
Meet the Adorbale Iowa and Minnesota Dogs in Puppy Bowl XXI
For the first 38 years of its existence, the Super Bowl had the spotlight to itself one Sunday each year.
But beginning in 2005, the NFL had company on its biggest day of the season, with the arrival of Puppy Bowl, which was created to look like a football game but is really just an excuse to watch adorable puppies having the time of their lives on national television.
Puppy Bowl turns 21 this year and among the more than 100 'players' on the rosters for this year's matchup are eight dogs from the Tri-State Area.
IOWA DOGS IN PUPPY BOWL XXI
Six different pups from the Hawkeye State are in this year's big game.
They all come from AHeinz57 Pet Rescue in DeSoto.
- Cece - Poodle/Miniature American Shepherd
- Erin - Mastiff/American Staffordshire Terrier
- Gretel - Miniature American Shepherd/Poodle
- Orla - Mastiff/American Staffordshire Terrier
- Pizzazz - Poodle/Miniature American Shepherd
- Zipper - Border Collie/Australian Shepherd
MINNESOTA DOGS IN PUPPY BOWL XXI
The North Star State will be represented by a pair of pups from Pet Haven Shelter in Minneapolis.
- Foxtrot - Border Collie Mix
Vote for Foxtrot in the Pupularity Playoffs
- Potato - American Staffordshire Terrier/American Pit Bull Terrier

Catch Puppy Bowl XXI on Animal Planet, on Sunday, February 9th at 1:00 PM Central.
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