There is no set time. Be sure your nomination is complete, and you have a good, clear, color photo. Not one with ears cut off, feet cut off, or whatever. Also include more than a sentance about why your pet is special - in fact, feel free to go on and on - the more, the better.

It is not "first come, first served" or anything, we choose pets about a week in advance, and try to notify people ahead of time when their pet is chosen for a particular day.

It is frustrating when someone's notification email gets bounced back to us, so also be sure to use a good email address, and if you are an AOL user, for example, don't have your email set to block all non-AOL addresses.

And if you feel you have found or taken a better photo, for example, you can always send that inat any time, just tell me you've previously sent a nomination, and from what email address, so I can match it up correctly! Other than that, you don't need to re-send a nomination, we keep them all.