes mis cachorritos; my cute pink sweaters and t-shirts will do just fine – pink is the new black.

But, cuando you see these crazy mutts you can’t help but bark out loud at these pups who got all dressed up for Halloween this year in that city by the beach that mami took me to last week. This canine couture gets four paws up from me, Irie, your canine couture connoisseur!

Arr-roooooo, woof woof! hahaha, loves it!

Check out these daring dogs and their fabulous moves!

Images courtesy of Becky Wong