Wow! What a great contest! After 2,485 unique votes and 58 comment posted we have our winners. But, more important were the heartwarming comments posted by so many participants. JoAnn especially loved the kind words from Carrie, who said on June 1st, 2012:
“I enjoyed this contest because I found myself writing to friends and family that I have long neglected, just to ask them to vote for my cat. Most everyone wrote back with other news besides voting for Ebony. I got news from around the country, from Colombia, from Spain and from England. No, we won’t win any prize, but we found a lot of pleasure and fun. Thank you to The Callaways for the fun ideas, contests and keeping in touch with past clients.”
Thank you all for joining in the fun. All of your photos were so adorable and every pet could be a winner. Now, drum roll please. In first place and the recipient of a $750.00 cash award is Stephanie. In second place and the recipient of a $500.00 cash award is Joyce. In third place and the recipient of a $250.00 cash award is Margaret.
Coco is so cute! Love the clever positioning of her in front of the restaurant with it’s birthday banner.
Coco is a natural…no posing needed…
Coco is the most outgoing friendly dog i have ever met!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe I ate tho whole thing!
The mohawk cut makes it….too cute.
Karma you are the BOMB girl!!
Vote for Karma! She is adorable, cute, good looking, smart, funny and even with these qualities she is humble !
Ebony wants to thank everyone that has voted for her. She has promised to share with ReadWest, teaching adult literacy and ESL, if she wins anything. Of course she will buy a new catnip mouse and a can of her favorite food first.
I vote for Karma…….what a cutie!
Karma is the cutest, scruffiest dog ever!
I just love Penny in her red white and blue. She is an adorable patriotic guinea pig.
wow-only 24 hrs. and 138 votes-seems. impossible those others have been on there for weeks
Peaches no need to be jealous(not becoming and bad sportsmanship)….just do your best
Penelope is an “All American” winner!! Vote Penelope the guinea pig!!
I love Penelope the Guinea Pig!! What a cutie!
I love Penny!
Penelope is the “Uncle Sam” of Guinea Pigs! Well I think it would Be Autie Sammy LOL!
Penelope…the all American guinea pig…is the bomb(bombette?)
Karma is the cutest of all dogs, and has my vote!!
i think all veterans and all patiotic people should vote for the red white and blue guinnea pig i just love it
You are realize, of course, that some of these contestants have pet parents who know how to get around the “one vote per pet” right?
I agree, Penelope’s family has gotten over 200 votes in two days. can you say cheater?
One person = one vote = thank you, everyone, who ask all of their contacts. You are so good to me and my parents.
If I read this correctly “Be sure to let all your friends and family know to come vote for your little darling!” and I believe I am… I think Taffy should apologize to Penelope’s family and freinds… We are a large family WITH A LOT of FRIENDS that have bought and sold more than 20 homes with Those Callaways alone. We don’t need to cheat to win this… Shame on you!!!
I AGREE Bud! Taffy’s comment was pretty VISCIOUS….We all love pets..be kind
BOLOGNA!
Peaches, Forever and Taffy, your comments make me realize why I quit volunteering to coach youth sports. The kids were great … the parents, well not so much! Focus on making sure you and yours are not cheaters, or whiners.
Hard to imagine people getting jealous over a PET contest…..seriously Peaches and Taffy…get a grip on reality! Maybe you should RE-read Gordon’s comment!
wow-really! hope you are as perfect as you claim to be- amazing to rip Taffy peaches and forever when you know nothing about them.
Fred w…are u married 2 Peaches or Taffy? If so…..I hope u’re not cheating(ok bad joke)
All the pets are pretty cool
How come everyone picks on the guinea pigs number of votes?….no one seems to mention the scruffy dog’s votes(they seem pretty close in votes so far)
Duece gets my vote! He is the cutest bulldog I have ever seen!
The 7th dog, the white one, in the blue M&M outfit is so adorable! That dog is “GOING TO HOLLYWOOD!” That dog has my vote!
Oh how cute!!! I’m loving the Red, White and Blue guinea pig!!! Penelope has my vote!!!
The patriotic guinea pig is the CUTEST…..Penelope rocks that outfit
being a veteran myself its a no brainer that red white and blue guinnea pig takes my breath
away. im just saying
I vote for Penelope!!
I vote for Penelope!! What a cutie!
Penelope has my vote!
I was going to vote for Peaches, taffy or Anna’s pets, but let’s just be real… Penelope was so stinking cute! That, and she seems to be a good sport!
Wow! What an exciting day at Those Callaways. This morning, JoAnn read the blog
comments for the first time in two days and the roofer is on his way. Those of you who
know JoAnn, and most of you do, know that she has a sensitive heart and loves every
client. The idea that our forum would invite discord was alarming. So, with the best of
intentions, our marketing department un-posted some comments. Talk about two wrongs
not making things right. Now we were censoring the blog which undermined its very
integrity. Bottom line, we value integrity more than brouhaha and all postings are back.
We do reserve the right to keep things civil and clean but we will not censor. We love
your participation. Please keep voting and letting us know what you think. Just remember
WWJAD (What Would JoAnn Do). And to think, we were actually considering a baby
photo contest.
That post made me WANT to work with Those Calloways!! Freedom of speech is what this country is all about!
That being said….false accusations(without being proven) are NOT very polite- and hopefully no children are watching the poor behavior of some adults here.
Now that is too funny. A baby contest!. Just think of the blog comments on that
It’s not how cute the pet is; it’s the human competition We entered for the money. We have a tiny family with a small circle of friends, and I thank all of you for voting for me. I was in first place for the longest of anyone yet. I BELIEVE THAT SERVICE DOGS HAVE DONE MORE FOR OUR VETERANS AND FOR OTHERS THAN ANY RODENT. Thanks again, you who voted for me. I’m still Number One.
Spelling is not my forte. Correction: rodent.
I enjoyed this contest because I found myself writing to friends and family that I have long neglected, just to ask them to vote for my cat. Most everyone wrote back with other news besides voting for Ebony. I got news from around the country, from Colombia, from Spain and from England. No, we won’t win any prize, but we found a lot of pleasure and fun. Thank you to The Callaways for the fun ideas, contests and keeping in touch with past clients.
penelope is precious in such an appropriate red white and blue attire. good luck penelope.
I think Karma is too cute! She gets my vote today.
Check out this video of “Air Karma”…. this girl can JUMP!
http://www.marketbust.com/2012/03/air-karma-this-dog-can-jump.html
After so many text messages and facebook posts I finally voted for the pig. Sheesh!
Go RED, WHITE and BLUE!! G-Pigs ROCK!
wow-I wish I could jump like that amazing dog Karma!!!!!!!!!
Karma you are an awesome leaping animal. You should enter some type of competition for jumping and catching ability.
Love the pig!!! I want Penelope’s outfit….perfect for the 4th and rooting for our Olympians. Good luck Penelope =) Suzy in Wisconsin
ok-that’s too cool, go Karma.
I love penny! I have had so many guinea pigs growin up they are the cutest!! She is so patriotic!
A Patriotic Guinea pig…awesome enough for my vote!!
Once I saw the video of Air Karma, that appears on http://www.marketbust.com/2012/03/air-karma-this-dog-can-jump.html
that was it for me and my family! We all voted for Karma, the white dog in the blue M & M outfit, that is the dog on the 3rd line down, in the middle of the page! With that amount of talent she deserves to get your vote too!! Go Karma!