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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Paxton Dug Wilhelm
Golden Retriever
Tallahassee, Florida
89 votes
Max
Germán shepherd
Lehigh Acres, Florida
42 votes
Emma Delaney
Yorkshire Terrier
Cleveland, Tennessee
57 votes
Doodle
Labradoodle
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
59 votes
Kira
German Shepherd
Berryville, Virginia
135 votes
Kari
Bloodhound
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
97 votes
Apollo
Cane corso
Roanoke, Virginia
28 votes
Tully Mars
Yorkshire Terrier
Cleveland, Tennessee
53 votes
Ollie
Blue heeler
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
27 votes
Clara
Mix
Madisonville, Louisiana
72 votes
Toto
Terrier Mix
Lehigh Acres, Florida
57 votes
Gypsy
Chocolate Lab
Willis, Virginia
29 votes