Our Instagram Photo Contest Enters Its Final Round: Help Us Pick a Winner!

Which dog is cute enough to win? You decide!

Hey Dogsters! It's the Final Round of our Dogster Dog Show Instagram contest!

To help celebrate our Instagram account, we're holding a Dogster Dog Show. We asked our Instagram followers to submit photos of their dogs with #DogsterDogShow2013, and because we love mutts as much as we love pure breeds, we decided we're going to pick two winners -- a "purebreed" and a "muttbreed." And! Since no one knows and loves dogs better than you do, we decided that we're going to let you vote on the final winners!

Our winners will receive a limited edition summer Dogster tote bag filled with goodies -- hurray!

Voting starts today, and we'll announce our winners on Wednesday, June 5.

Here's how to vote:

There are two categories: Purebreed and Muttbreed. Scroll through the photos below and vote for your favorite dog by clicking the Vote button on the upper righthand corner of the picture.

And remember: This is all in good fun. We think all dogs are worthy of recognition, whether they're puppies, seniors, purebreds, or mutts.

If you have an Instagram account, follow us @Dogster, where we plan to hold more fun hashtag projects and campaigns.

Thanks for having fun with us, Dogsters -- now get to the voting below! 

Vote For Your #PureBreed Winner:

Vote For Your #MuttBreed Winner:

Voting is now closed and the contest is over! Congrats to our winners @alfienumeric and @noodlepudding!

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Win a Gift Bag in the Dogster Dog Show Instagram Contest

Hey! There's a dog show on Instagram. First prize is a Dogster gift bag. You plan to enter, right?

Hey, Dogsters!

It's your devoted Assistant Editor Liz here. While it's part of my job to make sure I deliver the very best in cuteness, my duties also include keeping in touch with all of you through our various social media outlets. I was taking a look at our Dogster Instagram account and thought it was looking a little lonely. If you haven't already, you should totally follow us, because we love looking at your adorable dogs.

But more than just following us, let's do something fun, shall we? Let's host our very own virtual Dogster Dog Show! We don't need all the pomp and circumstance and pedigree and papers of an actual dog show -- what's so cool about Dogster is that we can come together from all over the world to talk about dogs. 

So now's your chance to show off your pup and win a sweet Dogster gift bag, too.

Sit, stay, and listen, because this is how it's going to work:

1. Follow us on Instagram@Dogster.

2. Between May 17 and May 19, upload photos of your dogs via Instagram and make sure to tag them with #DogsterDogShow2013 and either #PureBreed or #MuttBreed, depending on your pup. In other words, your entry should have two tags: #DogsterDogShow2013 and one of the breed tags.

3. Between May 22 and May 27, we will upload your entries to our Instagram and open them up to voting. The top dogs who receive the most hearts and comments will move onto the final round.

4. Between May 29 and June 2, we'll post the final-round dogs here on Dogster for a lightning round of voting. There will be a winner to represent purebred dogs and a winner to represent all the beloved mutts out there. We'll announce the winners on June 5.

Got it? Good dog!

Now, ready, set, Instagram! And may the cutest dogs win.

Contest subject to change. Only U.S. residents are eligible to win. We'll make every effort possible to contact winners; however, if we can't get in touch, we'll pick someone else. Only U.S. residents are eligible to win. Thanks, and good luck!

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