Southern Downs’ cutest dog revealed

We’ve crunched the numbers, and after hundreds of votes we’ve found the winner who can be officially crowned the cutest dog in the Southern Downs.

With more than 100 entrants and hundreds of votes, the cutest dog in the Southern Downs can now be crowned.

Officially, the cutest dog in our region is a cheeky, hyper and spoil cavoodle called Murphy.

Meet your winner below.

WINNER: Murphy the cavoodle

Murphy the cavoodle is officially the Southern Downs cutest dog, after winning with more than double the votes of second place.

The cheeky puppy took out the race from the start, quickly amassing votes early on in the voting poll.

Murphy’s mum Amanda Pierce says Murphy is a cheeky and extremely spoiled 11-month-old cavoodle who has a lot of love.

Murphy has a big heart and is definitely spoiled!

Murphy joined the family at age five-months, in late 2023, and is good friends with the family’s other cavoodle, Arthur.

“We have a two-year-old cavoodle Arthur, we actually bought Murphy for him as he is super clingy! She's ended up being even more clingy than him,” Ms Pierce said.

“Murphy is super cuddly, she would love to be carried around all day. When she’s not being super cute and cuddly, she’s busy running riot with Arthur with the zoomies.

Southern Downs' cutest dog Murphy with brother Arthur

“Our best memory with Murphy would be all of her, but she joined our family right at the time our 13-year-old family dog was ageing fast, and she was a very happy addition to our family knowing we would soon have to say our goodbyes to (our other dog).

“Our three teenagers say that Arthur and Murphy are the favourite kids in our family.”

TOP FIVE

1. Murphy: 13 per cent of votes

Murphy is officially the cutest dog in the Southern Downs

2. Panda: 8 per cent of votes

Runner up Panda took home the silver medal

3. Bindi: 6 per cent of votes

Bindi takes home the bronze medal in third place

4. Banjo: 5 per cent of votes

Banjo came in fourth place

5. Sgt Pepper and Penny Lane and Banjo (joint winner): 5 per cent of votes

Sgt Pepper and Penny Lane are joint fifth place winners

Adorable Banjo is joint fifth place winner for the Southern Downs