Bissell and Puppy Bowl Help Animals in Shelters/Foster Care

It’s become a Super Bowl Sunday tradition and 2016 is no exception. Puppy Bowl XII, which promotes pet adoption, is set to air on Animal Planet this Sunday February 7th.

This year, Puppy Bowl teamed up with 44 animal shelter and rescue organizations to fill the rosters of #TeamRuff and #TeamFluff with adoptable dogs. The network also is partnering with the Pro Football Hall of Fame to introduce the Puppy Bowl Hall of Fame to honor legacy players throughout the show and promote the adoption of older "veteran" animals in addition to puppies and kittens.

The Kitty Half-Time Show brings a cat-astrophic San Francisco inspired kitten takeover to the Bay Area. These ferocious felines are on a spree of cat-aclismic destruction as they paw across historic landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf and infamous "Al-Cat-Raz."

Bissell, a long time Puppy Bowl sponsor, is giving an extra dose of adorable to Puppy Bowl viewers on PetHappens.com. Starting at 3 p.m. ET, 10 rescue puppies will be released into an all-white room. Live viewers will be encouraged to tweet or post on Instagram with #PetHappens. Their posts will unlock a series of different messes into the room with the pups.

When all of the messes have been unleashed and the puppies are ready for a nap, Bissell will clean the space and restore it to its original sparkling white condition. Each use of #PetHappens between now and March 31 will trigger a $5 donation (up to $100,000) to the Bissell Pet Foundation to support animals in shelters and foster care.

Hero Dogs of 9/11

When the World Trade Center towers crumbled to the ground 12 years ago, more than 10,000 emergency workers heeded the call for help; 300 of those heroes were dogs. 

Over the years, Dog Files, a website dedicated to dogs and the people who love them, created a series of short videos honouring the search and rescue dogs of 11 September 2001. To commemorate this 12th anniversary of the tragic event, Animal Planet released a one-hour documentary based the series. 

Hero Dogs of 9/11 which showcases the stories of search and rescue, comfort and bomb detection dogs, aired 10 September 2013 on Animal Planet. 

"It has been my dream and the Dog Files' mission to show the world that dogs deserve our love, care and respect," said Kenn Bell, creator of Dog Files and executive producer/director of the Animal Planet documentary. "I truly believe that Hero Dogs of 9/11 does just that. I guarantee that after viewing this documentary, you will never look at your own dog the same way again."

Short Hero Dogs of 9/11 series episodes: 

• Original Hero Dogs of 9/11
• Hero Dogs of 9/11 Legacy (10th anniversary video)