Five Freedoms Photography in partnership with Charley’s K9 Rescue is proud to announce their Triangle Dog Of The Year Calendar Contest for 2025!
All proceeds from the calendar contest and calendar sales will be donated directly to Charley’s K9 Rescue to help them in their mission to give shelter dogs a second chance, specifically bully breeds.
We encourage you to submit a favorite photo of your pup(s) and ask family, friends, and loved ones to vote for them. It’s that simple!
Please carefully review all submission guidelines below before entering. Entries that do not follow contest rules will not be eligible to win.
The fees, entries, votes, and calendar sales will go back to assist Charley’s K9 Rescue to help often overlooked shelter dogs, mainly bully breeds, all across North Carolina.
PrizesTHIRTEEN GRAND PRIZES
The thirteen grand prize winners will have their pup professionally photographed by Five Freedoms Photography and be featured in the 2025 Triangle Dog Of The Year Calendar either as the cover or as one of the months of the year.
Winners will be determined by the entrants that get the most votes with the top winner receiving the coveted cover spot of the calendar.
The twelve runner up winners will have their pup featured as a pup of one of the months of the year as determined by Five Freedoms Photography.
WEEKLY MINI CONTEST PRIZES
One pup each week who receives the highest number of votes for that week will receive a mini-contest prize from one of our awesome participating sponsors.
This year's participating mini-prize sponsors include:
Underbite Pet Boutique
The Dog Mom's Closet
Wicks For Wags
Honey & Oliver
In the event of a tie for that week’s number of votes or if there are no new votes for that week, the weekly mini-contest prize winner will be selected at random through a computerized drawing held for all eligible pups.
RulesFULL CONTEST RULES
Please read all contest rules before entering your pup into the 2025 Triangle Dog Of The Year Contest.
ENTRIES:
VOTING:
- Each $1 donation counts as one (1) vote with a minimum donation being $5/5 votes and so on.
- All donations from voting are non-refundable. Entries and donations must be made via the online contest page. Contest payments online are through a secure site.
- Contest votes are tax deductible. The email acknowledgment to your online donation serves as your tax receipt.
- All winners will be determined by electronic vote tabulations under the supervision of Gogo Photo Contest, whose decisions are final and binding, not Five Freedoms Photography or Charley’s K9 Rescue.
- The Voting Period starts at 10:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 and ends at 8:00:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
CALENDAR PHOTO SESSION:
- The top thirteen vote getters will win a professional on-location photo session by Five Freedoms Photography at a pre-selected location in the Raleigh, NC area on dates as determined by the photographer in Spring 2024.
- If you are unable to commit to a photo session during those times or find yourself unable to travel to the pre-selected locations as determined by Five Freedoms Photography, you forfeit your winning and the next top vote getter will take your pet's spot in the calendar, no exceptions.
- The top vote recipient will win the coveted cover photo for the 2025 Triangle Dog Of The Year calendar. The following twelve recipients with the most votes will be eligible to have their pet featured as a pet of the month chosen by Five Freedoms Photography.
- The photographer, Five Freedoms Photography, will choose the best image of the pets to be used in the calendar as well as which month that image will appear.
WEEKLY MINI-CONTESTS:
- The pet receiving the highest number of new votes each week over the course of the four weeks will win a mini-contest prize from one of the participating businesses.
- Each pet may only win a weekly mini-contest once.
- In the event of a tie, a random computerized draw will be held between the highest vote getters of the week to determine that week's winner.
- In the event that there are no new votes for that week, a random computerized draw will be held for all eligible pets.
- Certain individual business restrictions and limitations may apply and may vary by business. Five Freedoms Photography is not responsible for these restrictions and eligibility requirements as determined by each business.
THE FINE PRINT:
- By submitting a photo entry, you warrant and represent that your entry is your own original work created by you and that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your entry materials. If you submit an entry that is copyrighted by another individual, you are responsible for any legal action the copyright holder takes against you.
- Calendars will be available to the general public starting September 2024.
- By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless Charley’s K9 Rescue and Five Freedoms Photography and each of their respective officers, directors, representatives, volunteers and agents (the Released Parties) from and against any claims of any nature arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize.
Reserve A SpotHonor your pet or celebrate a gotcha-day or birthday by reserving an empty grid space (before or after the numbered squares) for their photo. Choose a favorite photo, a month, and pay. Grid images will be cropped to a square ratio, so please be mindful of that when choosing your photo. Each month has a limited number of squares in each grid and will be filled on a first come, first served basis; don't delay! Each grid space is just $10.