I'm on the Santa Clara Weekly Website!

Funny thing about me. Smiles, scruffy hair, and fame follow me around wherever I go. Especially when I wear one of my custom couture costumes mom makes me. Mom just spotted this photo of me on the Santa Clara Weekly's website in a feature they did about the HSSV's 5th annual fund raiser, The Fur Ball.

Mom adopted me at the HSSV 4 years ago. I'm her first shelter dog but I always hear her say I will not be the last. She is now very partial to scruffy mutts. Especially ones that look like a cross between a cartoon, a muppet and a wombat. BOL

I'm in the news! Again! BOL

BOL As most of you know I'm kind of famous. I have my own website and press page. I've received a ton of Press including being featured on the websites of the TODAY show, the Dog Whisperer, HGTV, The Campbell Reporter, Mutts Comics, Dogster.com... the list goes on and on. Last Halloween mom and I even got to fly to NYC to be on the TODAY show in their pet costume contest! Well I did it again at the Fur Ball last weekend. I'm now featured on the NBC 11 website in their slideshow of the 5th Annual Humane Society of Silicon Valley Fur Ball. There are two pictures of me, modeling both sides of my new "No Nuts" pro-spay and neuter costume. Woo Hoo. I work very hard to be a goodwill ambassador for shelter dogs who need homes. You can check out all of the details on my website www.CutestDogEver.com.

This photo of mom, dad, and I arriving was sent to us by Mr. John England

Here's more from my mom:

What fun! For the first time ever I attended the annual black tie fund raiser for the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. The HSSV is a non-profit, privately funded shelter that serves the Bay Area. I have a very soft spot for the HSSV because it's where I found and adopted my dog Kitai from. It is a wonderful organization. My understanding is that it has managed, through adoption at it's own facility and by partnering with other shelters and rescues, to successfully reduce it's kill rate of adoptable animals to zero. It is a truly "Humane" society and shelter.

Front Row: Kitai's butt, Marcel

Back Row: Nick, Me, Russell from Dogster HQ, my Hubby

The Tent

Kitai's new Pro-Neuter costume!

Get it? No Nuts!

With Russel, Kitai and Marcel

One of the main reasons we attended the Fur Ball was because our pal Woz was the Co-MC

Woz is a huge supporter of the HSSV. He even helped make and publicizes this video "www.CatsWithoutAHome.com" about how feral cats are faring here in the Silicon Valley and what we can do to help the cats and the organizations who look after them.

Kathy Griffin was the Co-MC along with Woz. Here she is on the Big Screen.

Kitai had a water color portrait done. I think it really captured his scruffiness.

He also had a caricature done by artist Jodi Carr. So cute huh?

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Doggie Moms with Morgan and Kitai

John had fun and even put 3 bids on a silent auction item. He didn't win it but I was glad he tried. All of the proceeds went to the HSSV.

The HSSV mobile unit. I adopted Kitai at the HSSV 4 years ago.

After the Fur Ball we went on a donut run. From left to right: Keith, John & Woz.

LOL The guys all wore their fancy clothes, the girls all changed into comfortable clothes. It was a really fun night but boy were Kitai and I tired at the end of it all.

Will You Vote for Me?

OMD mom just found out a picture of me is in a photo contest to win the honor of "Photo of the Year" on Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer website. I'm entered because my picture was one of twelve used last year in the DW newsletter. I was the February photo, dressed as Cesar himself from Halloween the previous year.

You don't even have to register... Just CLICK HERE to vote. You'll know me when you see me. This is the picture that is entered in the contest.

Thanks for voting everyone!

My First News Article!

CLICK HERE to read the whole article.

Upon my arrival home from my big trip to NYC mom found an email from The Campbell Reporter asking if I wanted to be interviewed for an article they wanted to write about me.

My people, mom, talked to their people, Cathy, and an interview date was arranged. I was pretty laid back for the meeting.

I did my tricks for Cathy and even let a little boy, who seemed scared of dogs, pet me.

Mom was excited because she got to talk a LOT about how I came from a shelter and all about my new spay and neuter fund. That made both of us happy because we both love to help other dogs. Well, mom likes to help them, I just like to sniff their butts.

Here is the actual newsprint article below.

Woo Hoo I was on TV!

Well I went to New York City!

As you may have heard... I didn't win the big costume contest. Truthfully I wasn't that disappointed. I mean it would have been WAY cool to win, but really what am I gonna do with a big gold trophy? There would have only been two options, pee on it or chew on it. Mom says both would be really wrong so I guess I didn't miss out on too much. The consolation prizes were great! Lots of treats and toys! I already shared some with one of my Dogster pal's whose mom came all the way to NYC from New Jersey to meet me. I sent Daisy my giant rawhide and a package of treats. I hope she enjoys them. I'm also going to offer my Pegetable to my pal Rosalita because I know she loves them.

Mom was thrilled I was on tv. As many of you know I am a volunteer goodwill ambassador for pet adoption through shelters and rescues. So as long as we helped to spread the word that there are great dogs waiting for new forever homes in shelters that was all that really mattered to her. They didn't mic my mom so if any of you were wondering what she said to Natalie when she asked why mom made me a Cesar costume mom told her it was because we admire Cesar for helping families stay together.

On a funny note I was treated like a star! A driver in a big, shiny, black car picked us us at the airport and we stayed in a swanky luxurious hotel. I could get used to being treated like a celebrity!

This morning before the show mom took me down for a walk in Central Park. I peed on so many trees and fire hydrants in NYC I lost count! Then we were whisked off to the NBC studios. A lot of people there really liked my costume. One lady even made Matt Lauer come look at me! He laughed when he saw my outfit. After the segment I got my picture taken with Elvira and football player Tiki Barber.

Mom was VERY proud of me. As some of you know I used to have a BIG problem being mean to big dogs. Well today I quickly became buddies with Miles the Rottweiler and after one little growl at Pasha, the gorgeous Husky who won, I was also pretty darn nice to him too.

Then Mom's Dogster.com pal and her daughter met us back at the hotel and we went for another walk in Central Park and grabbed some lunch off a street cart. I saw LOTS of carriage horses. I was minding my manners really well. I almost barked at them once but when mom told me to settle down I did. I was the model tourist. Well except for the peeing on everything in sight part. BOL.

So all in all the trip was a blast! We had a great time meeting and hanging out with all of the other pups and their owners that morning and I am now an official jet setter. Mom says I did great on the plane. I was in cargo since I'm too big to fit in the cabin, but I did just fine. Mom made sure to get a direct, non-stop, flight so I would be less traumatized and to remove any chance of us being seperated on the flight.

Well I have to run. It's Halloween. Time to go Trick-or-Treating! We'll post a picture of my new costume on my page tomorrow! Hope you all get lots of great treats!

XOXOXO

Kitai

Check out my prizes!

I'm going to be on the TODAY Show in NYC

Yup NYC here I come! Turns out Mom had entered me in their pet costume contest and I made it into the final 6 dogs being invited to be on the show Halloween morning! There isn't a "prize" per say, just the glory of being on tv so in a manner of speaking we've all already won just by being on the show.

Today I have to go to the Vet to get my health certificate and mom and I fly out tomorrow afternoon. We're on the show tomorrow morning and leave in the afternoon.

We could have stayed longer but mom just got married the other day and wants to come back home right away so she can be with her new hubby. I got to walk down the aisle at the wedding as the "Mutt of Honor" then hung out with the guests all night long at the reception since it was a pet friendly hotel.

What a week this has been!