Hey America: It’s tomorrow night - The American Top Hero Dog Gala. Turn on your TV at 8 PM!
America, you voted and we have a winner! And tomorrow night you'll get to 'meet' the Top American Dog Hero, Roselee, along with the others in the top eight.
Friday night - November 11th, -that’s tomorrow folks - the Hallmark Channel airs the TV special of the star-studded, first annual gala of the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™ at 8 PM EST And San Jose PST (check your local listings for other zones).
So that’s:
o Friday, Nov 11th. at
o 8 PM on
o the Hallmark Channel
Roselle is the American Top Hero Dog for 2011. Voters were moved by the story of Roselle leading her blind companion, Michael Hingson, safely down 78 flights of stairs following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
But all eight finalists are heroes in their categories. Be sure to tune in to view and honor these wonderful dogs!
- Sadie(from Westminster, CO), the certified accelerant detection K-9 who works with the Major Crimes Unit of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation
- Zurich (Des Plaines, IL), the certified service dog who helps care for and enriches the life of his sick partner
- Stacey Mae(Guffey, CO), the therapy dog who has helped collect thousands of teddy bears from around the world for sick children in hospitals
- Military Working Dog Bino (Las Cruces, NM), who has served as a Narcotics Detection/Patrol K9 for almost eleven years
- K9 Sage(Hagerman, NM), not only served at the Pentagon on 9/11 but continues search and rescue work today
- Harley(Fountain Hills, AZ), the hearing dog who has given his owner self-confidence and a feeling of equality with others that she had not experienced before
- Ricochet (Escondido, CA), the dog who surfs with special needs kids and people with disabilities for therapeutic purposes.
The event itself took place om On Oct. 1, where dog lovers from all over the country gathered at a red-carpet gala in Los Angeles, with Animal Planet's Victoria Stilwellof "It's Me or the Dog," Betty White, RIN TIN TINand other celebs and animal-lovers, to name the yellow Lab top American Hero Dog at the first-ever American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™, presented by cesar® canine cuisine. Each of the eight dog finalists received $5,000 to be donated to one of our charity partners, and Roselle won an additional $10,000 for Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Oh, and hey. and if you made that $100 donation to help out the AHA, be sure to stay tuned at the close of the show to see get your own pet listed in the end-credits of the TV special! Bow-how’s that for just plain fun! > Hero Dog Awards
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