# Animal Planet  Puppy Games

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334 "2008-08-08T20:37:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334/1 "2008-08-08T20:37:31Z")

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Animal Planet is putting on the [Puppy Games](http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-games/). 😃😃😃😃

6pm Eastern

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334/2 "2008-08-08T20:48:20Z")

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Oh good grief. I’m ashamed to admit that I actually taped this year’s Puppy Bowl and have rewatched it to make me smile on occasion.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334/3 "2008-08-08T20:53:26Z")

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Thanks for reminding me! I’ll be rooting for [Zim and Pugsley.](http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-games/puppy-athletes/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334/4 "2008-08-08T23:17:30Z")

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What is the name of the small, dark Pomeranian? I thought I heard them call him Boyd.  
Their web site doesn’t say. ☹  
And I took a quiz on their site that says I may be ready for a dog! Squeee!

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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334/5 "2008-08-09T01:21:40Z")

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I was _very_ impressed with how well the medals ceremonies went. Okay, a few of the small fry sort of dragged them on the ground but they still looked so proud.

Actually, no they didn’t. They were just beaming at whomever was standing just above camera range.

What a hoot. Especially the water events and gymnastics. Gad, I love the Puppy Bowls and this was even better. Love the deadpan commentary too.

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**Author:** ![takehomenanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@takehomenanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/takehomenanny)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-planet-puppy-games/459334/6 "2008-08-09T21:24:18Z")

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So cute! I caught a little bit of this show last night and after awhile I realized I was saying, out loud, to my dog, “Oh, the babies! Look at the babies!”

He was unimpressed.