Local pups leave paw prints on "Puppy Bowl"

Reftrospectives - Dan"s Teachable Moment | Puppy Bowl XII

BOSTON, Ky. (WDRB)-- It"s a clash of the titans. A winner must be crowned. Everything is on the line. Well, maybe some naps and a treat.

If it"s Super Bowl Sunday, it"s time for the "Puppy Bowl" too.Some local pooches are ready to make their mark.

"You get to see all these cute little puppies. They"re all interacting and playing with each other. There"s a little clean up, but that"s okay," said Suzanne Bridwell of Barktown rescue.

Optimus Prime and Shylah are on the verge of joining names like Newton and Manning today in a different, but still epic bout."Team Ruff" and "Team Fluff" compete to see who can score a touchdown.

"A touchdown is basically to carry a toy across the goal line," Bridwell explained.

Entertaining? Obviously. The bigger goal-- "for all of them to get adopted," she added.

The two puppies are from Barktown Rescue. A no-kill home for dogs in Nelson County.

Prime"s mom was dumped along with all her puppies because she was pregnant. Barktown took them in.Not long after, the rescue got an invite to be a part of the "Puppy Bowl" in the Big Apple.

"It took us about 16 hours. Four women, two puppies driving. So it was a little crazy," Bridwell said with a smile.

The dogs got the royal treatment. A hotel stay, a walk in Central Park, a tour of the city--all before the game.We can"t tell you who won.

Optimus Prime"s new owner, who made the adoption before he knew his pup was a TV star, can"t wait to find out.

"We"ll probably record the Super Bowl and watch the Puppy Bowl," Anthony Mattingly said.

And he says if he knows his dog-- "he"s going to bring it home for Barktown Rescue."

Barktown Rescue started in 2009 and has saved two-thousand dogs.

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