We had so many great entries for our Thanksgiving Top Dog Contest, presented by World Equestrian Brands, we had a “ruff” time narrowing them down!
Here are the 15 finalists — click on any photo to see a larger view and view the owner’s name:
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- Claire Hale
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- Megan Feltrup: “My 5 year old Boxer ‘Zoey’ jumping a BN coop while we were fence judges at the Stone Gate Fall Horse Trials at Stone Gate Farm in Hanoverton, Ohio. Unfortunately, as you can see, Zoey was sadly eliminated for jumping the fence the wrong direction … ‘Red on Right’ Zoey!!”
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- Kathi Menner
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- Jamie Moore: “Ozzie, red heeler, passed out with his favorite fox toy after a big thanksgiving dinner, 2015.”
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- Crystal Freelend: “Maverick the Australian Shepherd, 2 years old. Loves his mom, going to the barn, and tennis balls.”
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- Prince Teton Farm: “Osito is a horse shoe retriever!”
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- Beth Jauquet
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- Liz Hocking: “Marvel is the best barn dog, hands down. I am thankful for him every single day. He has become such an ambassador for rescue pups among my friends and family.”
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- Drea Comstock: “For nine years, William was been the best barn dog that there ever was, as long as you like your barn dogs naughty. Racing around on three legs and bossing everyone equally, everyone at the barn knew him. When we were at home, he was just waiting to be able to get back. He made all of us smile, every day, whether he was chasing a coyote through the snow in his blue dog blanket like a flying ottoman, trying to herd the horses unnecessarily and only occasionally successfully, or highly inappropriately diving through your legs, nose right at crotch height, so you have to pet him. Unfortunately, William passed away suddenly last month. I was so thankful to have this dog with me for nine years. I couldn’t have started my own business and powered through the stress and exhaustion without my best friend.”
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- Britt Gillis: “My pup Drake hanging out among the fall colors!”
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- Lucy Lammer: “My pony and me about to take a nap… as soon as I finish wiping cranberries off my mouth. (Yes, her toys are all Webkin ponies.”
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- Deanna Courreges: “This is Bitty. She’s an eleven year old Beagle that has spent hundreds of hours under the scorer’s desk at numerous Area V events. She’s a little lighter now than she used to be but is still going strong.”
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- Kaitlyn Jansen: “The mystery still remains how those little legs got her on top of the round bail but someone had to supervise the gallop sets.”
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- Paige Montague: “My dog hates me.”
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- Cindy Wood
And while our chinch legal team insists that the following entry didn’t “meet qualifications for inclusion in the contest,” we think this Top Cat deserves an honorable mention.
Who do you think deserves to be EN’s Thanksgiving Top Dog? Cast your vote, via their owner’s name, below. Voting ends on Sunday, Nov. 27, at midnight with the winner to be announced on Monday!
The prize: The lucky winner will take home a pair of Equilibrium Tri-Zone Allsports II Boots courtesy of World Equestrian Brands! These multi-purpose boots are designed to be versatile for busy horse owners. From jumping, cross country, flatwork, hacking and turnout, the AllSports II boots can do it all. The boots retail at $114 and are available in black or white and sizes small-extra large. Click here to learn more about the boots.
FlyPups: If you’re wondering where to shop this holiday season, please consider World Equestrian Brands, where a portion of all sales benefits FlyPups. This non-profit’s mission is trifold: transporting dogs from desperate situations to no-kill shelters and forever homes, providing aid to dogs during natural disasters, and delivering trained dogs to veterans for service and companionship — all at no charge. Visit FlyPups.org to learn more about this wonderful organization.
Go Eventing.
