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25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

Super Bowl, who? America’s beloved Puppy Bowl is back with a bang for the 18th time. Hosted by lifestyle icon Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg, the event featured more than 100 dogs from 67 shelters across 33 states. Not only was the 2022 Puppy Bowl one of the largest editions of the Bowl yet, but it also featured the most special needs dogs than ever before.

There’s only one ground rule for the annual fur-tastic battle: drag a chew toy across the finish line for a touchdown. “These are not trained puppies,” long-time referee Dan Schachner told The New York Post. “These are dogs in their purest form.” Although the contestants can be called out for penalties including “pass inter-fur-ence,” “unnecessary ruffness” and “premature watering of the field,” Schachner noted how most rules are made up on the fly. “They’re fast and loose rules,” he explained. “It’s kind of crazy, but it’s controlled chaos.”

Every Puppy Bowl has a larger purpose, apologies, ‘paw-pose’: to help furry participants find a loving family. The verdict? Every single one of those peculiar events has recorded a 100 per cent adoption rate in the past. According to Schachner, the adoption rates of the shelters providing these good bois also tend to skyrocket just after the event.

That being said, this year’s Puppy Bowl saw Team Fluff winning against Team Ruff with a final score of 73-69 after a heart-melting face-off that lasted three hours. So if you, like me, were glued to your seat while streaming the showdown, scroll through these aww-dorable images of the furry contestants—who competed both for our hearts and the gold.

1. Biff, Team Ruff (Maltese)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

2. Benny, Team Fluff (Poodle)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

3. Billie, Team Ruff (American Pit Bull Terrier)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

4. Birch, Team Fluff (Chihuahua / Pomeranian)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

5. Blondie, Team Fluff (Beagle / Australian Cattle Dog)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

6. Brady, Team Ruff (Golden Retriever / Chihuahua)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

7. Captain Floof, Team Ruff (Pomeranian)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

8. Chico, Team Ruff (Shih Tzu / Chihuahua)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

9. Forrest, Team Fluff (Neapolitan Mastiff / Cane Corso)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

10. Kirby, Team Fluff (Labrador Retriever)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

11. Lucy, Team Ruff (Australian Cattle Dog / German Shepherd)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

12. Moby, Team Ruff (French Bulldog)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

13. Nugget, Team Fluff (Pembroke Welsh Corgi)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

14. Ocean, Team Ruff (Australian Cattle Dog)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

15. Odin, Team Ruff (American Pit Bull Terrier / Weimaraner)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

16. Olive, Team Ruff (American Pit Bull Terrier / Miniature Pinscher)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

17. Otto, Team Fluff (Siberian Husky / Miniature Schnauzer)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

18. Pongo, Team Ruff (Dalmatian)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

19. Rocket, Team Fluff (Chihuahua / Dachshund)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

20. Ridley, Team Ruff (Border Collie)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

21. Surf, Team Ruff (Poodle / Miniature American Shepherd)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

22. Squeak, Team Fluff (Pomeranian / Chihuahua)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

23. Tayce, Team Ruff (Siberian Husky / Chihuahua)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

24. Wilbur, Team Ruff (Chihuahua / Toy Fox Terrier)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

25. Watson, Team Fluff (Basset Hound)

25 aww-dorable dogs from the 2022 Puppy Bowl who’ll melt your heart

Missed out on the puppy palooza? Don’t you worry. Make some hot chocolate and treat yourself to the show here.

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

Rumour has it that everyone has a doppelgänger—somewhere out there there’s a perfect duplicate of you, with your mother’s eyes, your father’s nose and that annoying mole you’ve always wanted to remove. The same can be said for celebrities. What they probably didn’t expect though, is for their lookalike to be an animal instead of a human. From Lady Gaga to Donald Trump, here are 15 dogs that look exactly like famous people.

1. Snoop Dogg

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

2. Will Ferrell

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

3. Samuel L. Jackson

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

4. Lady Gaga

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

5. John Travolta

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

6. Clint Eastwood

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

7. Harrison Ford

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

8. Julia Roberts

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

9. Whoopi Goldberg

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

10. ‘Sons of Anarchy’ actor Ron Perlman

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

11. Donald Trump

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

12. Big Ed from ‘90 Day Fiancé’

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

13. British entrepreneur Richard Branson

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

14. ‘Shameless’ actor William H. Macy

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

15. President Vladimir Putin

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes

This last one is not included in our top 15 since it’s not a dog, but we just had to add it here as a little bonus.

Taylor Lautner

15 celebrities and their shocking dog lookalikes