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PET PHOTO CONTEST 2022
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DOGS
WINNER↓
↑ “Adorable 4-year-old yorkiepoo rescue!”
Morris the cat, Petey from Our Gang, Walter Geoffrey the wailing Frenchie, and now … Boomer from Bayside? You betcha. Joining the ranks of these well-known pet celebs, our furry, feathered, scaly and slimy friends are the stars of our households deserving of diva treatment and their names in lights (or at the very least in print). We wait on our cats hand and foot (yes, that’s me shaking cans of wet cat food in the pet aisle at Safeway listening for which one sounds “juiciest”). Our Facebook feeds are filled with up close shots of Wilbur’s wet nose. We can’t get enough of talking TikTok videos of Talula and Terence. In fact, pets are our saving grace right now in a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Research has shown that the bond shared between humans and pets helps maintain our well-being during the pandemic. In another year of Zoom meetings, our sanity was saved by their zoomies.
So here’s to them. Our chonks, sillies, goofballs and best pals — the pet influencers in our lives. We asked you to hit us with your best pet shots and we did our best to rank them. How did that go? It made us laugh. It made us cry. It was better than … Well, never mind — nothing’s better than cats (and dogs, and hamsters, and birds, and lizards, et. al). It was ruff poring through all the adorableness, but we scratched out our picks of the litter. And now, presenting our winners … Enjoy!
— Kali Cozyris
“BFFs” by Donna Backus
“Oliver” by Julian Ramirez
“Remi” by Lauren Parker
“Jasper” by Marika Chop “Sasha and Kingsley” by Audi Hjerpe “Madigan” by Sandy Haux
“Roo” by Max Seibel “Crumble” by Cleo Carrino “Zoe and Milo” by Stasia Walters
“Hurdy Gurdy” by Kilen Gilpin
“Shiloh” by Larry Goldberg “Beans” by Autumn Glock “Ziggy” by Karen Baldwin “Nyla” by Karen Saria
“Reggie” by Geraldine Goldberg
“Ringo” by Karen Fuller
“Ida” by Freddie Baer
“Cookie” by Ann Colby
“Gizmo” by Felicia Thomsson “Mojito” by Angthony Raymond
“Shadow” by Larry Goldberg
“Tilly” by Frank Mallatt
CATS
WINNER↓
→ “Flufferdoodle loves to lay in the sun on the top of the cat tree, relax in the catio and hunt any gophers that dare come into the yard.”
“Sunlit Kitty” by Becky Whitehead
“Edie” by Sharon Ruchte
“Hobbs” by Mary Ann Testagrossa
“Othello” by Tim Wozny
“Nala” by Karen Saria “Frankie” by Robert Jensen
“Cherry picking” by Thomas Garten
“Sienna” by Marilyn Tucker “Beltane” by Geraldine Goldberg
“Adeline and her snuggles” by Patricia Bertain
“Baby goat friends” by Lynn McCulloch
“Mr. Baggins” by Laura McNulty “Alfalfa lovers” by Samantha Garcia
The all new Fronti er.
“Cluck” by Lori Reed
“Louise and Bart with Darren” by Teresa Wheat
SMALL CRITTERS
WINNER↓
“Hammy” by Lori Reed
“Hamster in a cup.” ↑
“The Spice Hens” by Randy Chung “Flokii” by Karen Fuller
“Bertolt Brecht and Oscar Wilde” by Leoni Fohr
“Igor” by Lindsey Esh “Frogger” by Nina Faust-Dean
“Silly” by Tania Fonseca
“Henry” by Mathilda Arroyo
“Toad” by Jessica Guest “Summer Friends” by Teresa Wheat
“Gerber” by Ann Colby
“Gus” by Ashley Harper
“Tiny finger slug” by Frank Mallatt
“Will work for parsley” by Julie Andre “Nico” by Natalie Luna “The birdfeeder is for all the birds” by Laura Dodd
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