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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Hobbs
Boxer
Greensboro, North Carolina
142 votes
Mocha Mocha Latte & Dolly
Labrador Retrievers
Macon, Georgia
142 votes
LLew
Llewellen Setter
Spartanburg, South Carolina
142 votes
Otis
Heeler mix
Christiansburg, Virginia
Enzo
Mutt
Seattle, Washington
140 votes
Monroe
King Charles Spaniel/Poodle
Lexington, South Carolina
Jules
Beagle
Natchez, Mississippi
Emma Redbird
Bloodhound
Sacramento, California
139 votes
Doc
Labrador Retriever
Cross Plains, Tennessee
138 votes
Otis
Heeler mix
Christiansburg, Virginia
King Walter AKA Wally
Tibetan Mastiff
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cooper
Bassett Mini Labradoodle
Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas
137 votes


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