Pedigree & People Magazine Are on the Search for 'World's Cutest Rescue Dog'
Everyone thinks their dog is the cutest pup who ever lived, and if you adopted a rescue dog here is your chance to prove it. People Magazine and Pedigree brand dog food are having the 2024 PEOPLE's World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest Presented by the PEDIGREE® brand and you can enter starting on June 20th.
People Magazine's editors will select 10 finalists. Readers will narrow down the pool to three, and then the hosts (and rescue dog owners) of The Talk, and judges from PEOPLE, and the PEDIGREE® brand, will choose the grand prize winner.
The Grand Prize Winner Will Receive the following: A custom photo shoot, a feature in PEOPLE magazine and on People.com, a year's supply of dog food from the PEDIGREE® brand and a $1,000 donation to the pet rescue organization of the winner's choice
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When the contest opens on June 20th, you can enter here.
I plan on entering my editor's rescue Shih-Tzu mix Tito, because look at that face!
Image via Mary Hawkins
All About Last Year's Winner
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Last year's top dog was a little one-eyed terrier-mix named Hobie that belongs to Christin Bernhardt and her husband Joern Riemer. The coupled adopted Hobie in 2002 from the Laguna Beach Animal Shelter.
Hobie was a street dog from Tijuana, Mexico, where he was found with severe glaucoma, which eventually led to the removal of his left eye.
This sweet little pup beat out 8,000 other furry hopefuls to win the title of 2023's Cutest Rescue Dog.
People Magazine reported, "She and Riemer brought Hobie home soon after, on July 17, 2022. Since then, Hobie — who was a little skittish for the first two weeks after his adoption — has fully acclimated to his new life.
"We have this ritual on the weekend mornings: I have coffee, he crawls up on my lap, and I hold him like a baby," Bernhardt says.
"He could do this for hours," she adds. "He's a very sweet, mild-mannered little boy." Especially when it comes to other animals.
Bernhardt often catches him cuddling with their senior dog Zoe. Along with car rides and trips to the beach, one of Hobie's favorite activities is visiting the pet store to see the adoptable cats."
Here's wishing the best of luck to all this year's contestants!
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