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Pet Palooza

Here are our winners, the runner-ups and a few feline friends in our cutest pet contest

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We asked our readers to send in their best pet photos to be considered in our annual Pet Palooza photo contest. Here are our winners, the runner-ups and a few feline friends. Thanks to everyone who submitted their pets! We loved meeting all your furry best friends.

Thank you to our sponsor High Desert Frameworks for providing all the winners a professional printed portrait of their pets! Get your own pet portrait printed with Frame.pics, their online digital printing platform. Visit highdesertframeworks.com for more info.

Best Costume

Darris Hurst

Penny loves her cookies and dressing up!

Cutest Pandemic Pet

Darris Hurst

Finn, a full-time rascal who loves chasing balls.

Worst at Social Distancing

Submitted

Arwen loves playing in the snow.

Best Face for Radio

Darris Hurst

Buffy's favorite activity is hiking the Deschutes River Trail.

Runners-up

Submitted

Nala Bean, our runner-up for Best Costume.

Submitted

Baker, runner-up for Cutest Pandemic Pet.

Submitted

Bailey & Annie, runners-up for Worst at Social Distancing.

Submitted

Boris, our runner-up for Best Face for Radio.

Fantastic Felines

While we kept the submissions open to any and all pets, we received mostly dogs and a few feline friends. While none of the cats made their way into a winning post, we still wanted to showcase a few of the cat submissions we received and show off the fantastic felines in Central Oregon!