Bergen Pooches Playing In Animal Planet's 1st Dog Bowl Saturday

OAKLAND, NJ — Some Bergen County dogs will face off on the gridiron on national television next month.

Five dogs from the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge (RBAR) will appear on Animal Planet's first ever Dog Bowl Saturday at 8 p.m.

The event is for older dogs living in rescues and shelters who are frequently passed over for puppies. The network wants the event to prove that middle- and senior-aged dogs are worth savings.

The dogs chosen from RBAR are: Lexi, Sasha, Kody, Betty and Stewart. Lexi was recently adopted.

The Dog Bowl is a companion event to the network's annual Puppy Bowl. The 50 dogs will be split into two teams: Team Paws and Team Tails. Animal advocate Jill Rappaport will host the one-hour special.

In-depth profiles of each of the dogs will be presented by NFL player Eric Decker and his wife who run Deckers Dogs, a nonprofit that trains rescue dogs into service dogs for disabled veterans.

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Photos: The dogs from the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge: Lexi, Stewart, Betty, Kody and Sasha. Courtesy of Animal Planet