I just shared my story about my favorite cat on the YourCatStory.com website for Purina. The Purina Cat Chow Real Stories Project is a nationwide search to find, showcase and celebrate cat stories that highlight the special relationships between cat people and their cats, as well as the many ways our cats are always there for us. Purina Cat Chow is asking you to share your story for an opportunity to be one of five grand prize winners who will each receive a $5,000 cash prize, a one year supply of Purina^® Cat Chow^® brand cat food for one cat, and have their cat relationship story told through a Purina Cat Chow brand online video.

I have a fun story about my cat that was able to turn the light on every night while I thought I was going crazy, I also have a story about my first cat. I loved my first cat so much that when my cat was hit by a car, my grandmother paid for my cat to have surgery and she later told me as an adult how very expensive it was. It would have been cheaper to have put my cat down but she couldn’t bare to see my face. I loved that cat. She was a beautiful cat that I played with all the time and she endured all of my graceless attempts at playing with her and carrying her around.

What’s your first cat story? Do you have one to share. From now until July 31, you can participate in the Purina Cat Chow Real Stories Project Contest by submitting your cat relationship story at www.yourcatstory.com.

Five cat stories will be selected as the grand prize winners of the Purina Cat Chow Real Stories Project and will each receive a $5,000 cash prize, a one year supply of Purina^® Cat Chow^® brand cat food for one cat, and have their cat relationship story told through a Purina Cat Chow brand online video. Following the story submission close on July 31, Purina Cat Chow will narrow the stories down to 10 finalists. You gusy will be asked to vote on your favorite stories from Aug. 28 – Sept. 18, 2012, at www.yourcatstory.com to help identify the winning stories. The winners will be announced on or about October 1, 2012.

Purina Cat Chow is committed to telling and highlighting the real stories of everyday cat owners. Purina Cat Chow recently launched a new national TV advertising campaign inspired by stories of real-life cat owners and new product packaging featuring five owners and their cats. Purina Cat Chow believes that someone should always be there for you and your cat. We want to be there for cat people as a supportive and dependable resource, and an insightful champion for the relationship cats and owners share.

Purina® Cat Chow® partnered with bloggers such as me to help educate us all about their Real Stories Project. As part of this program, I received compensation for my time. They did not tell me what to say. Purina Cat Chow believes that consumers and bloggers are free to form their own opinions and share them in their own words. Purina Cat Chow’s policies align with WOMMA Ethics Code, FTC guidelines and social media engagement recommendations.