Shawna and Keifer Thompson are country music’s Grammy-nominated wife and husband team known as Thompson Square. This month they have teamed up with Nestlé Purina PetCare Company for a Purina Dog Chow Facebook fundraiser called “Dog Families Know.” The money raised will be donated to Patriot Rovers, an amazing organization committed to rescuing and training psychiatric service dogs to provide love 24-hours a day to U.S. veterans who lost limbs and/or suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Inside story behind Thompson Square teaming up with Purina Dog Chow
Keifer Thompson told NBC’s Petside, “We recently got a new dog. Her name is Etta and she’s a 17-weeks old [Etta is a Snorkie, a Miniature Schnauzer and Yorkie mix]. We got excited and started tweeting pictures of Etta,” said Keifer. “Next thing we know she had her own Facebook page and she was just everywhere. Radio stations across the country picked up on her story and ran pictures on their websites and Facebook pages. Then we were approached by Purina Dog Chow to partner up with them for this program.”
What exactly is this Purina program?
From now until July 31st if you go to Facebook/DogChow and post a story or photo of your pet, Purina Dog Chow will donate $1 up to $25,000 to Patriot Rovers to help rescue both America’s dogs and veterans.
Thompson Square talks about using country music fame to help others
Shawna Thompson said, “Keifer and I really don’t feel like celebrities but with the little bit of celebrity we do have we like to help—especially with animals. We’re huge dog lovers and it’s so important to give back.”
Keifer seconded that, “It’s really cool to use any sort of celebrity that people have to help pets,” and it really means a lot to us because we’re huge, huge animal lovers and advocates. We’ve always been dog people. If you have the public’s eyes and attention, you’ve got a responsibility as a role model so even though we don’t feel like celebrities—not by a long shot—a lot of people think we are and they look up to us. We get their stories, emails, tweets and Facebook messages all the time about how our music has affected their life. We’re just doing what we do for a living because we’ve been blessed to be able to do but it’s weird how many people you can affect with a song.”
Learn more about this Purina Dog Chow program
View Thompson Square and their dog Etta
See even more of Etta the Snorkie
