Win a Date with Your Do: Mercury Canine Cruise GIVEAWAY--CLOSED

Once August hits, we always have a constant awareness of how the summer is winding down and we make a mad scramble to make our "best of" summer list. This usually involves becoming playing "Tourist in Your Own City" to really appreciate everything our city has to offer.
The can't miss thing we always tell out-of-town visitors is to take one of the architectural river cruises. Which luckily for us, is also dog-friendly with the Mercury Canine Cruise tour.

This 90-minute cruise takes pups and their people down the Chicago River, before entering Lake Michigan and passing by Navy Pier.
This has become one of our summer traditions where we are able to see the amazing architecture of our city from a different view while the pups get to stick their heads out the window in a different way.

Our first trip we were a bit wary about how the pups might react to being in such tight quarters with so many other pups. The nice thing is that it is nothing like the Chicago CTA where you are all crammed in and sharing a seat with strangers, but every time we've gone all of the dogs and their families have gotten their own benches.
These cruises run every Sunday morning through September 28. It seems like it has gotten more popular in the last year, so we recommend calling ahead to make sure you get a space.

While this has become one of our favorite summer traditions, we were excited when the Mercury Canine Cruise invited the pups as their guests and are generously giving away Canine Cruise tickets to 2 lucky dog families.

Each of the winners will receive tickets for 2 humans and 2 pups. Winners will be able to choose the date of your cruise, though we would love to coordinate and meet up if it works out!

Why would you be interested on going on the Mercury Canine Cruise in Chicago with your pup?

Congratulations to our two winners for the Mercury, Chicago's Skyline Cruiseline Canine Cruise chosen via random number generator. 1) Murray who will be doing his favorite things "sitting with mom and dad, exploring Chicago, cruising, and being near the water!" and 2) Rosa who now has an excuse to wear the cutest pink life jacket with white polka dots. Please email or message us with details on how to get your tickets!

1) Let us know by commenting on our blog post here

2) You can also enter by posting a photo on our Facebook page of your pooch and letting us know why you would be interested in going on the Canine Cruise together. (Remember, we always love seeing photos of your pooches!)

3) Winners will be chosen at random using a random number generator

Details:
-You have two chances to win by commenting once on the blog and posting a photo once on our Facebook page.
-We will use a random number generator to randomly choose 1 winner from blog comments and 1 winner from the Facebook page.
-You have until Thursday at Midnight (EST) to post your comment or photo
-Check our Facebook page and blog this Friday for the announcement of winners. If you are a winner, please contact us, so we can get your information. It is up to the winners to contact us to claim your prize.
-Winners must come to Chicago to attend the cruise

Good luck everyone!

Also:

Some of our past cruise adventures here and here.

The importance of dog dates

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