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Harley the Pug wins the 2011 Hambone Award.

This year's Hambone Award winner.

This year's Hambone Award winner.

Harley is this year’s Hambone Award winner.

Our client, Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), established the Hambone Award to acknowledge the quirkiest claim of the year.

The award is named in honor of a VPI-insured dog that got stuck in a refrigerator and ate an entire ham before he was discovered, mildly hypothermic, and rescued.

Read more and watch a video at “Rock-Pooping Pug Wins 3rd Annual VPI Hambone Award.”

Jeffrey Davidson

Veterinary Pet Insurance celebrates National Pet Parent’s Day on April 17 with free customizable e-cards.

Somebody's having a good Pet Parent's Day!

Somebody's having a good Pet Parent's Day!

If you’ve been to the RIESTER offices, then you know how much we love dogs. So four years ago, we were thrilled when our client Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) decided to create an innovative holiday to celebrate pet owners for the love, energy, and time they put into their pets. These devoted ‘Pet Parents’ expect nothing but love in return, and with that National Pet Parent’s Day was created as a way of saying to pet owners, ‘Thank you for all you do.’ Each year Pet Parent’s are encouraged to celebrate the special day with a free customizable Pet Parent’s Day e-card at www.PetParentsDay.com.

This year, VPI has partnered with American Greetings, the leading manufacturer of innovative social expression products to enhance their e-cards and further expand the message to Pet Parents everywhere. Beginning March 15 and extending through the month of April, visitors to www.PetParentsDay.com can send an American Greetings e-card to the pet owners in their lives who consider four-legged friends a part of the family. Senders can personalize the pet-themed e-card by adding a photo and either entering a suggested greeting or composing a message recognizing their favorite pet parents for all the selfless hours of baths, belly rubs, and trips to the veterinarian. After personalizing their e-card, senders can decide whether to have the card delivered immediately or on April 17, Pet Parent’s Day. Senders and recipients will also be able to share the finished pet parent e-card with family and friends on Facebook!

So visit www.PetParentsDay.com and send your e-card today! And to all the Pet Parent’s out there, a special message from RIESTER: For all the poop you scoop and all the love you give – thank you for being a great Pet Parent!

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RIESTER client Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) featured on CNN.

‘Pets and holidays: Avoiding mutual destruction” on CNN discusses common holiday pitfalls with your pets. The article prominently mentions VPI’s Hambone award.

Be sure to keep your pets safe during the holidays this year.

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Client success story: VPI Hambone Award 2010.

The 2010 Hambone Award was a huge success!

Thank you to Veterinary Pet Insurance for being such an amazing client, and thanks to Jeffrey Davidson for leading the effort from the RIESTER side.

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RIESTER wins PRSA Copper Anvil Awards for Venomocity and the VPI Hambone Award.

Alan and Onida Perkel with VPI's Curtis Steinhoff.

Alan and Onida Perkel with VPI's Curtis Steinhoff.

RIESTER’s campaigns for pet health insurance and youth tobacco prevention continue to rake in the awards!

The Veterinary Pet Insurance Company’s VPI Hambone Award and the Bureau of Tobacco Education Prevention’s Venomocity.com won the 2010 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Phoenix Award for Merit for Digital/Social Media.

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Veterinary Pet Insurance’s own version of Marley, from “Marley and Me.”

Whether you read Marley and Me or saw the movie, or ever dealt with a crazy dog that you loved regardless of his or her mishaps, you will appreciate meeting Rock.

Rock is the third featured Hambone Award nominee on the RIESTER website. Watch his story:

Read about all of this year’s nominees and vote for your favorite at the 2010 Hambone Award website.

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Today’s featured Hambone nominee: Ellie the bee eating dog.

This year’s Hambone nominees have been chosen and it’s time to vote! Each month Veterinary Pet Insurance picks the most unusual insurance claim that comes through. The stories of crazy pet insurance claims are compelling. Through August 16th we will be featuring different nominees for the 2010 Hambone Award.

Here’s Ellie the bee eating dog:

Read about all of this year’s nominees and vote for your favorite at the 2010 Hambone Award website.

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