The 14th annual Puppy Bowl promises to be the biggest ever with 90 puppies participating in the battle to win the ‘Lombarky’ trophy.
The event will feature rescue puppies from hurricane ravaged areas including Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas.
The Puppy Bowl will air on Animal Planet on Sunday, just before the Super Bowl.
Every year Animal Planet offers the Puppy Bowl as alternative to the Super Bowl
Puppies take the field for Puppy Bowl XIV filmed in New York in October
The event will feature rescue puppies from hurricane ravaged areas including Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas
Team Ruff and Team Fluff will go paw to paw and nose to nose competing to be crowned champion of the Puppy Bowl
Team Ruff and Team Fluff will go paw to paw and nose to nose competing to be crowned champion of the Puppy Bowl.
All of the pups are available for adoption, and in years past pets have been adopted in minutes as people can quickly go online and rescue a puppy they see playing.
This year’s competition will also feature Shirley the rescue sloth as the referee’s assistant.
This year’s competition will also feature Shirley the rescue sloth as the referee’s assistant
A puppy is pictured at the Puppy Bowl Break during Discovery Communications Winter TCA Event 2018 in Pasadena, California
Another puppy is pictured at the Puppy Bowl Break in Pasadena, California
Rubi the dog is pictured as Jill Rappaport discusses Puppy Bowl XIV on January 19 in New York
The Puppy Bowl will air on Animal Planet on Sunday, just before the Super Bowl
Animal Planet worked with 48 different animal shelters and rescue organizations from 25 US states and territories, to fill the rosters of Team Ruff and Team Fluff
For the eighth year in a row, America’s favorite ‘Rufferee’ Dan Schachner will return to call the puppy penalties, furry fumbles and terrier touchdowns.
Animal Planet worked with 48 different animal shelters and rescue organizations from 25 US states and territories, to fill the rosters of Team Ruff and Team Fluff with 90 adoptable players for this puppy pile-up.
With the help of DNA testing conducted, these puppy athletes find out what they’re really made of and use it to their advantage.
Other special needs animals include Ryder (a sight-impaired Husky), Chance (a deaf Dalmatian), Moonshine (a sight-impaired and deaf Border Collie) and Luna (a Pomeranian mix with a cleft palate).
The Puppy Bowl was filmed in New York in October in a bone-shaped stadium specially made for the event.
The Puppy Bowl was filmed in New York in October in a bone-shaped stadium specially made for the event
With 90 adoptable pups, this year’s Puppy Bowl is the biggest ever
All of the pups are available for adoption, and in years past pets have been adopted in minutes as people can quickly go online and rescue a puppy they see playing
After the pup-tastic game of ear pulls and tail tugs is over, all the PUPPY BOWL puppy players end up as winners when they find their forever homes
For the eighth year in a row, America’s favorite ‘Rufferee’ Dan Schachner will return to call the puppy penalties, furry fumbles and terrier touchdowns
The 90 puppies come from 48 shelters across 25 different states and US territories