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Amir Arison attends Puppy Bowl XXII Press Event on February 03, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery) <\/p>\n
The fluffiest day in football is here.<\/p>\n
Hours before the Seahawks and Patriots\u00a0face off in the Super Bowl,<\/a> the Puppy Bowl will bring together 150 adoptable dogs to dash across the gridiron carpet with toys in their mouths.\u00a0<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to know:\u00a0<\/p>\n Puppy Bowl 2026 <\/p>\n Puppy Bowl XXII will feature 150 dogs from 72 shelters<\/a> across the United States, Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands.\u00a0<\/p>\n RELATED: Super Bowl live updates: Seahawks, Patriots face off Sunday evening<\/a><\/p>\n Fifteen special needs dogs, including Wynonna, a pup with three legs, and Eleanor, who is both deaf and vision-impaired, will also compete.<\/p>\n Wynonna (Puppy Bowl XXII 2026 Gallery\/Warner Bros. Discovery) <\/p>\n How did the Puppy Bowl begin?\u00a0 <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n The Puppy Bowl \u2013 described by Warner Bros. Discovery as “the original and longest running call-to-adoption television event” \u2013 made its debut as counter-programming to the Super Bowl in 2005.\u00a0<\/p>\n RELATED: This year’s Super Bowl flyover will feature these 8 aircraft<\/a><\/p>\n How It Works:<\/p>\n Dogs score touchdowns on a gridiron carpet when they cross the goal line \u2014 any goal line \u2014 with a toy in their mouth.<\/p>\n Queso, a Puppy Bowl 2026 contender (Puppy Bowl XXII 2026 Gallery\/Warner Bros. Discovery) <\/p>\n The puppies are split into two teams \u2014 Team Fluff and Team Ruff \u2014 and each dog is given a nickname \u2014 like “Slick Rick” or “J-Paw” \u2014 and a specialty, like “Epic end zone dance.”<\/p>\n READ MORE: Amazon\u2019s Ring expands AI-powered network to help locate lost dogs<\/a><\/p>\n The dogs\u2019 stories are featured throughout the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n What time is the Puppy Bowl?\u00a0 <\/p>\n The three-hour event starts at 2 p.m. ET. The Puppy Bowl kickoff show starts at 1 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tostada (Puppy Bowl XXII 2026 Gallery\/Warner Bros. Discovery) <\/p>\n How to watch the Puppy Bowl <\/p>\n The Puppy Bowl is simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max and discovery+.<\/p>\n RuPaw (Puppy Bowl XXII 2026 Gallery\/Warner Bros Discovery) <\/p>\n Halftime show for older dogs <\/p>\n This year will feature a first for the Puppy Bowl: a halftime show for older dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n The halftime show will be Team Oldies versus Team Goldies, offering a showcase for senior dogs as a reminder that they also need adoption and love.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “Everyone wants the puppy and, unfortunately, the reality of puppyhood is it\u2019s tough,” says Victoria Schade, the show\u2019s lead dog trainer and wrangler. “I think people don\u2019t realize that until they\u2019re deep in the thick of it. That\u2019s the beauty of an older dog, an adult dog, a senior dog: They bring a different sort of calm.”<\/p>\n The Source: This article includes information from Warner Bros. Discovery and The Associated Press.<\/p>\n Pets and Animals<\/a>Super Bowl<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Amir Arison attends Puppy Bowl XXII Press Event on February 03, 2026 in New York City. (Photo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,12,56,36366,21064],"class_list":["post-126982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-pets-animals","tag-super-bowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wynonna_ky_kentucky-humane-society_fluff-scaled.jpg\")
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