Category: TV Review
For the most part, Animal Planet is tough for animal lovers to watch. Sure, there are those cute meerkats on Meerkat Manor -- but then they show Flower dying after being bit by a puff adder. Certainly any animal lover is thankful for emergency vets, but watching them work can be as heartbreaking as uplifting. However, Animal Planet does occasionally throw us a show that is nothing but pure delight. The annual Puppy Bowl is such a show, where the screen is filled for three hours with puppies doing what puppies do best.
Capitalizing on the success of that annual event, Animal Planet presented Puppy Games 2008 to coincide with the opening of the Olympics. In contrast to the Puppy Bowl, where the little fellas and gals just romp, there was a "competition" theme to this three-hour joy ride: puppies in water ("swimming event"), a boxing ring, gymnastic equipment, and a soccer field. Medals were awarded. It was as cute as it sounds.
The Puppy Games will repeat on August 23 in three-hour loops from 8 PM till 2 AM eastern time. Prepare to "awww" a good deal.
Animal Planet's Puppy Games site
1 comment:
puppy games was such a great show. i just wish they would make a new one for 2011!
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