Win Tickets to Bark at the Ballpark!

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You can win two tickets to Sunday's Northwest Arkansas Naturals "Bark at the Ballpark" game by sending us your favorite picture of your dog playing ball.  

There are three easy ways to enter:

1. E-mail your photo to sales@bigwag.com  
2. Post your photo on our Facebook page  
3. Send your picture @BigwagDogBakery via Twitter.

 All photos must be received by midnight, Friday May 21st.  You may enter more than one photo, just be sure to include your name and contact information.   First prize is two ticket vouchers good for any Naturals home game.  Second prize and third prize winners will receive one pound of baseball treats.  All winners will be selected by the staff of Bigwag Dog Bakery and may be used in future Bigwag promotions.

Want another way to win?  Tonight from 5-7pm is our Take Me Out to the Ballgame Yappie Hour.  All our baseball jerseys and Planet Dog baseballs will be 20% OFF.  There will be baseball treats for every dog that comes in and peanuts and Crackerjack for people.  Plus, everyone who comes in will have a chance to win two tickets to Sunday's Naturals "Bark at the Ballpark" Game!

And even if you don't win, you can still join us Sunday!  We're meeting at the store at 12pm and we'll caravan to the ballpark.  Be part of the Bigwag crew by wearing yellow and you'll get a surprise from us.  You won't want to miss out - just check out the fun we had last year!  Want more details about Bark at the Ballpark?  You can find the information you need on our Pet Events Calendar.

Photos from Bark at the Ballpark

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Last weekend was jam packed with events and this week has been pretty hectic, so I'm kinda behind on my blog posts. These are just a few pictures we took at last Sunday's Bark at the Ballpark out at Arvest Ballpark. It was pretty hot out there, but we still had a great time and Sam and Cary even made last Monday's Democrat Gazette(of course, there was beer involved - it was the Hague men after all!)

Before the game begins!

Cary and I

Brandi and Peggy enjoy the game

Waiting at the concession stand. Can you say hot dogs?

Maggie the ferocious beast!

Bark at the Ballpark

Pant, pant, pant! It was a hot one yesterday at Arvest Ballpark where the Bigwag crew & I enjoyed the Bark at the Ballpark event. Lots of dogs came out to the game including our own Sam, Hannah & Oliver. I really enjoyed seeing the many dogs that were there, big & small. One of my favorite parts was when they rang the doorbell during the game & lots of dogs started barking! Too cute!! The Naturals played the Frisco RoughRiders & beat them 6-5 in the 9th inning. What more could you ask for to kick off summer than some baseball, good food, friends & man's best friend by your side? It was great to be there with my Bigwag crew though we were missing a couple ladies & I hope we can go again soon!

Play Ball Photo Contest Winners

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Announcing the winners of our "Play Ball" Photo Contest - Bill & Nancy Gross with their photo of Miss Mollie and Brett & Erin Clark with their photo of Jaina.  We had planned on choosing one photo as a winner, but both of these entries were so perfect in their own unique way that we couldn't choose just one.  Congratulations to both winners, who receive a pair of tickets for today's Bark at the Ballpark Naturals' game.  Also, congratulations again to Robbie Cornelius, who won the drawing for two tickets at Tuesday's Take Me Out to the Ballgame Yappie Hour.  If you weren't a winner, we'd still love for you to join us today.  The game begins at 2pm at Arvest Ballpark, but if you'd like to go with our group you can meet us at Bigwag at 12pm.  If you're wearing yellow, you will get a surprise!

This is Miss Mollie, among her many balls.  Nancy points out that she's even sitting on one.  We loved this picture because it so embodied the theme of play ball!

Erin titled this photo of Jaina, "Thinking Outside the Box".  When I received the e-mail, I couldn't see the picture immediately but I could read the title and as the picture downloaded, I wondered how it was going to be outside the box.  I wondered if there would even be a ball in the photo.  When I finally saw the photo, I laughed so hard!  It's just too cute and clever to pass up!

A Bird in the Hand, Er... Mouth

Don't forget to send your pictures of your dogs playing ball before midnight Friday for your chance to win 2 tickets to Sunday's Bark at the Ballpark!

Sam and Cassie enjoy watching the birds in our yard.

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I don't have anything much today, but I do have to tell you how Sam brought the bird community down on our heads yesterday morning.

Sam loves birds. He watches them constantly and tries to catch them every chance he gets. In fact, when he has jumped our fence in the past, it has always been in pursuit of a bird. His favorites are robins and mourning doves, mostly because they're big and slow. And at this time of year, Cary and I have to keep a constant vigil for baby robins in the yard, because we don't want Sam to get them.

But yesterday morning, I apparently hadn't had enough coffee, because I let the dogs out before sweeping the yard. Sam darted out and had a ball of feathers sticking out of his mouth before I even realized there was a bird in the yard. But this day, it wasn't a robin, but a young blue jay. Big Mistake! I yelled at him and he dropped it and it flopped toward the house, but not before the adult blue jays were sounding the alarm. They began swooping down at Sam and shreiking a sound that apparently was the universal bird distress signal, because all of the sudden, I had robins and mourning doves and grackles (I think, I didn't get a great look, because I was fearing for my eyes, having seen too many Hitchcock movies!) descending on my yard. Fearing for Sam's safety, I called him back to me and we cowered in the doorway until the commotion subsided. The whole time I'm yelling at him, "Why'd it have to be a blue jay!" I'm sure my neighbors think I'm crazy. I honestly had no idea that birds would cross species lines like that to protect each other. It was definitely an experience I won't forget.

In retrospect, I wonder if I should have let the adult blue jays get Sam a little. Maybe a well placed peck would have detered future escapades!

By the way, I am happy to report that the young blue jay survived and flew away after he shook off the shock Sam's morning breath! :D