This Dog Can Sing! Just Call Me Elvis Tillman!

Bet you didn't know I can sing, too! Yep, that's me with my back-up singers at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville this week! Wally may think he's the lead singer, but I just let him wear the t-shirt. Shhh... don't tell him!

It sure was a week filled with adventure as we first headed to Memphis for a tour of Graceland to relive Elvis' glory days! Then it was off to Sun Records where I could still feel the vibes from Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. I ain't nothing like a hound dog, but put me in some blue suede shoes and just watch this Bulldog sing! hehe!

Next, we headed down the road to Nashville where my pals and I performed at the Grand Ole Opry. And later, we learned about an amazing act from my new hero Ashley Judd, who stepped up to help one of our less fortunate dog pals in need in Nashville.

This is an action-packed week not to miss, and you can catch us all on an all new episode of Who Let The Dogs Out on Hallmark Channel on Friday, April 12 at 1 p.m. Eastern and Pacific/12 noon Central. Y'all come down and watch us and don't forget to watch with us on Twitter too by following hashtag #TillmanTV!

Arrrroooooooooo!

I'm One Lucky Dog!

Talk about being a lucky dog. Wow. Being a star on a TV show like Who Let the Dogs Out has its privileges, but this week was even better.

I got to visit the famous Playboy mansion in Los Angeles for an upcoming episode of Who Let the Dogs Out. While at the mansion Hugh Hefner and his wife Crystal Hefner gave me a superstar welcome! Check out this pawsome photo of me and Mrs Crystal Hefner together. I wonder if I made Hef jealous...

This photo ran on popular websites and magazines, like US Weekly!

How much luckier could a dog like me be! Keep watching Who Let the Dogs Out on Hallmark Channel for this fun segment of me and the Hefners!

Who Let The Dogs Out Viewing Party Prizes!

Hey Everybody!
Be sure to stop by and say Hey on Twitter during my 2 Viewing Parties:

Friday 10-11am PT & 1-2pm PT

Find me at Hashtag #TillmanTV

Watch Who Let The Dogs Out on the Hallmark Channel with me and my pals

and pay attention cuz I'll be giving away all kind of cool stuff!

My  Signature Skateboard!

A CASE of Natural Balance Platefulls
for the Kittehs

A CASE of Tillman's Treats
to Share with All your Pals at the Dog Park! BOL!

Tillman Prize Pack with Shampoo,
Who Let The Dogs Out T-shirt, Tillman Treats & Trading Card

Good Luck!

Woof!

"Who Let The Dogs Out at BlogPaws" TODAY! Show, Contest, Twitter Party!!

Be sure to watch Who Let The Dogs Out today, Friday, Feb. 8 on the Hallmark Channel - and come to my Twitter Viewing Party with the hashtag #TillmanTV from 10am - 2pm PT and see all the animals and their people - including Me, Rose, Sully and Norman - who attended the pawsome BlogPaws Social Media Pet Bloggers Conference in Salt Lake City last year! 

Me and Brutus the Dane at BlogPaws!

Read below for how you could win a free registration AND hotel stay for this year's BlogPaws Conference (May 16-18, 2013)!! I know... right!??

Check your local cable provider listings between for Who Let The Dogs Out, sometime between 10am & 2pm on The Hallmark Channel. Set your DVR if you can't watch it today - you'll have all weekend to enter the contest! And tell your friends, your family, your fans! If your cable service doesn't get the Hallmark Channel, have your neighbor record it for you! Woof!!

Enter the "Who Let The Dogs Out at BlogPaws Contest" this weekend. The prize is a Full 2013 BlogPaws Social Media and Pet Bloggers Conference Registration (from BlogPaws) AND a Free Hotel Room at the Sheraton Tysons Corner, VA (from Who Let The Dogs Out!) - Approx. value:  $575.  Contest ends Sunday, Feb. 10 at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

Haven't heard of BlogPaws?? 

Check it out!

Here's how to enter to win!

Watch the Feb. 8th episode of "Who Let The Dogs Out" (you can record it, and watch it later, but watch it in time to write a blog post before Sunday at midnight!)

