The 2025 Good Dog Photo Contest

Thanks to all—and stay tuned!

The 2025 Good Dog Photo Contest is now closed, and G&G editors are busy going through the thousands of entries. We will select one overall winner and one sleeping winner, who 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 plush dog bed from Crypton.

The overall winner, sleeping dog winner, honorable mentions, and readers’ choice winners will be announced here on November 4.

Thank you to all who entered and voted. It was a joy to see all of the great photos of your good dogs!

See official rules here.

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Meet the Dogs Entered in This Year’s Contest

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COCO Marie
Boykin spaniel
Augusta, Georgia
118 votes
Maverick
Chiweenie
Louisa, Virginia
74 votes
Buttercup
I-Shihtzu-Not
Longview, Texas
38 votes
Gracie
Weimaraner
Rossville, Georgia
40 votes
Luigi
Walker Hound mix
McDonough, Georgia
29 votes
Finneas aka Finn
Mini Dachshund
Greeneville, Tennessee
36 votes
Dottie
Miniature Longhaired Dachsund
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
64 votes
Mabel
Miniature Longhaired Dachshund
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
66 votes
Kona
Plott Hound
Wake Forest, North Carolina
112 votes
Luna
Bird dog/lab mix
Leesburg, Georgia
48 votes
Tucker
Mixed Yellow Lab/Dashhound
Marksville, Louisiana
35 votes
Millie
Golden Retriever
Amissville, Virginia
28 votes