A 4 month old lab mix available for adoption from ASPCSA .

牠是ASPCA開放領養的四個月大米克斯

- Just the sort of dog who stands to benefit from the biggest sporting events of the year.

牠是眾多狗狗裡，其中一隻受益於今年最大的運動賽事

Richard Schlesinger has our play by play

Richard Schlesinger 會為我們實況轉播

- On this Super Bowl Sunday, of all Sundays,

- 在所有週日的超級盃中，只有這週日

permit us a touch of heresy with apologies to The Patriots and The Eagles.

請允許我們將目光從愛國者隊和老鷹隊移開

Theirs is not the only game in town.

他們的超級盃比賽並不是城裡唯一的比賽

- Let The Puppy Bowl begin.

讓狗寶寶盃開始吧！

- This afternoon, there is also this competition of sorts.

今天下午也有個比賽

Team Ruff verse team Fluff.

絨絨隊 vs 毛毛隊

90 puppies, playing in the 14th annual Puppy Bowl on The Animal Planet cable channel.

動物星球頻道播出第 14 屆狗寶寶盃，這次有 90 隻幼犬參加

- Jennifer picks up a toy at the 30. She gets the first down and then some.

珍妮佛在 30 碼處撿起玩具，他撿起了第一個

- That's a touchdown!

她達陣了！

- Mango and Morris, Boomer and J.Paw are part of the game

芒果、莫里斯、邦邦還有傑寶都是球員之一

where the rules are simple and enforced by the referee.

裁判按照著簡單的規則執行比賽

- Chew toy.

玩具

Morris.

莫里斯

Chew toy

玩具

Morris.

莫里斯

- That's right. The referee, Dan Schachner.

那就是我們的裁判，Dan Schachner

- I always say the rules of Puppy Bowl could fit on like one post-it note.

我常說狗寶寶盃的規則用一張便條紙就能寫完了

It's basically trag a chew toy into the end zone.

基本上就是咬一個玩具到底線區

It doesn't matter which end zone.

不管是哪個底線區

It could be multiple...

也可以是很多的..

Yeah . You could play for the other team. We don't care.

甚至你可以幫別隊得分，我們都不介意

Intentional growling.

非法吠叫！

They are all puppies. They've all got their own agendas.

他們都是幼犬，他們有自己想做的事

Most of them are not that socialized.

大多數都尚未社會化

They are certainly not house trained.

當然也沒有被訓練過

And we're trying to get them to play competitive football game.

但卻要他們玩競爭激烈的足球比賽

So you can imagine

所以你可以想像那個畫面

- What could possibly go wrong?

會有什麼混亂的場面嗎？

- Right!

是啊！

- Oh no. That's not good.

歐不，這樣不好！

[ Whistle ] That's a foul on you guys.

( 哨聲 ) 你們犯規了

Humping the hound.

非法阻擋

Ten yards, keep it clean.

退到十碼後

I'm watching you, Crimson.

我會盯著你的，克里森

- They play on the specially constructed and easily cleaned field in a Manhattan studio.

比賽舉辦在曼哈頓一個特製、容易清理的場地裡

Like the human game, there are cameras everywhere.

像人類的比賽一樣，到處都是攝影機

And like the human game, players are sometimes given penalties.

像人類的比賽一樣，球員會被罰球

- Unsports dog like conduct, send you back five yards,

像你這樣沒有運動家精神的狗狗，我罰你到五碼外

and no belly rubs. I mean it.

加上沒有摸摸。我是認真的

- And that's pretty much where the similarity ends.

跟人類比賽相似的地方就到此為止了

In this game, the players don't curse the ref.

在狗寶寶盃裡，球員不會罵裁判

They kiss him.

他們親裁判

- You can kiss up to the ref. It works every time.

你可以親裁判，這招每次都管用

- But Dan Schachner is more than just a referee.

不過 Dan Schachner 不僅僅只身為裁判

- Who is this?

- 這是誰？

- Oh, this is Biscuit.

- 牠是餅乾

- He is providing foster care to one of the players, Biscuit.

- 牠把餅乾寄養在他的家裡

She is three months old of uncertain pedigree.

牠是三個月大的米克斯

And like all the dogs in The Puppy Bowl , she is looking for a home.

而牠就跟其他參加狗寶寶盃的幼犬一樣，都在尋找一個家

- 100% of the dogs on Puppy Bowl are from rescue groups and shelters across the country.

- 狗寶寶盃的幼犬全數都從美國的救援團體或是收容所過來的

- How many of them end up getting adopted?

- 那通常最後會有幾隻被領養呢？

- We have one hundred percent adoption rate.

- 我們的領養率高達百分之百

You imagine. We're in a room with these pups and hundreds of volunteers.

你想像一下，一個充滿幼犬和志工的地方

The chances of them getting adopted are very very high.

牠們被領養的機率非常非常高

- The Puppy Bowl was started small, 14 years ago, just a few players in a room in Maryland.

