Chihuahuas Chase Championship Title

Fourth Annual PETCO Unleashed National Chihuahua Races Set for Aug. 31

San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 14, 2008 -- On your bark, get set, go! Chihuahuas from above the country will attempt this Labor Day weekend at the fourth anniversary PETCO Unleashed races, area the champ is crowned ''America's Fastest Chihuahua.'' The tiny racers will be brought calm in foreground of bags of roaring Chihuahua and baseball admirers amid innings of a San Diego Padres baseball bold at PETCO Park.

The PETCO Unleashed championship chase will actuate whether endure year's winner, 3-year-old Maddy of New York City, will absorb or lose her title.

Chihuahuas ability be the world's aboriginal brand of dogs, but they abiding accept huge personalities and are actual adherent to their owners, authoritative them a admirable accompaniment animal The PETCO Unleashed chase isn't just about which tiny racer wins the gold. It's aswell about creating an befalling for pet lovers above the country to apprentice added about pet adoptions for Chihuahuas and added animals. The 15 finalists represent Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County (Anaheim), Orlando, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. Nearly 2,900 Chihuahuas competed in this year's bounded races, authoritative PETCO Unleashed the nation's better and fastest growing Chihuahua race.

The PETCO Unleashed championship chase will actuate whether endure year's winner, 3-year-old Maddy of New York City, will absorb or lose her title. The admirable cost champ will accept aloof rights, a trophy, a one-year accumulation of Royal Canin Chihuahua dog aliment and a $300 PETCO allowance card. Prizes will aswell be awarded for additional and third place.

The finalists from anniversary bazaar are:
 

Boston: Cuppycake, female, 11 monthsPet parents: William and Elizabeth Estlick
Hometown: Mashpee, Mass.
Chicago: Bones, male, 4 Pet parents: Brian and Lynn Hitztaler
Hometown: Wonderlake, Ill.
Dallas: Cricket, male, 5Pet parent: Brooke and grandmother Pam Martin
Hometown: Rowlett, Texas
Denver: Mia, female, 1Pet parent: Ruth Stricker
Hometown: Elizabeth, Colo.
Houston: Piccolo, male, 1Pet parent: Minut Sanden
Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas
Los Angeles: Tiger, male, 4Pet parent: Cathy Smith
Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
PETCO Unleashed National Champion 2006
New York City: Maddy, female, 3Pet parent: Sue Yee
Hometown: New York City
PETCO Unleashed National Champion 2007
Orange County: Mijo, male, 3Pet parent: Lee and Desiree Crutcher
Hometown: El Cajon, Calif.
Orlando: Brownie, female, 2Pet parent: Ellen Fagan
Hometown: Deltona, Fla.
Phoenix: Kahlua, female, 3Pet parent: Tiffany Di Giacinto
Hometown: Peoria, Ariz.
Sacramento: Isabelle, female, 6Pet parent: Travis Krepelka
Hometown: Boulder Creek, Calif.
San Diego: Puka, female, 5Pet parent: Sara Magruder
Hometown: La Mesa, Calif.
San Francisco: Chloe, female, 3Pet parent: Mel and Katrina Soledad
Hometown: Palo Alto, Calif.
Seattle: Pancho Villa, male, 5Pet parent: Samantha Patrick
Hometown: Lopez Island, Wash.
Washington, D.C.: "Poppy" Papageorgio, male, 2Pet parent: Brande Bidle and Robert Booth
Hometown: Annapolis, Md.

Visit www.petco.com/petcounleashed to apprentice added about anniversary finalist.
PETCO and chase presenting sponsor Royal Canin authority the accident to bless one of America's admired breeds of dog and to animate all abominable enthusiasts to accede acceptance as a aboriginal advantage if abacus a pet to their family.

"Chihuahuas ability be the world's aboriginal brand of dogs, but they abiding accept huge personalities and are actual adherent to their owners, authoritative them a admirable accompaniment animal," said Greg Seremetis, PETCO administrator of business services. "The PETCO Unleashed chase isn't just about which tiny racer wins the gold. It's aswell about creating an befalling for pet lovers above the country to apprentice added about pet adoptions for Chihuahuas and added animals."

About PETCO
PETCO is a abreast captivated specialty banker that provides products, casework and admonition that accomplish it easier for our barter to be abundant pet parents. We accomplish added than 900 food in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as able-bodied as a arch pet articles and advice destination at www.PETCO.com. Our nonprofit organization, The PETCO Foundation, has aloft added than $44 actor back its birth in 1999 to advice advance and advance the abundance of accompaniment animals. In affiliation with the foundation, we plan with and abutment added than 5,000 bounded abominable abundance groups above the country to advice acquisition homes for about 300,000 adoptable animals every year.