Join the fun and enter your Golden Retriever in RAGofAZ's Cutest Golden Contest! All you recent adopters, we bet you'd love to show off your newest family member!
This year’s contest is all about your pup! 🎉 Instead of a one-size-fits-all page, you get to design your dog’s page your way—add as many adorable photos, funny stories, heartfelt poems, or anything else that shows off your furry superstar. 🐶✨
Here’s a tip: When you start setting up your page, you’ll see a default contest banner and description—just wipe it clean and make it all about your pup! 🖼️🐾 Need a little help? No worries! Step-by-step instructions are right here to guide you. 🚀 Now go unleash your creativity! 🎨🐕
You may begin sharing your dog's page as soon as you enter.
You can see all of the cuties entered so far right here. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page. They're pretty darn cute!
Each of these Goldens, along with every Golden entered, will be pictured on our Cutest Golden Contest page in the 2026 RAGofAZ Hearts of Gold calendar. They will also be spotlighted in the slide show on our website.
Ten winners will be selected; our Cover Golden Retriever and nine special Dogs of the Month.
This year, as before, your Golden Retriever can win a calendar page if they meet one of these criteria:
- They were rescued through RAGofAZ.
- They belong to a current RAGofAZ member, whether rescued or not.
Only a RAGofAZ-rescued dog can win the cover, and a dog that has won the cover in the past five years is not eligible to win it again.
All Golden Retrievers are eligible to join the fun. Goldens that place in the top ten but don't meet the above requirements to win a page will win a $50 PetsMart gift certificate (and of course, the admiration of their peers!)
Learn more here.
The contest ends at 12 noon MST on March 30th.
Why wait? Just do it! Enter your own Cutest Golden now!