Write a "Who Let The Dogs Out" at BlogPaws post for your blog that includes these 3 things: 

1. Tell us what you like the most about the show, in general.
2. If you hadn't heard of BlogPaws before, tell me what you learned about BlogPaws, from the show. If you DO know about BlogPaws, tell me what you liked the most about the BlogPaws part of the episode.
3. Tell me what you'd like to learn at BlogPaws 2013.

Publish your blog post and link up to the "Who Let The Dogs Out" at BlogPaws Blog Hop, below before 11:59pm ET Sunday night Feb. 10, 2013.



My 'people' will use Random.org to pick a winner from qualifying posts in my "Who Let The Dogs Out at BlogPaws Blog Hop below on Monday, February 11, 2013. The winner will be emailed that day. The winner has to reply via email within 48 hours to claim their prize. Must be 18 years or older. Must agree to hold harmless BlogPaws, Who Let The Dogs Out, and all associated entities from any damages related to this contest.

Please read the full rules and regulations for contests and sweepstakes before entering:
"Who Let The Dogs Out" at BlogPaws Contest Full Rules and Regulations
Good Luck!

See you at the Twitter party at 10am PT! #TillmanTV

Video of Heartwarming Military Family Reunion at Natural Balance Rose Parade Float

Check out this video clip of the heartwarming reunion of the Military family at the Natural Balance Pet Foods Rose Parade float on New Year's Day:

A Military Family United at Rose Parade, thanks to Natural Balance Pet Foods

Tillman with reunited military family Rose Parade

Whew, I'm tired today! The Rose Parade yesterday was a lot of fun with lots going on. My pals at Natural Balance Pet Food really did a pawsome job making this year's Rose Parade float even more special than ever.

Hopefully you saw that amazing reunion between Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pazz (who is currently deployed in Afghanistan) when he was reunited with his wife, Miriam, and son, Eric Jr., at this year's Rose Parade thanks to Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. That's me in the picture with them. I'm wearing my own Honorary Marine uniform! Also in the photo is Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Willingham and Cpl. Juan Rodriguez with Lucca, a Military War Dog hero who lost her leg protecting her fellow Marines during a routine mission. Lucca is one incredible dog, a true hero. Agree? Let your friends know.

THIS WEEK ON WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!

This is going to be a great episode, so be sure to write Saturday April 7th on your calendar and figure out what time "Who Let The Dogs Out" airs on Animal Planet at your house - or your neighbor's house!

Before I give you a sneak peak of Saturday's show, I want to congratulate Cathy Keisha, who won yesterday's #TillmanTuesday Giveaway! She's going to get a $50 Petco gift card! Woof!!

Stunning Keisha

Our #TillmanTuesday Topic was Favorite Animal Books. There were so many of them! I haven't even heard of some of them, so I have to check them out. Cathy Keisha had a few favorites: Charlotte's Web, Jenny Lind and Her Listening Cat and Homer the Blind Wonder Cat's book, Homer's Odyssey. Thanks for the recommendations Cathy - and I hope you get some of the new Natural Balance Perfect Bites kitty snacks with your Petco card. I haven't tried them (yet! BOL!), but I hear their super yummy.  ; )

Anyway, this week, we've got Betty White - who can't seem to decide between me and Eric (which happens way too much, btw...), and a bunch of awesome animal loving celebrities. We'll also meet the Snow Ball Express - a wonderful organization that helps military families who've lost a parent in action, the U.S. Marines, all kinds of military dogs - and lots more!

Set your DVR to record it if you won't be home (or up), but if you will be up, join me and all my pals on Twitter at #TillmanTV from 6a-11a PDT while we chat and watch the show together! You can ask me stuff and and I'll have some prizes to give away...
RSVP here --> twtvite.com/tillmantv8

See you on Saturday!!
Tillman

Tillman Tuesday - Book 'em, Sully!

Today's Tillman Tuesday question is: What is your favorite animal book??

I can't decide on just one, myself, cuz I read SO MANY when I was working on this PSA for the New York Public Library a while back:

Leave a comment below about *your* favorite animal book - and don't forget your Twitter ID or your email address, so I can track you down if you win my random drawing! One commenter will get a $50 Petco gift card to buy whatever they want - though I highly recommend NATURAL BALANCE PET FOOD with a TILLMAN'S TREATS chaser!! Bone appétit! BOL!!

