National Dog Day Press Release

National Dog Day Foundation to Save 10,000 Dogs with Pixels
Animal Artist’s and Photographers Help with the Goal to Build
First National Dog Day “No-Kill” Shelter on Olympic Peninsula

Seattle, WA February 9, 2006 - The latest craze in internet advertising is “literally going to the dogs.” The goal of TenThousandPixelPuppies.com is to “save” 10,000 Homeless Dogs across the country and is the brain child of dog behavioral expert, Colleen Paige, the founder of National Dog Day. All proceeds from the site will go to the National Dog Day Foundation which is sponsoring the First Annual National Dog Day, taking place August 26th, 2006.

TenThousandPixelPuppies.com will present a collage of 10,000 dog faces in the form of original art and photography by talented individuals all over the country. As the squares are purchased the dog faces are replaced with company logos, and you’ll be able to literally visualize thousands of dogs being saved!

All art and photography submissions are free to submit and a link to the prospective submitter’s web site will be offered in gratitude for those submissions. There is no limit to how many “dog face” contributions
one can make and the proceeds from this site will go to directly fund the first National Dog Day “no kill” Shelter on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

Companies or individuals can purchase a half inch x half inch block ad space for $100.00 - which will then be linked back to the companies’ web sites. There are no limits to the amount of blocks that can be bought by either companies or individuals. Each company will receive one year's exposure on TenThousandPixelPuppies.com. Sponsors’ ads will appear immediately, but their "year" of exposure” will not officially begin until all ad spaces are filled, giving them additional exposure.

The holiday will be launched with a parade in New York City and day long special events at Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan. The Grand Marshall for the parade will be Jon Provost the beloved “Timmy” from the original Lassie television series. National Dog Day has been busy “barking” up steam with a number of impressive sponsors and supporters already on board including; Fido Friendly Magazine, American Greetings, Artist Ron Burns, Forbes Magazine’s Photographer Glen Davis, Nutro Dog Food, Petco, Midwest Airlines and many others.

TenThousandPixelPuppies.com was launched on January 20th, but artists are still urged to get artwork submissions in! Anyone interested in submitting artwork or buying ad blocks should visit TenThousandPixelPuppies.com for ad and art specs.

National Dog Day's major focus is to pay homage to the unconditional love, companionship and bravery that dogs bring to us on a daily basis. Whether its service dogs that help the blind, handicapped or other-wise challenged humans, military dogs that serve in wars and public disasters (bomb-sniffing, hurricane relief, 9/11 rescue) or our own loving companions.