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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Tobias Long
Weimarainer
Mentone, Alabama
Prosser & Skip
Golden retrievers
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Gus
Boykin Spaniel
Greenwood, South Carolina
116 votes
Gypsy
Doberman
Brundidge, Alabama
Ruby
Labrador Retriever
Summerville, South Carolina
Freddie
English Springer Spaniel
Habersham, South Carolina
Remington
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Oxford, Mississippi
Gabby
Labrador
Keller, Texas
Pippin
Australian shepherd mix
Richmond, Virginia
Bogie
Mini Bernedoodle
Roswell, Georgia
114 votes
Chance
Miniature Longhaired Dachshund
Anderson, South Carolina
114 votes
Birdie
Labradoodle
Sevierville, Tennessee
113 votes


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