The 21st annual Puppy Bowl will kick off with 142 dogs from 80 shelters worldwide including 11 from Florida.
The event will air Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max, and Discovery+.
The game will be between two rosters of pups--Team Ruff and Team Fluff, in hopes of winning the Walmart “Lombarky” trophy and other named titles. A pup from Florida named Smoosh will lead Team Fluff.
The Florida Times-Union compiled a list of the 11 dogs from Florida:
Alice, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Bohdi, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Buster, Compassion Kind (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Jason, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Kiki, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Pepper, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Queenie, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Sky, Compassion Kind (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Smoosh, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
Travis, Florida Little Dog Rescue Group (St. Cloud, Fla.)
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