Thursday, September 1, 2011

Winners Announced for the 2011 DogTime Pet Blog Awards

DogTime Media's Petties Awards Recognizes Eight of the Best Pet Bloggers and Donates $20,000 to Animal Shelters and Rescues Nationwide

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DogTime Media, the largest vertical media community focused exclusively on pet owners, announced the winners of the 2011 DogTime Pet Blog Awards, also known as "the Petties."

The DogTime Pet Blog Awards are considered by many to be "the Oscars of the pet blogging world." This year the 2011 Petties recognized 32 nominees chosen by their fellow bloggers and pet lovers from across the DogTime Media community.

On Friday, August 26th, DogTime Media announced the eight Petties winners via a gala awards ceremony broadcast on YouTube®, and hosted by DogTime's editor-in-chief Leslie Smith.

"Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of this year's Petties," said DogTime Media CEO, Trevor Wright. "We are very proud to have had the opportunity to share these great blogs with a larger audience than ever this year."

2011 DogTime Pet Blog Award Winners:

Each of the winners will receive a Petties award trophy and a $1,000 donation to the non-profit animal shelter or rescue of their choice.

Best Designed Blog


Kate Benjamin for Moderncat


Chosen rescue organization: All About Animals and Arizona Safe Haven for Animals




Best Social Media Integration Blog


Stephanie Harwin for Catsparella


Chosen rescue organization: Tabby's Place




Funniest Pet Blog


Angie Bailey for Catladyland


Chosen rescue organization: Feline Rescue Inc.




Best Cause Related Blog


Kim Clune and Amy Burkert for Be the Change 4 Animals


Chosen rescue organization: Best Friends Animal Society




Best Blog Post


Sparklecat for her post " Celebrating National Feral Cat Day – for Humans and Cats "


Chosen rescue organizations: Animal Advocates and Feline Ranch




Best Cat Blog


Robin Olson for Covered in Cat Hair


Chosen rescue organization: Kitten Associates




Best Dog Blog


Carol Bryant for Fido Friendly


Chosen rescue organizations: Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue and Camp Cocker




Best Overall Pet Blog


Ingrid King for The Conscious Cat


Chosen rescue organizations: Casey's House and Kitten Associates



"The dedication of the Petties winners and nominees is inspiring to their fellow bloggers and the legions of dedicated readers who follow their posts," said Wright.

DogTime Media will also provide two additional $1,000 donations to non-profit animal shelters or rescues chosen by two Twitter followers who tweeted congratulations to the winning bloggers during the awards ceremony.

As part of the 2011 Petties Awards program DogTime will also donate $10,000 to a non-profit shelter or rescue organization chosen by a blogger who hosts the Adoptable Dog or Cat Finder iframe by October 31st. The iframe gives bloggers the opportunity to increase awareness for over 70,000 dogs and cats currently in shelters across the country.

Petties winners will be interviewed by DogTime's editor-in-chief Leslie Smith for an article that will appear on DogTime.com, CatTime.com and across the DogTime Media Network.

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