We're big readers!

You have to be a U.S. resident to enter this giveaway. Well, that's not really true. You can still enter if you're not, but you'll need to choose a U.S. resident to give or donate the prize to, if you win.

Be sure to watch "Who Let The Dogs Out" on Animal Planet this Saturday! You don't want to miss my fling with Betty White - or see Ron dressed in that suit again! (Just kidding  Ron, it looks great.) BOL!

Who's smooching who!?

Which one of us looks more
uncomfortable in our suit?

And don't forget to RSVP for my "Who Let The Dogs Out" Viewing Pawty on Saturday on Twitter!      --> RSVP. I'll be hanging with my pals again from 6-11am PDT while we watch the show through all the different U.S. time zones on Animal Planet.

Keepin' track of all my prize winners.
Dawg! We've had a lot of winners!

OK, so tell me yer favorite animal books! Maybe there's one I missed...

Tillman

NASCAR LAST SUNDAY SUNDAY *SUNDAY!*

Me and Ron went to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, on Sunday 3/25 for the Auto Club 400 NASCAR race!

Greg Biffle, Me & Ron

We hung out with my NBB (New Best Bro) Greg Biffle #16! We watched his pit crew team working on his car in the garage, and in the pits, too. We went to the Driver meeting (did you know they have Driver meetings?) and heard the Race Officials give directions to the drives and pit crews.

I was an Honorary Official at the pre-race ceremony and went up on stage with Greg Biffle!

Then I got to skate ON the AutoClub Speedway TRACK before the race started!! 

I know... Right!??

This is the skateboard Biffle souped up for me!
Check it!!

I was on ESPN and FoxSports! Uh huh.

Give it to me! Give it to me!

I got this!

Skatin' on the Speedway!

I think Ron's trying to head me off!

THAT WAS AWESOME!!

I wanted to bring "the luck of the dog" to Greg, and I think I did, cuz he finished in the top 10 (#6) in the Sunday race!

I also got a whole slew of new Facebook and Twitter followers - NASCAR fans who like fast cars and fast dogs! BOL! So welcome, you new guys - and ladies...   ; )

I hope you'll follow me on this blog, and on Facebook and Twitter, too, to keep up with all my exploits and appearances. I have my own reality show called "Who Let The Dogs Out" on Animal Planet every Saturday morning through April 21st - and I host a Twitter Viewing Pawty Saturdays from 6am to 11am PDT, where I hang out and tweet with my buds and give away prizes.

You can learn more about the Twitter Viewing Pawties here - where you'll be entered to win a stuffed Tillman dog toy just for RSVP'ing.

See ya on Saturday!

Tillman

Tillman Tuesday Winner & Viva Las Vegas!

This week's Tillman Tuesday question was 'Who's your favorite animal TV character?' We got lotsa fun answers! Mine's Max from Jack & the Fat Man, who was played by my great great grandpa Buford!

William Conrad & Buford

Some other faves were:

Gentle Ben,  Flipper, Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Me, Sully, Rose, Wally & Norman from Who Let the Dogs Out (BOL!), Happy from 7th Heaven, Arnold the pig from Green Acres, Seabiscuit, Diefenbaker from the Canadian series Due South, Flash the bassett hound from Dukes of Hazard, Trigger, Eddie from Frasier, the dog in Once Upon a Time, the cat on Early Edition, Mr. Ed, Comet from Full House, Salem from Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, Scooby Doo, Digby from Pushing Daisies, Perry the Platypus, London the German shepherd from the Canadian show The Littlest Hobo, Wolf on Dr. Quinn, Buster the beagle from the Wonder Years, Wishbone, Ladadog from Please Don't Eat The Daisies, My Friend Flicka, Murray from Mad About You, Tramp from My Three Sons, Brownie Wiseman, Spot the Dragon who lived under the stairs in The Munsters, Stella from Modern Family, and the snake that Jake the Snake Roberts would come out with on WWF. Woof!!

Who knew there'd be SO MANY!??  WOW!

