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Faith, the Upright Walking, Two-Legged Dog is Our ‘Star Dog of the Week’!

Spicy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:15:36 +0000

Dog lover or not, you cannot miss this week’s Star Dog of the Week.

This week I have a very special dog to feature. You may have heard of her already. Meet Faith.

Faith was born on Christmas Eve in 2002 with only three legs. She was missing one in front. Her other front leg was deformed. It had to eventually be amputated. The first owner of the dog didn’t think she could live a quality life and considered putting her down. Then along came Jude Stringfellow (an absolute angel!) who rescued her, named her “Faith” and taught her how to walk upright.

Faith has since been an inspiration to thousands of people worldwide. A movie is being made about her life!

In the movie, which is set to be released in 2010, Faith and Jude inspire Iraq war veteran and amputee, Monte Miller (a fictional character, but based on Faith’s experiences with others). He was a star college football player for the University of Oklahoma. He later became a first round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys. His world was shattered in Iraq while finishing his four years with the Army before he was to report to the Cowboys. Late one night, Monte was hit during a mortar attack. He loses both legs from the knee down, thus ending his football and Army careers. In Monte’s mind, he had lost his life.

The Army discharges Monte because he was uncooperative, negative and not the least bit interested in getting better. Despite being promoted to Captain and being honored with a Purple Heart, he is severely depressed and loses his will to live. Until he meets Faith, that is.

Faith and Jude inspire Monte and help turn his life back around. Faith’s work does not go unnoticed! She was awarded the rank of E5 Sergeant, Therapy Dog in the United States Army!

An amazing dog, an amazing owner, an amazing movie ahead! We are honored to name Faith as our Celebrity Smack Star Dog of the Week!

P.S. THANK YOU Demi Moore for retweeting Faith’s story!

Learn more about Faith!

Faith the Dog – Official Fan Site

About Faith’s upcoming movie!

Faith’s Facebook

Faith on Twitter

Jude on Twitter

Faith on Oprah

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dog of the Week, April 2, 2009

Spicy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:42:23 +0000

Brought to you by Lucy Liu and Eddie!

Read on to see whose dog is this week’s Star Dog of the Week and see how you can submit your dog!

I apologize that it’s been a couple of weeks without a Star Dog, but the site is back on track and I am ready to get back to our amazing four-legged friends!

Dog: Brutus

Owner: Cory & Cindy

Breed: Pug

Age: 3

I just wanted to tell you about Brutus. (Papered name: Hogarth Delfante *gag!*) He is a 3 year old Pug. He has a “broken tongue” which makes him automatically cute. He had an accident as a puppy and lost a few teeth, but let me assure you, he is PERFECT! We had gotten him a few months back from a military family who needed to transfer and couldn’t take him. We love him so much. Hope he makes you smile!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dog of the Week, March 12, 2009

Spicy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:53:04 +0000

Brought to you by Lucy Liu and Eddie!

Video Bonus!

You HAVE to check out this video, especially if you love dogs.

A stray dog carefully rescues another stray who was hit on a freeway.

It’s pretty amazing and helps to prove that dogs (and animals!) RULE!

Read on to see whose dog is this week’s Star Dog of the Week and see how you can submit your dog!

Dog: Grady

Owner: Shannon

Breed: Rat Terrier mixed with Basenji

Grady is a rescue dog and general consensus is that he’s Rat Terrier mixed with Basenji. He’s a very happy dog and quite the personality. His nickname is Gradybug because he’s my lucky charm.

Grady is adorable and reminds me of my Lucy. Love the ears!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dog of the Week, March 3, 2009

Spicy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:05:56 +0000

Brought to you by Lucy Liu and Eddie!

Read on to see whose dog is this week’s Star Dog of the Week and see how you can submit your dog!

Dog: Padme

Owner: Francene

Location: Flower Mound, TX

Padme loves to run, cause trouble with her non fuzzy sister, and is the sweetest puppy in the land. We love her!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dogs of the Week, February 17th, 2009

Spicy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:09:57 +0000

Brought to you by Lucy Liu and Eddie!

Dog: Sunny Rae & Missy Pissy Pants

Owner: Nicole

Location: San Juan Island, WA

Age: Sunny: 4 yrs, Missy: 10 mos.

