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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Surreal
Pug
Denver, Colorado
15 votes
May
Shepherd lab mix
Palmbay, Florida
15 votes
Loki
Pomsky
Acworth, Georgia
15 votes
Rosie Roux
Dalmatian
Tampa, Florida
15 votes
Maisha
Labrador
Glenville, North Carolina
15 votes
Atticus
Chihuahua
Folkston, Georgia
15 votes
Elly May
Golden Mountain Doodle
Greensboro, Georgia
15 votes
Boo
Doodle
Berryville, Arkansas
15 votes
Leader
Bluetick/Foxhound Mix
Hernando, Mississippi
15 votes
Luna
Standard Poodle
Franklin, Tennessee
15 votes
Otis Campbell
Shih Tzu Yorkie
Madison, Ohio
15 votes
Sailor
Standard Poodle
Williamsburg, Virginia
15 votes


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