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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Enzo Bringer of Joy
Flying Bernese Mountain Dog
Chicago, Illinois
46 votes
Joe Boxer
Boxer
Houston, Texas
231 votes
Hobbs
Boxer
Greensboro, North Carolina
114 votes
Boo Radley
Brussels Griffon
Belmar, New Jersey
369 votes
George
Goldendoodle
Rockport, Texas
118 votes
Rage
German Shorthair Pointer
Emerson, Nebraska
15 votes
Molly Girl
Basengi
Decatur, Georgia
13 votes
Millie McCahill
Bernedoodle
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
41 votes
Saylor Grace
Labrador Retriever
Lexington, Kentucky
217 votes
Duchess
British Lab
Hillsborough, North Carolina
12 votes
Walter
English Springer Spaniel
Richmond, Virginia
45 votes
Nipper
English cocker
Savannah, Georgia
654 votes

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