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Former Darienite Needs Your Vote in Walmart Product Contest

The Doggy Dickey®—The original neck and chest warmer for dogs—from DHS '00 Alumni Lindsey Calastro is competing in Walmart’s ‘Get on the shelf’ contest. Now in the second round of the competition, The Doggy Dickey need’s the public’s support through votes at https://getontheshelf.walmart.com/product/1885/The-Doggy-Dickey.

These votes will be taken into consideration and only 4 products will make it to the final round of judging. The winning product will get placement on Walmart’s shelves throughout the country! Voting is going on now through September 4th. You need a facebook account to cast your vote and the public can vote once a day for their favorite products.  

ABOUT THE DOGGY DICKEY

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The chest is one of the top three heat-loss areas on a dog and the easiest to protect. American Dog Apparel’s Top Dog Lindsey Calastro McGraw developed the product for her Bull Terrier Sharkey. Sharkey loves to hike with other dogs all year long, but due to her thin coat she was much more affected by the cold weather than her fluffier counterparts. Lindsey worked to develop a garment Sharkey could wear that would stay in place during miles of hiking, keep her chest protected from the cold and rugged underbrush, work with both her collar or harness and was easy enough to quickly put on and off. She finally hit on The Doggy Dickey last year in 2012.

The Doggy Dickey is an original patent-pending design and product-first for the pet industry. It is available in four colors of cozy anti-pill fleece and eight sizes, The Doggy Dickey fits dogs from 5 to 150lbs (Tiny Chihuahuas to Great Danes!).  The Doggy Dickey is proudly 100% sourced and made in America.

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During 2012 The Doggy Dickey was available for sale at local pet and community events throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut as well as at a few local boutiques in the tri-state area and online at the company website (http://www.americandogapparelco.com).

ABOUT THE CONTEST

The Walmart ‘Get on the Shelf’ contest offers  small business owners a unique opportunity to grow their brand’s reach and distribution with America’s largest big-box retailer. Using social media as the voting mechanism, the general public can vote for their favorite product every day from August 7-September 4. These votes will go into consideration when selecting the top 4 products to advance to the final round. The ultimate winner will receive placement on the shelves of Walmart throughout the country.

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