LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Watching football is not the only tradition that occurs on Super Bowl Sunday. Lots of people also enjoy the annual Puppy Bowl that airs on Animal Planet. This year’s Puppy Bowl was special for the Kentucky Humane Society.
A dog named Charlie, formerly known as Julep, was one of two dogs from the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS) featured in Puppy Bowl 2025. She was being fostered by Arika Hardwick at the time of filming.
“She went the third, second or third week of October,” Hardwick said. “She was gone for about a week and then, after the Puppy Bowl filmed, she came back to me.”
Hardwick is a volunteer manager at KHS and is now the proud owner of Charlie.
“Her personality is super addicting,” Hardwick said. “It’s super fun and loving, and as you can see, she thinks she’s a Chihuahua so, she’s just a good… she’s just a fun, fun girl and she always keeps me on my toes and always makes me laugh.”
KHS hosted a watch party for the Puppy Bowl at PG & J’s Dog Park Bar on Sunday.
“We have a lot of fun stuff going on,” said Alisa Gray, the president and CEO of KHS. “There’s cocktail specials, and dogs everywhere and adorable little puppies like Dove that will be available for adoption at the end of this week.”
This year’s Puppy Bowl is the first time that KHS has had puppies take part in it.
“It’s great exposure for us,” Gray said. “We’re featured on a national channel and it’s all about awareness for adoption and supporting great animal rescues. There’s about 140 puppies in the Puppy Bowl and I think we’re featured quite a bit, so we’re so excited about that.”
Both pups are now in loving homes, with Charlie fitting right in with Hardwick and her other pets.
“As soon as I let her in the house, introduced her to the animals, she just… it was her house,” Hardwick said. “She got along really well with my other dog and my cats.”
Proceeds from Sunday’s event will go to KHS. The organization is always looking for people to adopt, foster and volunteer.
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