APDG ~ National Puppy Day - 3/23

Did any of you know that March 23rd is National Puppy Day? Well yes it is.

National Puppy Day gives you the opportunity to .... you guessed it......adopt a puppy!

Puppy Day, also known as National Puppy Day in the U.S., is a holiday that not only celebrates the offspring of “mankind’s best friends” but also urges people to adopt puppies on this day. It is also an unofficial holiday whose goal is to put an end to the cruel practice of puppy mills and farms. So if you’re a fan of these furry creatures, then you might want to try celebrating this holiday with your friends and family on March 23rd.

Puppy Day was invented in 2006 by Colleen Paige, an animal behaviorist, pet & family lifestyle expert, designer and author. She is also the creator of a number of different pet-related holidays other than Puppy Day. She’s responsible for Cat Day, National Dog Day, Mutt Day, Wildlife Day and National Black Dog Day.

Puppy mills are places where dogs are kept and bred for the purpose of later selling them. Many of these puppy mills operate under extremely inhumane conditions. The dogs are often treated as breeding machines and then when the dogs are unable to produce any more puppies, then they are either euthanized or dumped on the streets. Here are some other facts about puppy mills:

In the United States, there are an estimated 10,000 puppy mills Puppy mills breed over 2 million puppies a year Over 1.3 million dogs are euthanized in shelters each year Missouri has the largest concentration of puppy mills in the Midwest Other U.S States with high numbers of puppy mills include Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana.

Puppy Day can be celebrated by adopting a puppy from your local shelter, by raising awareness about the cruel practice of puppy mills or by simply spending some one-on-one time with a puppy you currently own. You can also use the hashtag #NationalPuppyDay on social media to let everyone know that you care about puppies.

Next onto our swap:

Post THREE (3) pictures and/or gifs to each of your THREE (3) partner’s profiles with the theme “National Puppy Day” or puppy. The pictures that you choose may be the SAME OR DIFFERENT between all of your partners. Please choose pictures that you think THEY will enjoy!

Only people with well filled out profiles may participate in this swap. I will be checking the night before partners get assigned.

If you get 3 pictures from your partner on "National Puppy Day” or puppy you have to rate them a 5. The heart on the rating is for if you like what they sent.

To leave a photo on someone's profile use this code ! [ ] ( Put image address here ) With NO spaces & paste the picture's link between the curved parentheses.

Practice on your own profile first to be sure it looks good because you can easily delete there.

Pick images that are size 300 wide or smaller to be sure they fit. I go to Google images to get my pictures.

Hover over images to see their size because there will be some larger sizes there too. If you really like something click on it and go to the words SEARCH BY IMAGE and click on that. THEN go to the word SMALL and see if there is one 300 size. There are other tricks in the group thread; AN EASY way to get a small PIC from a BIG one;-)

You can find moving pictures at http://giphy.com/

Please write the TITLE OF THE SWAP ON YOUR PROFILE DECO MESSAGE too! This makes it easier for partners that are in a lot of these swaps to rate it.

Any problems, feel free to contact me.

I want to thank @anrtist for allowing me to borrow SOME of her wording.