Christopher

The randomly chosen winner of the $50 Petco gift card and the Tillman & Rose toys is a super cool blind kitty named Christopher (@chrisgroove1)! His fave was the Data's cat Spot on Star Trek! BOL!

Be sure to swing by next Tillman Tuesday for another Giveaway - and if you haven't already, RSVP for this Saturday's "Who Let The Dogs Out" Viewing Pawty on Twitter here: RSVP. I'll be on Twitter to talk with you guys and give out prizes while we watch this week's episode on Animal Planet.

Don't miss our Vegas episode, where Norman showing his stuff to movie star dogs Uggie and Cosmo and their trainers, you see which of us bullys excels on an agility course - and somebody gets hitched in a Vegas wedding chapel!! BOL!

Norman, Uggie and Cosmo!

Week 5 Twitter Viewing Pawty & #TillmanTues Winner!

Congratz Trish B and Lumpy for winning my #Tillman Tuesday Giveaway! We'll have another one next week, so keep coming back, everybody!

Lumpy

Meanwhile, Saturday is Episode #5 of "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT" and my 5th Twitter Viewing Pawty! I'm on Twitter Saturday mornings from 6-11am PDT, hanging with my pals, talking with my fans, watching the show in all the different US time zones, and giving away prizes.

Check your local listings for when "Who Let The Dogs Out" is on Animal Planet  Saturday morning in your area.

Me at last week's Twitter Viewing Pawty giving away prizes! BOL!

Go on Twitter (or TweetGrid or Hootsuite or Tweetdeck) and use the hashtag #TillmanTV. I'll be there as @Tillmanskates.

Click here for the Twtvite and more info. See you on Saturday!! Woof!!

Tillman

#Tillman Tuesday Winner!

OMD! Check out the winner of my #Tillman Tuesday Giveaway! A little lady after my own heart... Twig the skateboarding Shelty! She skateboards and skimboards - even down stairs, like me! I think I'm in love.

@twigskates

Twig Skates's comment to Tuesday's blog giveaway was chosen by www.random.org, so she and her BFF Chili will be getting an awesome prize package from Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods - shipped right to their door in Florida.

Dang. She lives all the way across the country! Dick? Jimmy? Can we go back to Florida??

Twig won 2 coupons good for up to a 28 pound bag of Natural Balance pet food each, a case of Tillman's Treats and a set of Tillman and Rose plush toys!

Congratulations Twig! And hey girl ~ You need to send a video like this one of you doing your best stuff to k9casting at gmail.com, so you can get on my Animal Planet TV show, "Who Let The Dogs Out!" Not even kidding!

Please come by and hang with me at my Twitter Viewing Pawties for "Who Let the Dogs Out" every Saturday morning for the next five weeks! Just follow me on Twitter @Tillmanskates #TillmanTV between 6am and 11am PDT. You can totally get in some skimboarding in by then on Florida time!

I'll be watching my show with my fans and giving away prizes and all kinds of fun stuff. We're featuring a bunch of Mountain Mutts this week: Search and Rescue Dogs, Squaw Dogs, a snowmobiling dog - and you Rose fans will get to see her snowboarding! She sure loves to snowboard!

My shadow. BOL!

 I sure hope you'll drop by! Woof! See you Saturday, dawgs and gals!

Tillman

Tomorrow's Valentine's Day Blog Hop!

Tomorrow's blog hop theme will be "Valentine's Day" - pretty appropriate, right? BOL!

Rose

OK, so here's the deal:


You post something about Valentine's Day or love or kisses - you get the idea - on your blog. Copy the URL of that blog post, then come back here Tuesday, Feb. 14th, & join the hop with the form that will be linked at the bottom of my Valentine's Day Blog Hop post.


One random blogger will win 30lbs of Natural Balance pet food & a case of Tillman's Treats. They'll also have the opportunity to choose a No Kill shelter or rescue to receive a real Valentine's treat: 1000lbs of Natural Balance Pet Food!


So start writing your blog post, post love-y pics, whatever - and I'll see you back here tomorrow!


And don't forget to RSVP for my Animal Planet "Who Let The Dogs Out" Twitter viewing pawty on Saturday morning! Woof!


Tillman