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Is your pet an MVP?

All pet parents know their furry four-leggers like to leave a little bit of themselves all over the house, as a reminder of how much they love us. My pets deposit their love on every surface, from the carpets to the "fur"niture.

Now Bissell would like to feature some cute little shedders on their packaging. And the winning pets can help a local animal charity on their way to advetising stardom.

Click here to enter a photo of your pet in the Bissell MVP (Most Valuable Pet) Photo Contest.  The entry form is very simple, and you click to upload a photo (.jpg format, under 1 mb, one pet only and no people) and the photo pops up quickly for you to crop. One click and you are done.

Then visitors to the Web site vote on their favorite pet of the week.

The family of the pet with the most votes each week gets a bundle of cleaning products from Bissell and the book "100 Simple Secrets Why Dogs Make Us Happy" by David Niven. The weekly winners also moves on to the semi-finals, where a grand prize winner and four runners-up will be chosen by the staff at Bissell.

The grand prize winner will be featured on Bissell packaging, get more cleaning products, and have $10,000 donated to the family's favorite pet cause. The four runners-up will also be featured on Bissell packaging, get some goodies, and have cash donations made to their favorite animal-related charities.

If you decide to enter, please let us know and we will try to drum up support among the blog readers. This could be a great way for us to support local rescue groups, like Star City Greyhounds, and other animal-related causes like the Roanoke Dog Park or St. Francis Service Dogs.

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The Happy Wag blog is a resource for pet parents in the Roanoke Valley, a local community forum of news and information about pets. Newsroom manager Nona Nelson's family includes four pets: retired racing greyhounds Dexter and Coral and former stray cats Thai and India. Read more about Nona and this blog

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Foster homes for the holidays

The Roanoke Valley SPCA is participating in the national “Foster A Lonely Pet For the Holidays” pet fostering program.

Over 13,000 pet rescue organizations nationwide are trying to empty the kennels for Christmas, encouraging families to open their home for the holidays to an adoptable pet waiting for a forever home.

Fostered pets can be picked up between December 18-23, and can be returned to the RVSPCA between December 30-January 2.

The RVSPCA will provide all needed supplies and support to the temporary families. You can view all of the pets online at www.rvspca.org, or visit the shelter to meet them.  The goal is to have each of these pets into a home by noon on December 23.

Ann Marie Sweeney, foster coordinator for the RVSPCA, will answer questions about the program for people interested in making this Christmas a happy holiday for a pet in need.  Contact Sweeney at 344-4840, ext. 208 or e-mail asweeney@rvspca.org.