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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Bubs
Giant Schnauzer
Darrow, Louisiana
Daisy
German Shepherd
Red Bank, New Jersey
51 votes
Peach
Lab/Pit mix
Auburn, Alabama
51 votes
River Bozeman
Boykin spaniel
Dublin, Georgia
Cody
Golden Retriever
Rutherford, New Jersey
Buttercup Sunshine
English retriever
Savannah, Georgia
Basil Hayden
Red Merle Australian Shepherd
Louisville, Tennessee
Lylla
Beagle
San Antonio, Texas
Truman Thadig
Mini-Goldendoodle
Dallas, Texas
Dobby
German Shorthaired Pointer
Atlanta, Georgia
Sadie
Welsh springer spaniel
Raleigh, North Carolina
50 votes
Jolene
Australian Cattle Dog
Dewitt, Virginia
50 votes


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