1/50Tilly says hold my beer and watch this - Katja Lehnert
The NT News Cute Dog Comp Top 50
MANY hundreds of proud pooch parents nominated their pet when we put out a call for the NT’s cutest dog. We’ve chosen our favourite 50 — is your pup among them?
2/50People are biased that their dogs are always the cutest. It’s just a fact with Rueben, look at him! He has more human friends than I do! He’s an 8-month-old chihuahua who was born right here in Darwin - Tom Kelly
3/50Ziggy is the newest pooch in town. He loves dogscaping to look his best but is Territory tough with his ability to wrangle a croc -Talah Sherif
4/50My name is Pablo. I’m built like a tank but I’m a softie at heart. My owner doesn’t know whether I’m a dog or a horse but I love her anyway - Jazz Walia
5/50Meet Marley, our cute black kelpie cross - Diane Stall
6/50Say hello to Izzi Rascal -Tegan Bryan
7/50My name is Scout. I’m now 13 weeks old but this photo was taken when I was 9 weeks old . My Dad got me as a surprise birthday present for my Mum. She was so happy she cried while I licked her face - Kate Fotheringham
8/50This is Paul the miniature sausage dog. Sometimes he likes to be in bread, of course -Jonathan Robson
9/50Meet the Territory’s cutest pup, Marci the Miniature Dachshund. Marci lives with her fur sister Lola and her humans Meghan and Andrew. Marci loves to spend her days on the couch in the aircon and her weekends running on the dog beach. Her owners love her to bits and tolerate the barking at peewees and garbage trucks - Meghan Chardon
10/50Sometimes smart. Sometimes not. Hazel the Border Collie in all her silly, fluffy, tongue-out cuteness -Sam Riley
11/50This is Zed, a goofy 4 month old puppy who loves water and playing with his sisters. He loves his panda stuffed toy and cuddles. He will be a very gentle giant when he grows up - Irish
12/50This is Snoopy, cutest dog in the world - Isabella Hood
13/50This is our dog, Star Wars Jones. She’s a Miniature Schnauzer and is six years old. We live in Durack. Star has a very happy personality. She enjoys her life. She loves posing for the camera and is definitely a cutie - Anita Jones
14/50My name is Bailey. I like surfing but as there is no waves in Alice Springs I took up skateboarding instead - Steven Haig
15/50Archie, 9 weeks old. His face says it all. Cheeky and a very funny personality - Bella Chin, Isabella Chin
16/50Mia Chases bulls, feeds horses, rules the house over our kelpie Thinks she’s a rottweiler. Everything on her terms - Nigel Bird
17/50Dora is the cutest dog in the NT because she lives the Territory lifestyle. She sleeps when its hot and goes to the beach every evening to sniff all her friends - Kim McKenzie
18/50This is Banjo. Born in the NT, loves a cold one after a long day. Doesn’t like to share either - Emma Borecki
19/50Haru is a cunning little fluff ball who uses his smile to get his way and get out of trouble - Wendy Nguyen
20/50Daisy Just loves thirst quenching beers on a Sunday. Born and bred in Darwin, she loves a bender with the boys - Mitchell Meldrum
21/50These boys ( Bailey Leo) are the cutest and best of mates. They love getting down to the beach for some croc spotting and follow me around the house until I take them - Gretel Engelhardt
22/50Simba decided to go for a job interview at the radio station as the new antenna. He’s a white Swiss shepherd - Matthew Heyen
23/50Schwartz is gentle, goofy and playful. He loves people, other dogs, walks on the beach, water activities and the camera - look at that face! (Schwartz is a three year old black German shepherd - Kate Ranford
24/50Franki is the cutest girl in the NT. She is a superstar and is the most friendly pup you could ever meet - Sophie Gardner
25/50This is Sidney. We think she’s the cutest pup (4 months) because she’s a classic Territory special; her mum is ridgeback and her dad is the chihuahua often seen at the rails in Parap - Andrea Schutenko
26/50Hi, I’m Missy Moo. Despite my fluffy princess look, I’m a true Territorian pup as I love to dig in the wet season mud and most of all roll around on dead cane toads - Karolynn Maurice
