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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Cutie
Mini Dachshund
Brooklyn, New York
61 votes
Mikey
English Cocker Spaniel
San Antonio, Texas
8 votes
Bowie
Corgi
Fayetteville, Arkansas
72 votes
Dixie
German Shorthair Pointer
Loveland, Ohio
7 votes
Mr Bill
Chi/Terrier
New Orleans, Louisiana
23 votes
River
Field Spaniel
Charleston, South Carolina
5 votes
Mike
Golden Mountain Doodle (goldendoodle x bernedoodle)
Birmingham, Alabama
211 votes
Ronnie
Sheltie
New Orleans, Louisiana
4 votes
Birdie
Cavapoo
Sumter, South Carolina
38 votes
Oliver
Newfoundland
Good Hope, Georgia
17 votes
Zeus
Labrador retriever
Tampa, Florida
37 votes
Mika
Mini dachshund
Warrenton, Virginia
4 votes


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