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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Molly
Border Collie
Granville, Ohio
15 votes
Alfie
Dachshund and chihuahua mix
Austin, Texas
66 votes
Beau
Border Collie
Granville, Ohio
12 votes
Muffin
Goldendoodle
White Lake, Michigan
26 votes
Toby
Brittany
Garden city, Kansas
31 votes
Homer
Golden Retriever
Midlothian, Virginia
66 votes
Dixie
Chesapeake Bay
Pratt, Kansas
37 votes
Bingo
Labrador Retriever
Charleston, South Carolina
22 votes
Maggie
Lab/mixed
Cocoa, Florida
18 votes
Buster
German Shirt-haired Pointer
St. Simons Island, Georgia
67 votes
Irwin
Mixed Breed Rescue
Gainesville, Florida
568 votes
Bandit
German Shepard/ Swiss Mountain dog
San Marcos, Texas
13 votes

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