27/50Mickey Daby is a 1.5 year old Husky X . Check out her sunnies, Don’t get much cooler than that - Emma Daby
28/50Look no further for the cutest dog, here is the cutest good boy ever. He’s so cute that I got a tattoo of him - Clara Prentice
29/50Everybody falls in love with our Banjo. Noises make his floppy ears shoot up, he trips over his toys and is the best hugger - Francesca Fuga
30/50Red is a much-loved member of our family, who won the hearts of the Darwin community when he was rescued from a mine shaft - Kari Moffat
31/50Phantom loves giving kisses, stuffed toys and wearing ties - Erin Simonato
32/50Meet Ella! We saved each other. I adopted her after she was found severely neglected malnourished and I was going through the worst trauma of my life - Carol Cook
33/50My name is Saphira, I am a Miniature Pinscher and I have just turned 1 year old this February. I think I am the cutest dog in NT because I sleep like my mum and dad on the couch. I hope I get to win your competition, I will stay tuned to the NT news headlines for my featured pose - Cliford Tenecio
34/50This is Zeke, our 1 year old spoodle. A picture says a thousand words. Cutest dog around and also very mischievous too - Effie Fitirikkos
35/50My mate Mr Rocket Man has a great personality and the cute ( cheeky ) looks to match. Check out his Facebook page, Friends of Mr Rocket Man - Michael Lodge
36/50Meet Lucy. She has the cutest underbite and is like a cuddly teddy bear. She likes to style her pink bandana and is a very friendly pup - Keeley Stewart
37/50Hello, my name is Boo and I’m a cute miniature Shih Tzu mix puppy. I’m 8 months and full of zesty bright, happy and fun energy. I’m very clever and I’ve learnt to fetch the ball when I was 3 months old. Mind you the tennis ball was big and I kept falling over. II really love playing with children and being around people. As you can see, I’m a great poser for photos, I should have been a model. I think I’m very cute! - Cathy Solien
38/50This is Chilli Dog (AKA Long tum-wiggle bum). She is a cute, sassy mini sausage who loves barking at everything and cuddles - Lauren Ross
39/50Captain is 9 months. He’s already been diagnosed with hip and elbow dysplasia. One operation down out of two and he is still the HAPPIEST dog alive - Jessika Brown
40/50This is Pebbles. She is what happens when an unloved dog becomes the most loved dog - rescued, adopted, Loved! - Bec.Spiers
41/50We think our Freddie is fun-sized, ferocious, fuzzy, feral and fabulously cute - Catherine Horrigan
42/50I’m privileged to have 12 year old Oscar re-homed with us. He is part dog, part human. Ask Oscar to smile and he will: a picture of cuteness. Perfect!! - Dianne Yali
43/50Koda is the cutest because he is a little ball of fluff, talented and he is very cuddly when he wants to be -. Kaylee Kruit
44/50Alfie, the fluffy Wonder Dog
45/50Sherlock just loves hanging with his human! He loves going to Woolies, K-Mart and the markets in his bag - Sandy Lau
46/50Pretzel Jenner is a black lab, 10 weeks old and was born here in the Territory. She lives with us in our family home in Ludmilla. She has already shown us how affectionate and loving she can be and responds very well to incentive based tasks. Greedy little girl :) - Nicole Churchett
47/50Meet Mabel, my Labrador Wolfhound cross. Supermodel. Mabel is a “Humpty Doo special”, a big girl who I adopted when her original owner had to move interstate - Angela Dawson
48/50Meet Spud, beaking hearts in Darwin since July 2017. His beard and wild personality make him super unique and possibly the cutest Griff in Darwin - Georgia Thompson
49/50My dogs name is Koba Fejo and the reason why he is the cutest dog is because he has a personality like a human. You know what he is thinking, as he has different facial expressions for his feelings and shows them to you. You can head over to his Instagram page @theycallmekobs to see for yourself! :) - Brittany Hoffmann
50/50Our Billy is the cutest dog in Darwin, he’s 6 months old, loves cuddles, makes us laugh and can be a real silly Billy at times. Kym and Josh
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