This week’s round-up of important/useful/interesting/fun pet links:

• Get ready to submit your favorite pet photo to the 2009 BISSELL MVP (Most Valuable Pet) Photo Contest! Follow them on Twitter or Facebook, and they will tell you how to enter. Check out last year’s contest winner here.
• Make your own free, funny, personalized holiday e-cards with Critter Carols from PetCentric, featuring singing dogs and cats. You can upload pictures of your own pets!
• Over at Paw Luxury, win a copy of the book “Eco-dog: Healthy Living for Your Pet” by Corbett Marshall and Jim Deskevich. Contest ends Monday, December 15 at midnight.
• Be sure to check out Modern Dog Magazine’s Ultimutt Gift Guide for all the dogs on your holiday list!
• How’s this for a great gift for the animal lover in your life: a donation in his or her name. Ideas? Make a contribution to Bill Foundation in someone’s honor (they’ll get an adorable card letting them know) or get them a membership to Defenders of Animals.