Meet The 2 Dogs From MA Competing In Puppy Bowl 21

MASSACHUSETTS - Meet Bark Kent, one of the many rescue pups competing in Sunday’s Puppy Bowl XXI.

1 other dog from Massachusetts is looking for a home in the 21st annual Puppy Bowl, the longest-running televised call-to-adoption event this Sunday at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. It will be simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and discovery+.

Bark Kent is currently at Great Dog Rescue New England in Andover. The other pup, Lex Woofer, is currently at the same shelter.

The three-hour television event features a record 142 rescue puppies from 60 shelters across 40 states and two countries. This year’s Puppy Bowl will also bring back adoptables segments “featuring puppies — and a few kittens — that will be available for adoption during the game,” Warner Bros. said.

Julep, the first-ever St. Bernard-mix from Kentucky, and Smoosh from Florida, the only Pekingese to compete in the games, head Team Fluff. Team Ruff co-leaders are Mr. Pickles, a Pug-Chihuahua from Dallas, and Tuani, a Chihuahua-German shepherd who traveled all the way from Nicaragua.

The two teams will go head-to-head on the gridiron in hopes of bringing home the “Lombarky” trophy and see which puppy player has what it takes to be named the MVP (Most Valuable Puppy) and win the Underdog Award.

The dogs include 11 special needs dogs, including Jolene, an American Pit bull terrier-mix from Ohio competing in a wheelchair, and Sprinkle, a blind and hearing-impaired Australian shepherd-mix from Connecticut.

Audiences can vote for their favorite pup to win the “Popularity Playoffs” by visiting PuppyBowl.com.