Breed: Golden Retriever, Beagle, Boston Terrier mix

Sunny and Missy live on San Juan Island, WA on a 20 acre farm. They are the best of friends. Missy was rescued from an awful home in Ohio last summer and she now rules the farm! I often find her in the stalls with the horses. Sunny is the sweetest dog in the world. I LOVE my dogs!!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dog of the Week, February 3, 2009

Spicy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:35:52 +0000

Brought to you by Lucy Liu and Eddie!

Read on to see whose dog is this week’s Star Dog of the Week and see how you can submit your dog!

Dog: Diva

Owner: Diana

Location: Maple Valley, WA

Age: 2.5 Years Old

Breed: Shelty/Bichon Frise mix

Diva is one of two puppies we kept from our Shelty Luna’s litter of 6. She has stayed a tiny 20 lbs, while her sister is twice the size! Diva is a dainty debutante who likes to stand on her back legs & dance like a little ballerina. But she’s also a mountain dog who loves hiking, can run like the wind & has no problem introducing herself to bigger dogs, horses & elk.
Diva is a total Star Dog!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dog of the Week, January 27th, 2009

Spicy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:00:55 +0000

Brought to you by Lucy Liu and Eddie!

Read on to see whose dog is this week’s Star Dog of the Week and see how you can submit your dog!

Dog: Rico

Owner: Jen

Location: Entiat, WA

Age: <1 Year Old

Breed: Chihuahua

Here is Rico. He does not listen very well and gets into trouble. But he is cute!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Star Dog of the Week, January 20th, 2009

Spicy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:06:24 +0000

Read on to see whose dog is this week’s Celebrity Smack ‘Star Dog of the Week’!

Dog: Stella
Owner: Kathy
North Riverside Illinois
1 Year Old
Flat coat retriever/Border collie

‘Stella’ Fischer is not only a dog, but a faithful companion to both her family and her stuffed animal collection. Anytime she wants to play, Curious George is always right next to her, or in her mouth for the journey. To know how special she is, you must get one of her greetings. She jumps at you with the same excitement of first meeting you each time you are near. One of the many ways she is unique, is found in the way you have to quote Marlon Brando from “A Streetcar Named Desire” to just get her to come sit by you: STELLLLAAAAAAA!

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To submit your star dog as Celebrity Smack’s ‘Star Dog of the Week’, read the rules and enter HERE.

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Remember the ‘Star Dog of the Week’? Well, I’m Bringing it Back in ‘09!

Spicy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:00:57 +0000

Interested?

In order for your dog to be considered as the Celebrity Smack ‘Star Dog of the Week’, please follow these guidelines:

1. Submit only one photo, whether you are entering one dog – or if multiple dogs are being submitted – make sure they are all in one photo. Make sense? Do not send me one pic per dog.

2. Photo must be no more than 500×500 if I have to resize your pic it will not be used!

3. Submit entry only ONCE. If your photo has not been chosen within 3-4 months, then you may resubmit. But don’t send me the same entry every week, thanks.

4. Be sure and include your dogs name(s), YOUR NAME, location, dog’s age, breed and a SHORT paragraph about the dog. Don’t send me 4 pages on the dog’s life story. Long entries will be omitted or edited at my discretion.

5. All photos become property of CelebritySmackBlog.com and will not be sold or redistributed.

6. Good luck!

** Email your pics to Star Dog 2009! **

I am hoping that this will be as successful, or more successful, than last time, and that maybe we can start getting some sponsor’s to give us some fun stuff for giveaways!

The first ‘Star Dog’ will be chosen next Tuesday, January 20th! See you then!

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Interested in sponsoring the Star Dog of the Week?

Celebrity Smack will promote your dog products, free of charge.

In 2009 we are bringing back ‘The Star Dog of the Week’, where one reader’s dog will be chosen as that week’s STAR DOG. We were very successful with this in 2006 and after popular demand, are bringing it back!

If you are interested in being a sponsor for a week, a month, or more, please reply to CelebritySmack@gmail.com and we can work something out. I am glad to share terms of free ad space and promotion, in turn for a sample of your products to give away on my site.