{"id":405382,"date":"2022-02-14T00:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T21:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/team-fluff-has-the-best-boys\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T00:55:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T21:55:41","slug":"team-fluff-has-the-best-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/team-fluff-has-the-best-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"#Team Fluff has the best boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Team Fluff has the best boys<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The power of the pup was unleashed Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Team Fluff released their inner hounds to win the coveted Lombarky Trophy at Puppy Bowl 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Back for its 18th year, the big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> for little dogs returned to the turf Sunday at 2 p.m. on Animal Planet and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.com\/\">Discovery+<\/a>, just before the human 2022 Super Bowl. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not trained puppies,\u201d long-time Puppy Bowl referee <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danschachner\/?hl=en\">Dan Schachner<\/a> told The Post. \u201cThese are dogs in their purest form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year was the largest competition yet, with more than 100 dogs from 63 shelters in 33 states, including a pup from Hawaii. This edition also included the most special needs dogs the Bowl has ever featured.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s only one rule in Puppy Bowl: Drag a chew toy into the end zone. Any other calls, Schachner said, are made up on the fly. To avoid total chaos, only a handful of pooches are introduced to the turf at a time. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Wasabi (left), Birch (center), and Emmylou (right) looking at a goal post.\" class=\"wp-image-21182939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wasabi (left), Birch (center), and Emmylou (right) looking at a goal post. Birch scored his team\u2019s first two touchdowns during the 2020 Puppy Bowl \u2014 some valuable pooch material. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The star-studded spectacle got started with a special message from \u201ccoaches\u201d Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, naturally, as well as First Lady Jill Biden and Elmo and Tango. <\/p>\n<p>Then Team Fluff got off to a rollicking start, with Chihuahua Birch scoring both the first and second touchdowns of the game. The smallest pup in the Bowl, Birch was drafted from Ninna\u2019s Road to Rescue in Louisiana, and was adopted on Thanksgiving Day to a family with five kids, two guinea pigs, a dog and a tree frog.<\/p>\n<p>Team Ruff\u2019s Ellington, a Siberian husky chow-chow mix, brought Team Ruff back up with their first touchdown \u2014 only to be thwarted by another touchdown from Team Fluff, this time from Chorizo, a dachshund and American Staffordshire terrier mix, at the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_061.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Chorizo (left) faces off with Moby (right) in the end zone while holing a toy in his mouth.\" class=\"wp-image-21182941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_061.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_061.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_061.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chorizo (left) faces off with Moby (right) in the end zone while holing a toy in his mouth.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_064.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ellington (left) chasing Chorizo (right) on the field.\" class=\"wp-image-21182945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_064.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_064.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_064.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ellington (left) chasing Chorizo (right) on the field.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moby, a French bulldog, then swooped in with a field goal for Team Ruff.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Team Ruff\u2019s Lulu, a fluffy\u00a0Shih Tzu and Pomeranian mix, closed in the game\u2019s gap, bringing the score to a close 21-17 halfway through the second quarter. Ruff\u2019s Bimini, a beagle and Australian cattle dog mix, went long into touchdown glory. Ruff took the lead. <\/p>\n<p>Fluff fought right back thanks to Kirby, a Labrador retriever who is enrolled in a pup-in-training program that partners with America\u2019s VetDogs, a New York-based non-profit that provides service dogs for free to veterans and first responders with disabilities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_022.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kirby running on the field. Banjo in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-21182951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_022.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_022.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_022.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kirby scored a clutch touchdown for team Fluff in the second quarter. While he lives with a volunteer puppy-raiser, he regularly attends home games and trains in the NRG stadium to be the best, well-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ized pup around.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Things got a little rough between Fluff\u2019s Baxter and Ruff\u2019s Ted D. Bear \u2014 who got a penalty <em>and<\/em> fumbled before going on to score a TD at the end of the first half. Bear\u2019s big moment brought the score to 28-31 Fluff as the kitty cheerleaders took the field for a rousing halftime show \u2014 lasers included, of course. <\/p>\n<p>The big dogs took the field \u2014 with big dog moves to boot. Penalty flags flew, with a two-paw punch from Ruff\u2019s Scout and a rumbling tumble from Fluff\u2019s Sky. Scout got pegged with a \u201cterrier-izing\u201d the referee penalty. Woof!<\/p>\n<p>But leave it to Fluff\u2019s Benny, a wheelchair-bound poodle who was born with his vertebrae fused together, to bring all the pups back to business.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_029.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Benny on the field.\" class=\"wp-image-21182958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_029.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_029.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_029.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Benny on the field.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_023.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Pongo sitting on the field, looking up.\" class=\"wp-image-21182955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_023.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_023.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_023.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pongo sitting on the field, looking up.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ted D. Bear then helped Ruff take the lead at the end of the third quarter. Mr. Bear pounce-flip-sprinted his way to his third touchdown of the game. <\/p>\n<p>Hearing impaired Dalmatian Pongo blocked Fluff\u2019s Kali to keep the game paw-some for Team Ruff. But there was no stopping very valuable pup Kirby who bow-wowed fans with a double touchdown for Fluff heading into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>After an impressive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of rolls down the field, little Chorizo brought the score for Team Fluff to an impressive 59-48. But leave it to beagle\/chow chow mix Odell Barkham to be the comeback pup for Ruff, bringing the score nail-bitingly close for paws everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>After New York native Wasabi was nailed with a penalty for \u201cinvasive sniffing\u201d (and a hearty pup-talk from Elmo), he brought Fluff up to 66 points, helping the team maintain their lucky lead, even with a touchdown from Ruff\u2019s Banjo, an American pit bull terrier and American Staffordshire terrier mix.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Ruff couldn\u2019t maintain their streak from last year, with Fluff claiming the trophy at 73-69 \u2014 thanks in part to their official Most Valuable Pup, Kirby.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_051.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Surf (left) and Emmylou (right) playing with a toy.\" class=\"wp-image-21182938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_051.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_051.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_051.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Surf (left) and Emmylou (right) playing with a toy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aside from being a chewable football-alternative, the annual puppy palooza serves a larger paw-pose: to find these furry friends a forever family. In fact, the Puppy Bowl has always had a 100% adoption rate.<\/p>\n<p>At the shelters providing the playful pooches, adoption rates also increase after Puppy Bowl every year, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Puppy Bowl ends with every single dog being adopted,\u201d Schachner, who has refereed the big game for 11 years, said. \u201cOur goal is to showcase as wide of a variety as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_065.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Moby (left), Chorizo (center), and Ellington (right) playing with toys on the field.\" class=\"wp-image-21182948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_065.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_065.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211006-38080_065.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Moby (left), Chorizo (center), and Ellington (right) playing with toys on the field.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_020.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Emily (left) and Dinozzo (right) standing on the field.\" class=\"wp-image-21182950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_020.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_020.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-211008-38080_020.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emily (left) and Dinozzo (right) standing on the field.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bright Road Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Team Fluff released their inner hounds to win the coveted Lombarky Trophy at Puppy Bowl 2022. Back for its 18th year, the big game for little dogs returned to the turf Sunday at 2 p.m. on Animal Planet and Discovery+, just&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":405383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/puppies-playing-comp.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[125679,71595,72684,92373,80958,123730],"class_list":["post-405382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2-13-22","tag-animals","tag-cute-animals","tag-puppy-bowl","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}