PETCO Recognizes, Rewards Two New Finalists in National Chihuahua Races
San Diego (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 18, 2008 -- In the aforementioned year burning epitomize was alien to Major League Baseball to analysis acknowledged home runs, a video epitomize has apparent the tiny – but applicable – second- and third-place winners in the Aug. 31 chase for America’s fastest Chihuahua.
After reviewing new video from the accomplishment band that was brought to our attention, it turns out these tiny racers are even faster than we anticipation – and acutely faster than the blinks of our judges’ eyes We fabricated a aberration and are now acclimation it by acquainted the applicable second- and third-place racers. Our Chihuahua contest will consistently be about accepting fun, but as the accident grows in popularity, we aswell ambition to ensure we’re accomplishing things appropriate and acquainted the speediest dogs alternating the way. As with any anniversary event, we apprentice something new every year It’s bright that humans adulation the Chihuahua contest – and they’re demography the antagonism added actively anniversary time around. Next year, we’ll be abiding to accredit to the burning epitomize afore we advertise our winners. After accurate review, PETCO today appear that 2007 arresting champion, Maddy of New York, and Cricket, of Rowlett, Texas, accomplished additional and third in the hotly contested Fourth Annual PETCO Unleashed National Chihuahua Races (www.petco.com/petcounleashed).
“After reviewing new video from the accomplishment band that was brought to our attention, it turns out these tiny racers are even faster than we anticipation – and acutely faster than the blinks of our judges’ eyes,” said Greg Seremetis, PETCO’s administrator of marketing. “We fabricated a aberration and are now acclimation it by acquainted the applicable second- and third-place racers. Our Chihuahua contest will consistently be about accepting fun, but as the accident grows in popularity, we aswell ambition to ensure we’re accomplishing things appropriate and acquainted the speediest dogs alternating the way.”
The video epitomize shows that Tiger of Bakersfield, Calif., is still the applicable 2008 best and maintains his first-place title. However, it was Maddy and Cricket, who absolutely came in additional and third abode – rather than Piccolo from The Woodlands, Texas, and Pancho Villa from Lopez Island, Wash., as the board originally called. Mia, from Elizabeth, Colo., charcoal the official fourth-place finalist.
Maddy and Cricket will anniversary accept their second- and third-place prizes – a year’s accumulation of Royal Canin dog aliment for each, and $150 and $100 PETCO allowance cards, respectively. Piccolo and Pancho Villa will absorb their prizes as the aboriginal and honorary finalists.
“As with any anniversary event, we apprentice something new every year,” said Seremetis. “It’s bright that humans adulation the Chihuahua contest – and they’re demography the antagonism added actively anniversary time around. Next year, we’ll be abiding to accredit to the burning epitomize afore we advertise our winners.”
PETCO’s fourth anniversary National Chihuahua Races took abode over Labor Day weekend amid innings of the San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies baseball bold at PETCO Park.
Video footage of the civic finals and pint-sized profiles of all bounded champions is accessible at www.petco.com/petcounleashed.
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.
Media Contact:
Lisa Epstein, PETCO
(858) 453-7845 ext. 2558
lisae(at)petco.com
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