How it works

• Enter a photo of your dog below. Entries are accepted between September 2 and September 29 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
• Vote for your dog or others between September 2 and October 2 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Encourage your friends to vote too.

Winners
• Our editors will pick one overall winner and several honorable mentions—regardless of the number of votes. The overall winner will be featured in the December 2026/January 2027 issue of Garden & Gun and will receive a prize pack from G&G.
• The ten photos with the most online votes will be named readers’ choice winners.
• The overall winner, honorable mentions, and readers’ choice winners will be announced online on November 3.

Rules
• Read the full contest rules and enter and vote today!



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Good Dog Photo Contest 2026

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Wendy
Yellow Labrador
Waxahachie, Texas
9 votes
Cooper
Yorkshire terrier
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
149 votes
Rocky
Black Lab
Memphis, Tennessee
18 votes
Princess Anne
Labradoodle
Germantown, Tennessee
14 votes
Atlas
Great Pyrenees mix
Fairhope, Alabama
5 votes
Ivy
King Charles Cavalier
Germantown, Tennessee
12 votes
Snoop
Chorkie
Lexington, South Carolina
13 votes
Gilligan
Basset Hound
Fort Worth, Texas
28 votes
Pomegranate
Pomeranian
Gulfport, Mississippi
143 votes
Hermès Gris
French Bulldog
Bowling Green, Kentucky
78 votes
Sadie
Brittany Spaniel
Bismarck, Illinois
72 votes
Maeve & Neville
English Cocker
Voctir, New York
36 votes


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