Nineteen of you entered to win the new, smaller Brinkmann Smart Space pet carrier, and I appreciate the entries even more than usual because your comments are helping me rethink how the blog is working, and how it could be improved. Thank you so much, and thank you, Heike, for the laugh (“My pup’s name is Tessa and although she strictly forbade me to give her weight in public, she did allow me to mention she is just under 9 inches at her shoulder”)!

Smart Space pet carrier (photo by Brinkmann Pet)

The randomly-chosen winner is Anne, entrant #18, who says her pup Jazz-Min “is 9 inches at the shoulder and she is now a seasoned traveler, having been to France and Canada 2 times already in the last 3 years!” Congratulations, Anne and Jazz-Min — I love hearing that you guys are traveling so much together, and it makes me happy to think of Jazz-Min stretching out in this carrier on her next international adventure. Please e-mail your shipping address to me at [email protected], and I’ll get the package into UPS’s hands.

Thank you again to everyone who entered! Some of you talked about the Dog Jaunt community, and being a part of it is what I’ve enjoyed most about writing the blog (well, that and the chance to indulge my OCD). Happy anniversary to us all!