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Last year’s Petmania Puppy of the Year 2020, Cloud, a Greengrass Lurcher with human companion Áine Ni Fhaoláin.
PETMANIA Tralee, along with sponsors BETA, has launched the hugely popular Puppy of the Year Competition for 2021.
Adorable pooches have just three weeks to enter the competition to be in with a chance of becoming Petmania Puppy of the Year 2021 and win some great prizes.
Emily Miller of Petmania Tralee said: “We look forward to the Puppy of the Year Competition all year round. We love meeting adorable pets from across the country. This year we are really focused on the safety of our puppies and their owners so the competition will be run completely online. We have some amazing prizes to give away and we would encourage all puppy parents to log on to petmania.ie today and enter their adorable pooch.”
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Cloud, a young Greengrass Lurcher from Galway, was chosen to be Petmania Puppy of the Year 2020. Cloud was named top-dog having been chosen from 1200 adorable puppies from all over the country.
But Kerry has had success in the past and in 2019, Pumba, a blind chow chow from Tralee was the overall winner.
Catriona and Taylor Dowling with Pumba, the 2019 Petmania Puppy Of The Year winner.
To enter Petmania Puppy of the Year 2021, log on to www.petmania.ie/poty and complete the entry form.
Once all entries have been verified, Petmania will open online and in-store voting, where people can vote for their favourite puppy.
During the first round of voting, Petmania will identify the Top 5 Puppies representing the Kerry Petmania Store and Grooming Studio.
This year one wildcard will be chosen by the Petmania Tralee team members in-store. These six puppies will receive a qualifier’s rosette and a gift from the competition partner, BETA, and will move forward into Round 2.
During round two, Petmania Tralee will again call on the public to vote, the puppy with the most votes will be named Puppy of the Year for their region and go forward to the grand final.
The chosen finalists from across Ireland will then be invited to submit some additional photos and videos online to the judging panel, who will choose the overall winner. The winner of the Petmania Puppy of the Year 2021 will be announced via Petmania’s social media channels at the end of October.
The Petmania Puppy of the Year will be pampered for a whole year with over €1,500 of prizes to be won.
The champion puppy will also become a model pup and will star in its own professional photoshoot and become the face of some of Petmania’s advertising campaigns in 21/22.
The winning dog will enjoy year-round pampering with a 12-month care plan at their local Petmania Grooming Studio, which will see the winning pup enjoy a complimentary treatment every month for a whole year.
Petmania’s nutrition partners for the Puppy of the Year 2021 will ensure that the top-dog dines in style for a whole year. BETA Puppy Food will present the overall winner with a 12 month supply of food.
Petmania has also teamed up with Ireland’s Blue Book Hotels to offer the winning puppy the chance to chill out in the comfort of the dog-friendly Cashel House in Connemara, along with his/her two favourite humans. This luxury staycation includes two nights’ accommodation with breakfast and dinner on one night.
