Costume Contest

Get creative and come up with your absolute bestest costume for your FUR-ever K9 and enter our “Costume” contest and win awesome prizes from our festival partners! Now… How does it work?

Step 1 – Dress your pet up in costume and take a photo.

Step 2 – Post said photo on Saturday September 12 between 8 AM and 11:59 PM and tag @nashvillehumane, #dogdayathome and #petcostumecontest

Step 3 – Make the post public to be eligible!

Nashville Humane Association will announce the winners on Monday September 14. 1st-3rd place winners will get a prize!

Look-a-Like Contest

Have you ever been told that your dog looks a lot like you? Do you and your dog often dress alike? If so, THIS is the contest for you! Sign up for our “Pet Look-a-Like” contest and win awesome prizes from our festival partners!

Step 1 – Take a photo of you with your doppel-dog.

Step 2 – Post said photo on Saturday September 12 between 8 AM and 11:59 PM and tag @nashvillehumane, #dogdayathome and #lookalikecontest

Step 3 – Make the post public to be eligible!

Nashville Humane Association will announce the winners on Monday September 14. 1st-3rd place winners will get a prize!

Best Trick Contest

Does your dog do tricks? Take this opportunity to show off your dog’s most impressive trick! Sign up for our “Best Trick” contest and win awesome prizes from our festival partners!

Step 1 – Take a video of your dog performing the unbelievable trick.

Step 2 – Post said video on Saturday September 12 between 8 AM and 11:59 PM and tag @nashvillehumane, #dogdayathome and #besttrickcontest

Step 3 – Make the post public to be eligible!

Nashville Humane Association will announce the winners on Monday September 14. 1st-3rd place winners will get a prize!

Selfie Scavenger Hunt

In these tricky times we want to make sure that we are completely emphasizing health and safety. We have selected big outdoor locations where you can safely stay far away from other people, or if you’d rather not get out of your car, that’s fine too!  This game is for fun, and intended to be a silly, but safe, little jaunt around Nashville.

So, some common sense rules first:

1. We encourage you to wear a mask and expect you to keep a nice safe distance from others. If there’s some sort of extenuating circumstance where you can’t safely snap a selfie, just snap one in your car.

2. Obey all traffic, parking and pedestrian laws/rules. (There is no incentive for finishing ‘first’ so no need to rush!)

You have from Sept 12 through Sept 20 to complete your Scavenger Hunt. How to enter to win:

• Step 1 – Sign up to participate in the Selfie Scavenger Hunt by following the link below. Clues will be sent to participants on September 12.

• Step 2 – Follow the clues provided and take a selfie at each of the scavenger hunt locations.

• Step 3 – Include one photo from each location in ONE social post on Instagram and/or Facebook post between Saturday September 12 an September 20 and tag @nashvillehumane, #dogday and #selfiescavengerhunt . Make the post public to be eligible! If you do not have social media, you can enter to win by sending an email with your photos from each location to events@nashvillehumane.org with the subject line “Selfie Scavenger Hunt.”

We’ll be making a fun highlight video of the selfies. So, be fun, have fun, and remember this is all a great big fun game to raise funds for homeless and at-risk shelter pets! Sign up below to receive the scavenger hunt clues! Clues will be sent on September 12.