14 年前在馬里蘭州，狗寶寶盃的規模很小，只有幾隻狗狗

- I know for the fact that the first year it was just a kind of hair-brained idea.

- 我其實知道剛開始那是個很草率的想法

- Touch down!

- 達陣了！

- Erin Wanner is in charge of The Puppy Bowl now,

- 現在是由 Erin Wanner 負責狗寶寶盃

and she has watched it grow.

而她看著這個節目成長

- So how hard is it to put one of these shows together?

- 要把這個節目做起來需要多大的努力？

- It is a much bigger effort than you can imagine.

- 是你絕對無法想像的

We have whole casting process, including a big wall of puppies.

- 我們有個選角過程，會有一大面牆的幼犬照片

- I'm sorry, did you say casting process?

- 你是說選角過程嗎？

- A casting process, yes.

- 對，選角過程

We're trying to make sure that we get as many shelters represented as we can.

我們希望讓更多的收容所都能夠參加

Then of course we need the right mix of puppies.

當然跟幼犬也有關係

- He's from a sanctuary rescue from Virginia.

- 他是從維吉尼亞州的一個救援收容所來的

- We're form Barktown Rescue in Boston, Kentucky.

- 我們來自肯塔基州的波士頓，Barktown 救援收容所

- This year puppies' come from 48 shelters surround the country,

- 今年狗狗來自全美 48 個不同的收容所

and from Mexico where Mango was found on the street Puerto, Penasco

還有芒果，牠在墨西哥街頭被找到

by a rescue organization called Compassion Without Borders.

被一個叫 Compassion Without Borders 的救援團隊找到

He was brought to their shelter in California before making the trip here.

他再來狗狗盃之前，先被送到加州的收容所

A trip that would change his life.

這整趟旅程將會改變他的一生

Mr. Wigglesworth who looks to be mostly if not all Shar Pei

韋格先生是隻看起來像沙皮狗的幼犬

came from Lori Johnson's Florida Little Dog Rescue in Orlando.

他從 Lori Johnson 的佛羅里達小狗收容所來的

- Florida is prime football recruiting grounds.

- 佛羅里達是初期招募的來源

They recruit a lot of puppies here too.

他們也在這裡召集了很多幼犬

She has sent more than 40 in 4 years to The Puppy Bowl.

她在四年內送了 40 隻狗狗給狗寶寶盃

- It is an honor. It shows that our rescue is doing the rescue the right way.

- 我很榮幸。 這代表我們收容所的救援方向是正確的

And we like we're chosen as ambassador to spread the message of adopting.

我也很開心能夠擔任傳遞領養重要性的傳遞大使

Mr. Wigglesworth representing his shelter well, although maybe not exactly as a competitor

韋格先生即使沒有很投入比賽，但他還是代表了牠的收容所

- Hey, Mr.Wigglesworth, five yard penalty for excessive snoozing.

- 嘿，韋格先生，打瞌睡要罰五碼罰球

- Aquaman, Juniper, Iris, and Button.

- 水行俠、阿松、愛麗絲和鈕扣

- Managing all these dogs is a lot like herding cats,

- 要管理這群狗狗就像是要把貓咪聚集一樣困難

but it is worth the trouble for Animal Planet.

不過對動物星球頻道來說這是值得的

This is the highest rated show all year on the channel,

這是整年度評價最高的節目

and it's worth it for the shelters too.

當然對收容所來說也是值得的

- What will happen at your shelter when The Puppy Bowl airs?

- 節目播出後收容所有什麼不一樣的事發生嗎？

- My phone will blow up.

- 我的電話會被打爆

We'll get thousand of phone calls on Puppy Bowl day, which is great.

我們會在狗寶寶盃當天接到上千通電話，這是好事

So Clyde may already be adopted but he's gonna help hundreds of other dogs get adopted.

克萊德即使已經被領養，但他還是能夠幫助其他狗狗找到家

- They call it "The Puppy Bowl effect."

- 他們稱這個現象為「狗寶寶盃效應」

- People think you can't get great dogs like this in shelters and rescue and you can.

- 人們會覺得收容所或是救援團體沒有出色的狗狗，但其實不是

So we're willing to put the work in The Puppy Bowl to get the message out.

所以我們都很願意幫狗寶寶盃宣傳

- This show has been so successful at getting puppies adopted,

- 這個節目很成功的讓幼犬被領養

that this year Animal Planet has started The Dog Bowl.

所以動物星球頻道也成立了大狗狗盃

So older dogs who can be difficult to place get a chance for what Mango and the other puppies have now.

讓不容易被領樣的成犬們也有機會像芒果還有其他幼犬一樣

A permanent home.

找到一個永遠的家

Mango is now a world away form Puerto Penasco.

芒果現在已經不在墨西哥了

He's living with Sydney Baldwin who worked on The Puppy Bowl,

牠現在跟曾在狗寶寶盃工作的 Sydney Baldwin 一起住

the only game on TV, where there are no losers.

狗寶寶盃是電視史上唯一一個沒有輸贏的比賽