Each month as you visit new locations, snap a creative picture of you and your dog and email it to Michael Burkey. The most creative, beautiful, funny, (or some other criteria) picture will win a prize. Winners will win a prize and bragging rights for the month. And, honorable mentions may also be noted on the blog.
This photo of Rocko was taken at Mill Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They have great walking paths for you and your dog. While Rocko is a beautiful dog model (a pun meaning instead of a beautiful car or sales model) for this location, I'm sure you can come up with more creative poses and/or locations.
CONTEST RULES:
1) You and your dog must be in a lawful location. This means no sneaking onto private property without permission just for the sake of a picture. For example, it would be cool to have a picture of your dog on the White House lawn. But, don't do it! Not only is it a bad idea but it's illegal. You would be arrested by the U.S. Secret Service and perhaps as importantly you would be disqualified from winning a prize. : )
2) Your dog must be safe from potential harm or injury. This shouldn't have to be said but you know for the sake of legalities and unfortunately some things just have to be spelled out for some people. This obviously wasn't written for you though, because you would never risk your dog's safety for the sake of a picture or prize.
While dressing your dog up in funny costumes may be psychologically damaging, they haven't been shown to cause long term harm and therefore are allowed. : )
3) The picture must have been taken during the month you are competing in. So if you're competing in say, for the month of June, and there is snow in your picture, you had better be vacationing with your dog in the north or south poles. : )
4) Other rules may be made up on the fly without prior notice by Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Training. This is a general catch all phrase meaning we run this fun contest and the rules can change at any time.
5) Decision of winners will be made by Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Training and are not subject to discussion. In other words, I don't want to have to fight over who gets the wonderful prizes and bragging rights. Afterall, this is a fun contest people and not a cut throat competition! : )
Prizes may change from month to month and will not be announced until awarded. These great prizes could range from a bragging right to an all expense paid.......yeah right! Seriously though, we will try to make the prizes "rememberable." (wow that leads it wide open to interpretation doesn't it?) : )
6) Winners must be residents of Wayne County, Eastern Washtenaw or Southern Oakland Counties in the state of Michigan or had been a client of Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Training anywhere in the world. While not eligible for a prize, non clients may still send in their pictures for the fun of it and perhaps win honorable mention.
Awh heck, one exception will be made...if you live in a beautiful foreign place and want to hire Michael Burkey to train your dog in your home with all travel and training expenses paid up front, well you just might win the prize automatically. Yes, I can be sure of that, just don't tell anyone. : )
7) Pictures submitted to Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Training become the property of Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Services and may be used on the blog, website or other mediums as desired by Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Services. This means you send it, it's ours. : )
8) Pictures including family members, friends, and/or strangers are assumed to have given you permission to send their likeness to this contest and Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Training will not pay any royalties or other compensation to "stand-ins." : )
9) Michael Burkey's Canine Behavioral Training dogs are not eligible to to be prize winners. Yes, Simone (Michael's dog), this includes you. In fact, this rule was written especially for you seeing how you like to hoard all the other dogs' toys in the Burkey household. Sorry girl. : )
10) And, the best rule of all, you must get out and have fun with your dog! : )
Be sure to email your photo prior to the end of each month. Winners will be announced on/near the first week of the following month.
One additional rule: You cannot win the prize two months in a row. In other words, you can't be like Simone and hoard all the prizes for yourself. : ) Although, honorable mentions are not subject to this rule.
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