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
Labrador Retriever
Williamsburg, Virginia
112 votes
Poppyseed
Lab
Ithaca, New York
110 votes
Freddie
English Springer Spaniel
Beaufort, South Carolina
Hippo
Sheepadoodle
Des Moines, Iowa
Maggie
Gordon Setter
Jamestown, North Dakota
Sonny
Golden Retriever
Marietta, Georgia
Joe
Irish Setter
Richmond, Virginia
Barrett
Weimaraner
Newport, Virginia
Georgia Bell
Chocolate Lab
La Grange, Kentucky
108 votes
Rocket
Golden Retriever
Stony Creek, Virginia
108 votes
Rhea
Husky / German Shepherd
Durham, North Carolina
107 votes
Rudy
Cavalier King Charles
Jasper, Tennessee
107 votes


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