2009.04.24
Do you have a lucky dog?
I think I have three very lucky dogs. They lucked out when they came to live at Chez Nelson Resort and Spa for Pampered Pets and I feel lucky that I have the opportunity to serve them.
My cat thanks his lucky stars every day that he has a puppy to beat on.
But does your dog feel lucky? Well, does he?
Then your pup could be the next face on the Virginia's Lucky Dog scratch-off tickets being sold by the Virginia Lottery.
From now until May 26, you can enter a photo of your pooch in the Lottery's Web site's virtual dog park. You can enter as many images as you like, but beware that it is not free to enter; each photo has to have a Dog Park entry number from a losing Lucky Dog scratcher ticket.
Click here for complete rules.
Dog lovers who work for the Virginia Lottery will choose 20 winning dogs to appear on the tickets for Virginia's Lucky Dog II game. Criteria for winning will be based on image quality and they promise to choose a variety of dog mugs, from purebreds to mutts, in all shapes, sizes and colors.
Winners will be announced June 30.
One of the mugs on the current batch of tickets, by the way, is a Roanoke pooch named Murphy (a nice fellow named David from the Virginia Lottery was kind enough to send me Murphy's picture. Isn't he cute!)
The little Shih Tzu's pet mom, Cindy, works for the lottery and Murphy's made a few personal appearances around town to promote the game.
At this point I leave it to your good senses how much money you can comfortably to invest in this; please don't spend your entire kibble budget on lottery tickets.
