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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Mookie
Labrador Retriever
Centennial, Colorado
4 votes
Archie Manning Pace
Shih Tzu mix
Macon, Georgia
6 votes
Douglas Fritze
Yellow lab
Baltimore, Maryland
8 votes
Bonnie
Lab
Beaufort, South Carolina
7 votes
Carolines Consumate Lowcountry Betty
Bernese Mountain Dog
Beaufort, South Carolina
6 votes
Sissy Schoen
American Foxhound
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
7 votes
Sophie
German Shepard, Belgian Malinois
Sacramento, California
4 votes
Kodi
Redbone Coonhound, Siberian Husky
Cary, North Carolina
13 votes
Moira
Mini long-haired dachshund
Richmond, Virginia
5 votes
Max
Maltese
Atlanta, Georgia
27 votes
Bobby Cox
Maltipoo
Gainesville, Georgia
3 votes
Fritz
German Shepard (yes full breed)
Union, Kentucky
15 votes


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