The Puppy Bowl is this weekend!

I have to admit, most of my household thinks the Puppy Bowl is more entertaining than the Super Bowl. My girls and I love this show! If one of the puppies starts barking, it even catches Loco's attention. This will be Rocky's first Puppy Bowl experience so I am looking forward to seeing what he thinks about puppies on TV. This adorable alternative to the big game features dozens of puppies from rescues and shelters playing with toys and against one another in a miniature football stadium. I really hope they have the water bowl cam again this year!



I am excited that BISSELL is once again part of this fun show. Look for the BISSELL SpotBot to be featured and check out the BISSELL Kitty Half Time Show! It's fun for the whole family. Tune in to Animal Planet this Sunday, February 6 at 3 p.m. ET to catch Puppy Bowl VII.

Rocky helps with remodeling project

We are in the final stages of a small remodeling project at home to move the girls’ playroom downstairs and turn the room upstairs back into a dining room. This weekend all we had left to do was to paint and put the rooms back together. First we cleared everything left in the rooms. Without the furniture, I realized that I need to clean my carpet more regularly now that we have two dogs! There was a clear dirt path through the upstairs room and mystery stains in the basement.

I know exactly where the dirt path came from. Our dogs have this habit of running several laps around the house as soon as we let them in from outside. I would love to understand why being outside gives them a crazy energy burst as soon as they come inside?!! The racetrack goes from the back door, across the hardwood floor and through the new dining room. I was so happy that I have the BISSELL ProHeat 2X deep cleaner. It did an amazing job with the dirt path and all the spots. I love having a full-size cleaner at home so it’s there whenever I need it!

After the carpet was clean and dry, we finished the painting. About midway through, Rocky came running up to my husband with a few more white spots than usual. He managed to rub the whole side of his head and shoulder in wet paint. Does anyone know a good, safe way to remove house paint from pets? Good thing he is so cute, we couldn’t even be mad at him. Here he is looking a little guilty about “helping” with the painting; you can still see evidence of his brushwork on his ear…

Loco welcomes visitors to BISSELL with kisses

I think I may have had one of my most embarrassing work moments ever today… Both Loco and Rocky are working with me in the Pet Spot and we had some visitors stop by. These were not just ordinary visitors, but a group that included our company executives as well as executives from one of our top customers. I was asked to tell them a little about the Pet Spot. I often speak about all the different ways we use the area, however today while I was talking, Loco proceeded to jump up and give kisses to one really important person after another. I think she even got our CEO, Mark Bissell.


And did I mention that she has a really long tongue?!!! Needless to say I was mortified… Loco was so excited about having a big group visit that she wouldn’t listen to me at all. I’m really hoping that I was somewhat coherent. Luckily, everyone seemed to be dog people and laughed at her antics. We really are pet people at BISSELL; I hope our visitors enjoyed the up close and personal introduction to my furkids!

After the exciting morning, Loco is all tuckered out now…

The BISSELL MVP Photo Contest is underway

It’s that time of year again! The 2011 BISSELL MVP Photo Contest is underway, giving you the chance to win $10,000 for your favorite pet charity! Enter your pet’s photo each week to win prizes and get a shot at moving onto the finals. Plus you get discounts on cleaning products, just for participating! Enter now through March 29 and encourage your friends and family to vote!

Visit these links for some great tips for taking pictures of your pet from our pet lifestyle expert, Kristen Levine and one of our BISSELL Pack of Pet Lovers members, Kenn Bell of the Dog Files.

This contest brings a lot of fun to the BISSELL office. As employees, we can’t enter, but we do get to check out the new photos each day. I can regularly hear laughs and “awwws” from different cubicles as coworkers see funny and cute pictures. Some of the captions are so creative and others are very touching when rescue stories are shared. I think it’s awesome that during this contest our marketing group starts nearly every day talking about pets!

For those of you who saw my holiday posts, Loco and Rocky did get the squeaky toy that they were hoping for! Here’s a picture of them playing tug with poor Mr. Reindeer who is about to lose his head… This is their new favorite toy as they love all the squeakers!