Weekly dog link round-up - Saturday, April 18

April 18, 11:20 AMProvidence Dogs ExaminerJane Porricelli

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Here is this week’s round-up of important/useful/interesting/fun dog links from around the web:

The Animal Rescue Site, together with Petfinder.com, is currenly hosting a $100,000 Shelter Challenge. Help choose which eligible Petfinder.com animal rescue organizations will receive special funds to help animals. Participating is simple. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue. Eligible organizations with the most votes could receive a weekly prize and/or one of the many other grants being offered. More than 60 grants will be awarded for a total of $100,000 by the end of July 2009.

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about how dogs are getting involved in social networking (presumably, with human assistance). Well, Oprah is now on Twitter, and while her new dog Sadie doesn't have an account (yet), Oprah has taken the opportunity to update us on Sadie's condition with this "tweet".

Due to the success of the first "2 Dogs Twitter Night" - a one-hour Q & A session with Luke Robinson, the man walking from Austin, TX to Boston, MA with his two dogs to raise awareness for canine cancer - another "2 Dogs Twitter Night" session will take place on Sunday, April 19, starting at 9:00 p.m. EST. Find Luke on Twitter here: twitter.com/2dogs2000miles, and find his dogs,Hudson and Murphy, on Twitter here: twitter.com/HudsonandMurphy

Cool giveaway alert! I Like is hosting a contest for a lighted dog collar by PolyBrite (which can also be purchased at PetSmart). The collar has a reflective stitching that allows your pet to be seen during daylight hours and when exposed to an external light source, e.g. headlights of an oncoming car. Additionally, PolyBrite technology provides up to one mile visibility in low light conditions and at night. Contest ends Tuesday, April 21 at 11:00 p.m. EST.

As Dr. Larry McDaniel notes in his recent Scratchings and Sniffings blog post, "The best way to destroy a breed is a sudden leap in popularity." Thus, with all the attention being bestowed upon the Obamas' dog breed of choice, McDaniel would like you to consider Eight Reasons Not to get a Portuguese Water Dog.