If you love puppies and want to get into the spirit of the Super Bowl, get ready for the annual Puppy Bowl XX.
The premise is simple: a bunch of adorable puppies in every breed and size from around the country compete in a fun, entertaining showdown on a small football field. Animal Planet’s three-hour Puppy Bowl, starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11.
And from Connecticut, a member of Team Ruff is Greyson, an Australian shepherd who comes from Pack Leaders Rescue of CT, a nonprofit rescue in East Hartford, Connecticut, that’s dedicated to helping abused, abandoned, or neglected dogs and cats get out of kill shelters and into loving homes.
“This is our sixth year participating. It’s awesome,” said Victoria Cateni of Pack Leaders. “Greyson is so cute and he loves to be active and play. His breed is known for being very smart.”
Greyson was rescued from Arkansas.
“He was in a box with his four other siblings and dumped at Walmart. A rescue partner down there called us and we brought them here to find their forever home,” Cateni said.
Cateni said she became a volunteer for a local rescue after rescuing a blind dog.
“At the time, I had no idea about the rescue world or the need of rescue dogs,” she said.
After learning more about rescuing and wanting to help animals in need, she opened her home as a safe haven for dogs and cats in need, both local and out of state, she said.
Fast forward 12 years later and Cateni helped to open a facility in East Hartford, developed a foster program, and cultivated a relationship with contacts down south who needed an outlet for stray animals — and she began a transport service.
“It’s been awesome. Our mission at Pack Leaders is to save the lives of dogs and cats both locally, and from the South, that have been abandoned, abused, or neglected, and to give them a forever home,” she said.
“We have so many people looking for dogs and there are so many amazing rescues out there,” said Cateni, who…
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