It’s Time To Name Names

We’re pleased to announce the finalists for SYSS’ 1st Annual BowWowZa Awards. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at a hooting and howling good awards ceremony at Cafe Hon in Hampden.
Most likely to cough up a hairball:
Cindy Wright – AARF
Michelle Green
Michelle Ingrodi – Charm City Animal Rescue
Peg Nemoff – Community Cats Maryland
Lizzie Ellis – The Feline Rescue Association
Person you’d never want to piss off:
Caroline Griffin
Jen Carle
Melissa Trotman – Bella’s Bully Buddies
Most deserving of their own reality show:
BARCS
Dave Cochran – Show Me YOUR Dog Training and Bella’s Bully Buddies
Baltimore Bully Crew
Dani Englander
Most likely to start trapping, neutering and releasing stink bugs:
Animal Rescue, Inc.
Peg Nemoff – Community Cats Maryland
Julianne Stammer – Relove Animals
Becky Sass-Crews – BARCS and Best Friends Animal Society
Most deserving of having their picture on Pet Finder:
FARM
Terry Pozniak
Mary Swift
Meredith Brown
Julie Butler – Bella’s Bully Buddies
With the most “wish I’d said that” postings:
Michelle Ingrodi – Charm City Animal Rescue
Recycled Love Rescue
Einstein Smyth – the guy who made “poophead” a household word
With the biggest balls:
Dogs XL Rescue
Pauline Houliaras – Bmore Dog
Christine Sandberg – Rescue Well
Eric Vocke – Baltimore Bully Crew
Most likely to teach a barn cat to square dance:
Dani Englander
Becky Sass-Crews
Erin Harty
Cindy Wright – AARF
Unsung hero:
Grace Froelich – Animal Rescue, Inc.
Juliette Crosson – BARCS
Dani Englander
Matt Fazzino – Keep It Simple Dog Training and Bella’s Bully Buddies
Most likely to appear on Ellen:
Bella’s Bully Buddies
Jen Carle
Mittens – AARF Spokescat/ASPCA Cat of the Year
Recycled Love Rescue
Darlene Sanders
Biggest bleeding heart:
Diana Mitchell – Bella’s Bully Buddies
Mid Atlantic Bully Buddies
Mary Sullivan – Pitties & Purrs
Karen Reese – Recycled Love Rescue
Jaime Senesi – Recycled Love Rescue
Best at getting silent auction loot:
Michelle Green
Jen Carle
Lori Roeder – Bella’s Bully Buddies
Annmarie Knight
Do-gooder of the year award:
Christine Sandberg – Rescue Well
Marie Hallock-Sweet – Storyteller’s Express
Cindy Chikar-Hagan – Black Dogs & Company Rescue
Melissa Trotman-Pfeifer – Bella’s Bully Buddies
Juliette Crosson – BARCS
Most glamorous:
AARFies
Amy Weidefeld – Baltimore Bully Crew
Aileen Gabbey – MD SPCA
Best Home Selfies:
Lisa Morabito – BARCS and MABB
Sean Stinchcomb – Baltimore Bully Crew
Amy Wiedefeld – Baltimore Bully Crew
Melanie Snyder – Bella’s Bully Buddies
SPECIAL PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
The police officer most deserving of a Superman cape:
Officer Waz
Officer Boyer
Officer Syreeta Teel
And in case you were wondering, yes – we have some good surprises in store for that night (including the two-legged kind).