Funny Pictures of People With Their Pets
40 hilarious finalists from this year's Comedy Pet Photography Awards
- The creators of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards launched another hilarious photo competition just for pets.
- The winner takes home a $3,800 (£3,000) prize.
- Finalists in the 2020 contest include photos of pets pulling funny faces and getting into amusing situations.
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There's a reason more and more people are adopting pets during the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from numerous science-backed mental and physical benefits to owning a pet, their silly antics provide endless amusement.
The Mars Petcare Comedy Pet Photo Awards highlight hilarious photos of pets pulling funny faces and getting into mischief (founders Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam are also the minds behind the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards). The winner receives a $3,800 (£3,000) prize.
The contest isn't just for a good laugh — it's also for a good cause, with 10% of all entry and sponsorship fees supporting the UK-based animal charity Blue Cross.
Here are the finalists in this year's competition.
Alex Class captured this perfectly angled photo of a Weimaraner, titled "Saint Paul's Cap."
"I've always been keen on architectural photography, on leading lines, on creative perspectives," Class wrote. "I had a walk around London with Kyte and his owners. Kyte is a lovely 9-year-old Weimaraner. I had been eyeing up this spot for a while and just waiting for the right face to wear Saint Paul's cupola."
Antonio Peregrino photographed a curious border collie in "Living Trophy."
"This border collie lives on a farm and his name is FOFO," Peregrino wrote. "Always cheerful and playful, FOFO also likes to watch the movement on the farm, and in this particular photo he is inside the stall of the horses with his head placed in a hole in the wall that gives access to the outside to see me and my cousins walking.
"I called this photo 'Living Trophy' because it reminded me of a sad culture that we humans have in killing animals and putting their heads on walls. FOFO proves how much more beautiful, healthy, and happy it is for us humans to appreciate free and living animals."
Ayden Brooks caught her cat waking up from a nap in "Good Morning, Fox Mulder!"
"Our cat, Fox Mulder, AKA Squishy, Little Squishy Guy, Squishface, Squish, Foxy, loves to spread himself out on his back when he sleeps," Brooks wrote. "He likes to sleep anywhere, including in the middle of a room on a rug or even on the wood floor. I love to take photos of him because he is so cute and funny. I caught him as he was waking up from a nap and yawning."
A donkey on the Greek island of Amorgos looked thrilled to meet Boris Purmann, who called his photo "The Funny Amorgos Donkey."
"[In] 2016 on the island of Amorgos in Greece, we hiked from Aegiali to Langada and I took some pictures on my phone of a group of donkeys," Purmann wrote. "In the last picture, it looked like the donkey was friendly and smiling at us ... In 2019, we met the donkey owners, and they told us the names of the donkeys. From right to left: Sister Nefeli, Mother Floredia and SOSO!"
Candice Sedighan titled this relatable snapshot "The Moment You Realize You've Gone Through Half A Jar of Snacks."
"Bear's expression looking into his jar of dog food is far too relatable," Sedighan wrote. "I simply cut a hole into the food container, taped my iPhone camera to it, and snapped a shot before he dug into his tasty meal."
Daniel Szumilas encountered an amused steed in "Crazy Horse."
"The horse was laughing in front of me," Szumilas wrote. "When I got back to the car, I had to check the mirror to see if I had anything on my face. Amazing experience."
Darren Hall captured Ted the poodle's love of his favorite toy in "Poodle Chaos."
"This is Ted the Poodle," Hall wrote. "Ted loves his ball more than anything. You can probably tell by his expression in this photo that Ted's ball is the most exciting thing in the world to him. This image was taken in Jesmond Dene [park], Newcastle. I used a hand-held flashlight to light Ted as he scrambled through the leaves to get his ball."
Elke Vogelsang's dog Noodles mugged for the camera in "Guard Dog On Duty."
"What is it about dogs that makes us love them so much?" Vogelsang wrote. "Let's admit it, they please us. They are great fun. They are gorgeous to look at, charming and cuddly. Their lovable, adoring nature appeals to us. They are loyal, protective, cheerful, and altogether great company."
Noodles provides Vogelsang with an array of humorous expressions to photograph, such as this close-up, "I'm Down Here, Human!"
"She is the funniest dog you could possibly imagine," Vogelsang wrote. "Always with her humans, always ready for some mischief and adventures."
Emma Newton's dog got more than she bargained for in "Matilda Fleeing the Cows."
"Matilda stopped for a quick cool-down until she realized the field's residents were approaching," Newton wrote.
Hetwie van der Putten tossed cookies into the air to get this adorably disheveled shot, titled "Jumping Hair."
"Bruc was found as a puppy on the street in Spain with his mother and sister," van der Putten wrote. "Now he is my canine friend and model and goes where we go. "
Even dogs are tired of lockdowns and quarantines during the pandemic, as Ilana Rose found in "Isolated Dog."
"An isolated Vizla dog in lockdown, a reflection on how we all feel in this year of lockdowns due to COVID-19 worldwide," Rose wrote.
Jasmin Haecker's dog, Akira, has a smile that lights up her whole face.
"Our Shiba girl Akira loves to smile," Haecker wrote. "We finally managed to capture this lovely unforgettable moment while at granddad's grill party."
John Carelli's Labrador defied gravity in "Look Mom, I Can Walk on Water!" — at least, temporarily.
"He was so proud for a split second," Carelli wrote. "He thought he was going to walk across the lake and avoid retrieving the bumper. But alas, gravity won the day."
The car wasn't actually moving in Karen Hoglund's photo, "Hold On Tight! We're Running Late," but it still made for a hilarious shot.
"Dani the puppy hangs on for her life when Gabby is at the wheel," Hoglund wrote. "We intended to take a photo of the dogs looking at the camera, but both pups looked forward instead, which was much funnier! Just to be on the safe side, we kept both dogs on leashes. What you can't see in these photos is my husband crouched down in the back seat, holding both dogs leashes. He is such a good sport!"
Kerstin Ordelt's "Friends Don't Let Friends Do Silly Things Alone" was an outtake that turned out better than the intended picture.
"This photo is an outtake," Ordelt wrote. "Actually, the dogs tried to hug, and that's what happened. The picture was taken in Linz, Austria, in a pedestrian zone early in the morning."
Magdalena Strakova's horses appeared to have some juicy news in "Gossip Girls."
"I was photographing horses in a pasture, and these three got together and appeared to have a chat, gossipping like giggling schoolgirls," wrote Strakova.
Malgorzata Russell's cat, Basil, appears to be asking, "Why Are You Upside Down, Mum?"
"This our 1-year-old still-kitten cat Basil," Russell wrote. "He is very playful, agile, and loves our garden we used a lot during lockdown. It is our daily, morning routine to chase each other around the garden. Picture is not Photoshopped."
In "Goat Relax Time," Robert Prat photographed his pet goat kicking back and taking it easy.
"We have a goat in our house, she lives in the garden," Prat wrote. "One day, we saw that she was playing with the hammock. A few days later, we got home and we realized she was completely inside the hammock! We gave her some leaves to get a better photo."
In "Red Slippers? I Don't Know Anything About Them," Teun Veldman's cat looked startled at being discovered.
"This little cat seems to say 'I don't know anything about red slippers,'" Veldman wrote.
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