The Joseph Spaniel Pawlympics Ear Flapping Competition

Hello hello hello! This is The Daily Bone Blogville Pawlympics Ear Flapping Competition! I'm your doggie announcer Chester L. W. Spaniel. What an extravaganza we have for you with over 20 contestants! Wow! The pictures are in the order in which we received them.

Our Angel Miss Ginger, is watching from across the Rainbow Bridge. 

As loyal readers will know, my esteemed colleague Joseph (Joey dog) Spaniel made the trip across the Rainbow Bridge recently. I'm sure he's watching from there too, along with Miss Ginger and our Patron Saint Old Charisma. One reader suggested that this event should be called the Joseph Spaniel Ear Flapping Challenge in his honor. I think that's an excellent idea! We will now have a moment of silence to remember him and all the other of our dearly loved pets who have made this journey too. 

AND NOW, ON TO THE GAMES!

First up, we have young Mackie from Molly and Mackie  Keep a close eye on this ear flap prodigy! He's going to go far!

The Lady Shasta from Team Beaglebratz is making a run for it in the snow, ears flying! 

Here's Emma with some truly epic ear flapping from Emma the GBGV ! Wow! She's going to be hard to beat! 

Here's our own Angel Joey facing into the wind in a picture from last Spring. Pretty good lift for just standing there! 

One of the siblings went through his archives and found this wonderful photo of puppy Joey running in the grass with his big floppy-moppy cocker spaniel ears flapping. 

Wow! Look at the flap on this pup! This is Easy from easyweimaraner  Amazing! 

Next is one of our Blogville mayoral candidates, Christmas, with a great side view ear flap. He's got it going all the way back! Good show! Be sure to visit him at pawprovince .

Now we have Angus Mac from  stellroselong I bet you didn't think a pug had long enough ears for this challenge. But it's not the length that counts. It's the perkiness! 

Who is this super hero flying across the beach? It's none other than the Tangerine Terror, William's good buddy, Hamish! Be sure to visit Hamish and William at: williamthelurcher .

Here's one of our good doxie friends Frankie getting some truly amazing ear flap action as he bounds through the snow! Looks like he's ready for lift-off!  Visit him at: frankly and ernestly speaking  .

Cue the royal fanfare! Here comes Princess Leah! Wow! She's got the ears and the tail flying! Please check out her regal adventures at: princessleahthecav .

We've made some new friends here at The Daily Bone lately. Here are two doxies with high-flying ears. Please visit them at: ohhappyhomes First up we have Mini showing off her excellent ear flapping technique. Look at the concentration!

Next we have Barbarella running through the high grass with ears aloft! She's off to conquer the world with ears flying! 

Here comes Ruby the Airedale! She's Blogvilles's favorite purveyor of Margaritas, bubbles, and fun! Look at those ears fly! Hooray! Please visit Ruby's doggie blog at: rubytheairedale .

There go Walter and Millie, practically flying through the snow. That's some fabulous ear flappage for sure! You can visit these champions at: birdbrainsanddogtales  But you'll have to catch them first!

Now we have the two current Mayors of Blogville, brothers Murphy and Stanley. Not only do they do an excellent job keeping Blogville safe and fun, but they're full of athletic energy. Ear flapping comes naturally to them!
Murphy

Stanley

Crikey! From the Land Down Under, here comes Charlie, our favorite, and most handsome whippet, getting some fine ear flappage while playing on the beach! 

Barking from the Bayou is Bently with his fabulous flappers floating like flags! Bently is also an excellent reporter. Please visit him at mkclinton to get the story on all things doggie!

Now it's time to feature our good friends from dorysbackyard . They may be small, but they have a lot of ear flapping talent! First up is Arty, who, incidentally, is also running for Mayor of Blogville. 

Next is Bilbo showing some perky ear flaps as he leaps up to greet whoever is behind door number one! 

And now, here comes Dory, running like the wind with a captured squeaky toy! Go Dory!!! Yeah! 

Here's a talented new-comer Louis from Vancouver who is an expert ear flapper! He says he can actually control which ear he flaps and doesn't need to be running or out in the wind to get them going. What an amazing talent! Please check out his brand new doggie blog at: louisdogslife

Louis

And now, here's Dougie dog from zoolatry . His humans helped him with the warm-up. Then, there he goes, with ears flying! 

And finally, here's yours truly with my best example of classic cocker spaniel ear flapping! 

We hope you had a good time watching our highly talented athletes today! Thank you for all the incredible photos! We realize how hard it is to catch those ear flaps on film. You need timing and more than a little luck! 

Keep those ears flapping! 

Hooray! 

For more Pawlympics fun, please go on to the next event at where our good friend Noodle will feature Raspberries and Tongue Curling at noodle

Also check out the beautiful dedication to our Angel Joey by Dougie dog's mom at:
zoolatry

We appreciate this very much and are still so touched by all the sympathy and condolences from Blogville and the pet blogging community!