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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Rip and Reba
Vizsla
Vero Beach, Florida
21 votes
Boone Dox
Boykin Spaniel
Oxford, Georgia
26 votes
Margot
Boston Terrier/Bulldog
Dayton, Ohio
19 votes
Pugzilla
Pug
Silver City, New Mexico
163 votes
Banjo
German Wired Hair Pointer
Pike Road, Alabama
2,166 votes
Jessie
Bernadoodle
Hampton, New Jersey
53 votes
Romeo
Liver Spotted Dalmatian
Greenville, South Carolina
79 votes
Banjo
Wire Hair Pointer
Pike Road, Alabama
348 votes
Romeo
Liver Spotter Dalmatian
Greenville, South Carolina
23 votes
Hammy and Tupelo
Pitbull mixes
Durham, North Carolina
44 votes
Evey
English lab
Mt pleasant, South Carolina
20 votes
Arlo and Vincent
Mixed Breed
Louisville, Kentucky
86 votes


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