The 2025 Good Dog Photo Contest

How it works

• Enter a photo of your dog below. Entries are accepted between September 3 and September 30, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
• Vote for your dog or others between September 3 and October 3, at 5 p.m. EDT. Encourage your friends to vote too.

Winners
• Our editors will pick one overall winner, one sleeping dog, and several honorable mentions—regardless of the number of votes. The overall winner and sleeping dog winner will be featured in the December 2025/January 2026 issue of Garden & Gun. The overall winner will receive a prize pack from G&G and the sleeping dog winner will receive a dog bed from Crypton.
• The ten photos with the most online votes will be named readers’ choice winners.
• The overall winner, sleeping dog winner, honorable mentions, and readers’ choice winners will be announced online November 4.

Rules
Read the full contest rules and enter and vote today!

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Hank
Mini hippo
Tallahassew, Florida
Bailey
Boykin Spaniel
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 votes
Beau
Border Collie
Granville, Ohio
16 votes
Elton
Papillon
Knoxville, Tennessee
16 votes
Chief
Beagle Mix
Mission, Kansas
16 votes
Roscoe
Siberian Husky
Altoona, Pennsylvania
16 votes
Nash
Terrier Mix
St Augustine, Florida
16 votes
Phineas & Molly
Staffy Pit mux
Ofallon, Missouri
16 votes
Roux & Huck
Boykin Spaniell
Hanahan, South Carolina
16 votes
Birdie
Half cattle dog, half the rest of the neighborhood
Mill Spring, North Carolina
16 votes
Big
Chocolate Lab
Savannah, Georgia
16 votes
Hazel
Labrador Retriever mix
Hendersonville, NC, North Carolina
16 votes


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