Updated Feb. 14 at 8:45 a.m. to include Freya’s story.
Who needs the Lombardy trophy when they can win a “Lombarky” instead?
Hours before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles competed in Super Bowl LVII, over one hundred dogs competed in Puppy Bowl XIX televised by Animal Planet.
The dogs frolic on a field strewn with chew toys playing their version of football and just being so darn cute.
Freya, who hails from Knine Rescue in Brookville, competed on Team Ruff, which lost to Team Fluff 87-83.
Freya actually came to Knine Rescue before she was born. Her mother, Geneva, was going to be euthanized, because the shelters were full. She was pregnant at the time and soon gave birth to 11 puppies.
Freya’s mom
Quinn Weaver, the shelter’s youngest volunteer and a sophomore at Blake High School, helped with the delivery. “He was so taken with little Freya, his family adopted her once she was old enough,” according to Amy Creel, president.
Animal Planet loved that story and invited Freya to the Puppy Bowl, Creel said, “Adding to are so proud of Freya and even got to be on the national news!”
Knine Rescue saved about 600 dogs in 2022, Creel said.
Freya with siblings
The Puppy Bowl helps bring awareness to the dogs and the shelters that house them. Animal Planet told CNN that every puppy ever featured in the competition has found a home.
The Puppy Bowl has been shown on Super Bowl Sunday since 2005.
Team Ruff is on the board! #PuppyBowl continues on @animalplanet pic.twitter.com/z4zyXcQGym
— Animal Planet (@AnimalPlanet) February 12, 2023
