#Tillman Tuesday Giveaway Winner!

I got a lot of cool answers to this week's #Tillman Tuesday question: How did you get yer Name??

Some of you were named after TV, movie or book characters, athletes, rock bands, songs, actors, previous loved pets, human relatives, friends, an ex-boyfriend or names people wanted to name their kids! One was named after a god and one after a goddess! Other names came from a roller coasters, a constellation and a comet. Some of you had your names already when you were adopted. One had been abused and had a bad name so they gave her a new one - Princess! 

Zoe @sherryfawkes
named after actress Zoe Saldana

Cinny @teamcockapoo
named after her cinnamon color

A lot of you got yer names cuz of how you act, look, or things you do - Monkey, Cocoa, Squeak, Gabby. One kitty just 'looks' like a Leonard. BOL! Purl had been a stray in the cold who needed a sweater, Silver's mom sold a silver necklace to pay adoption fees for her and her sister. Where you were found, favorite foods.. Some have Hawaiian or French names, and Shayna is Yiddish for 'pretty.' Newman's mom said he was the 'new man' of the house - and it stuck! Cooper is named after his dad's expensive tires, Pepper was named after a dream. Daffodil got her name cause her mom said she'd blossom in her new home. Lily's mom just liked the name.

I really liked learning about all of your names!

I used Random.org to draw the winner of the $50 Petco gift card, courtesy of my super awesome sponsor, Natural Balance Pet Foods - and the winner is... LEGEND! Yaaaayyy!!!! 

Legend is a big male American pit bull terrier who's changed a lot of peoples' minds about how pit bulls really are. His owner wanted a name that was different and that people wouldn't forget so he was named Legend. He *wasn't* named after the movie, "I Am Legend!" He was born before that movie came out. BOL!

I don't know how long Legend's been around the Internet, but he's very new to Twitter, so why don't you all follow him and make friends! @PittiePupLegend

Legend

Be sure to watch "Who Let The Dogs Out" on Animal Planet this Saturday to find out who will win the competition for America's Most Talented Dog! 

Norman the Scooter Dog and I will co-host the Viewing Pawty on Saturday on Twitter from 6am-11am PDT! Be there or be square! BOL!

Norman the Scooter Dog

Chow!
Tillman

#Tillman Tuesday Giveaway - The Name Game!

It's finally Tillman Tuesday again! Seems like more than a week ago, doesn't it?? Anyway, the Tillman Tuesday Question of the Day is... How did you get your Name??

I was named after late NFL football player and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman. Sully was named after Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, the airline pilot who safely landed the plane in the Hudson River in 2009. Rose was... well, she just looks like a Rose, right?? BOL! Actually, she got that name cuz she rode in the Rose Parade on Jimmy Van Patten's Lap, when she was a puppy. Awww.

Corporal Patrick Tillman

Captain Sullenberger with baby Sully
in front of my 2010 Rose Parade float

Rose

Leave a comment below about how your pet got their name - and don't forget your Twitter ID or your email address, so I can find you if you win the drawing! One commenter will get a $50 Petco gift card!  Is there anything better than that? Maybe.. but that's a really good prize! Woof!!

Be sure to watch "Who Let The Dogs Out" on Animal Planet this Saturday! It's our grand finale!

And plan to be at my Viewing Pawty on Saturday on Twitter from 6am-11am PDT - this week with my special guest, Norman the Scooter Dog!

Tweet with Norman & me on Saturday!

OK, so tell me how your pets got their names and let's give away this gift card! (Don't forget your Twitter ID or email!)

Tillman

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

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

Week 2: TillmanTV Blog Hop Giveaway!

IT'S TILLMAN TUESDAY!!

Time to blog about your pet's favorite sport for our 2nd #TillmanTV 24 hour Blog hop!!

Every Tuesday, here at TillmanSkates.com, we're asking pets to link their blog posts about their talented pets to our blog hop. Each week, a randomly chosen blog will win a *30 pound bag* of Natural Balance Pet Food (what I eat!) and a case of Tillman's Treats - *AND* they'll get to choose a shelter or rescue who'll get *1000 POUNDS* of Natural Balance pet food!!

Bloggers from anywhere can participate in the blog hop, but the prizes and donations must be sent to US or Canadian addresses - AND donations will be made to NO KILL SHELTERS ONLY.

We have all sorts of other stuff planned to go along with my new Animal Planet Saturday morning TV series, "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT," (premiering Feb.18th) so be sure to follow me @tillmanskates on Twitter and on Facebook - and follow Natural Balance on Facebook, too.  ; )  

So TODAY - blog about your pet's favorite sport - then come back here with the link to your page and join the blog hop by clicking on the link below. Check out all the other entries, too! Make some new friends!

Blog Hop open from 12:00am PST Feb. 7, 2012 until 11:59pm PST Feb. 7, 2012. Read Terms & Conditions before joining the Blog Hop Giveaway. 

P.S. Natural Balance is *also* donating one meal to a shelter for every new Like on my Facebook Page!  Woof!!