Cartoon Caption Winners
Check out all our past cartoon caption contests and the hilarious winning submissions below! Or enter the current caption contest here!
Winter 2023 Cartoon Caption Winners
“You should see my skis.”
Submitted by Joe Ayella
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Technically, I’m in the penalty box.”–Submitted by Joseph A. Dewan
“Well, have fun at boring old Obedience School.” –Submitted by Isaiah Legette
“Totally my idea! I ate another shoe. He told me I was already skating on thin ice.” –Submitted by Karen Kent
“It adds a whole new dimension to Shake a Paw.” –Submitted by Andrew Wreggitt
Fall 2023 Cartoon Caption Winners
“In your future, I see you not breaking a treat in half and calling it two treats.”
Submitted by Jennifer Abulencia
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“This is very uncomfortable for me to say, but you were a male cat in your past life…and you were neutered. Does any of this ring a bell?” -Submitted by Sandy Clarke
“You will meet a small, dark, hairy stranger.” -Submitted by Joseph Dewan
“Your remote will need to be replaced.” -Submitted by Tara R.
“Sure, you can talk to your beloved cat, Tiger. Which of his 9 lives do you want me to channel?” -Submitted by Laura Harrison
Summer 2023 Winners
“I’m gonna put here, ‘Good Boy’.”
– SUBMITTED by Harrison Mohr
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Trust me, people will pay good money for paw pictures.” – SUBMITTED BY Sarah Gantzert
“Just checked WebMD…looks like it’s either malaria, gangrene, or a hairball.” – SUBMITTED BY Reid Undant
“I’m looking for a dog treat that tastes like bacon and goose poop. No luck yet…” – SUBMITTED BY Joseph A. Dewan
“We’re adopted??!” – SUBMITTED BY Tyrone Cannon
Spring 2023 Winners
“I’m Max, a Nova Scotia Duct TapeTolling Retriever!”
– SUBMITTED by Stuart Argus
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“You aren’t allowed to watch the Met Gala next year.” – SUBMITTED BY Mary Berg
“So, your little girl thinks she wants to be a vet, huh?” – SUBMITTED BY Melodie Pulvermacher
“Let them try to get the stick now.” – SUBMITTED BY P. Watson
“Guess who got to run in the dump today? Come on, guess!” – SUBMITTED BY Joseph A. Dewan
Winter 2022 Winners
“Better to be steering the sled than pulling, Fred,”
– SUBMITTED BY Jeff Sawyer
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“And you said I’d never be a sled dog.” – SUBMITTED BY Robert Welch
“They call us ‘Drool Runnings.’” – SUBMITTED BY Michael Holmes
“You should have thought of that before we left.” – SUBMITTED BY Scott Finbar
“The sign’s wrong. There’s no bunnies on this slope.” – SUBMITTED BY Joseph A. Dewan
Fall 2022 Winners
“Good luck with that fork.”
– SUBMITTED BY Michael Holmes
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“The wine is very sweet with hints of fresh goose droppings.” – SUBMITTED BY Joseph A. Dewan
“Excuse me…do you have any grey poop-on?” – SUBMITTED BY Lauren Clark
“Who did you sniff to get a reservation?” – SUBMITTED BY Tim Dowell
Summer 2022 Winners
“You’re the one who wanted a dog.”
– SUBMITTED BY CURTIS MCGINNIS
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I wish he would learn to lie down.” – SUBMITTED BY ROBERT WELCH
“We’re only catching rays today.” – SUBMITTED BY ANDREA MYERS
“You could go water skiing, scuba diving, swimming or 100 other activities that you can’t do at home, but no! My kid wants to play fetch.” – SUBMITTED BY SILVANA LAGROTTERIA
Spring 2022 Winners
“Turns out, if you bite the Grub Hub delivery person,
they ban you for life.”
– SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“And a Barks Root Beer to go, please.” – SUBMITTED BY MARK A. BATES
“I hope this is animal style!” – SUBMITTED BY STEPHANIE LEVITT
“Yes, I ordered the people bag.” – SUBMITTED BY FRAN EOANNOU
“I wanted extra Cat-sup. There’s not even one cat on there.” – SUBMITTED BY KIMBERLY JUKES
Winter 2021 Winners
“At least it makes my legs look slimmer.”
– SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“It’s actually a puff pastry. I’m a purebread.” – SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL HOLMES
“On the bright side, no more cone of shame.” – SUBMITTED BY ANDREW HAWKINS
“It’s called fashion, look it up.” – SUBMITTED BY SHARON
“Booties are so last year…” – SUBMITTED BY XAVIER RUEL
Fall 2021 Winners
“If it’s not too much trouble, could you get me the remote?“
– SUBMITTED BY CARL KOESTNER
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“You’re home early!” – SUBMITTED BY TOM CAVALLI & SONJA TOMIC
“You can go for a 3rd walk if you want. I’m good right here.” – SUBMITTED BY KIRK AUGUSTINE
“Didn’t you say you wanted the cat to get off of the bed?” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“Barb, I’ve thought about it, and I think it’s time for you to take the other bed.” – SUBMITTED BY CASI MAYNARD
Summer 2021 Winners
“Stop being obtuse—I said more cowbell.“
– SUBMITTED BY AARON MARTIN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Martha, when I said you should chime in any time at our meeting, this wasn’t really what I meant!” – SUBMITTED BY LINDA DULIN
“Doesnt exactly fit in with our eerie and mysterious signature sound.” – SUBMITTED BY MARY KAY YOUNG
“For the hundreth time, we are not adding a triangle!” – SUBMITTED BY CAYTLIN SMITH
Spring 2021 Winners
“That guy that pees on your rose bushes is out front again.“
– SUBMITTED BY TODD VAN ALLEN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I’m telling you, you’re pushing it. He’s coming back, and you know he’s going to wonder who opened that Merlot…” – SUBMITTED BY SUSAN LANE
“Ugh, he’s back again, time to start barking.” – SUBMITTED BY CHEYENNE BILGE
“He’s home early! Clean up, quick! I’ll go poop on the floor to distract him!” – SUBMITTED BY SIAN THOMSON
Winter 2020 Winners
“I won ‘Best in Snow’ at Westminster“
– SUBMITTED BY LARRY GAJSIEWICZ
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“These are hands Stan, HANDS.” – SUBMITTED BY SAMANTHA JUHAN
“For my first trick I’m going to turn the lower half of the snowman yellow.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“Well, I was just chasing after a snowball…you can see what happened!” – SUBMITTED BY JANET CVITKOVIC
“Pee on me again and see what happens.” – SUBMITTED BY SONYA MORGAN
Fall 2020 Winners
“You’re such an over-retriever, Frank.“
– SUBMITTED BY CAROLYN MACIEJKO
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I planned to only bring home a stick, but they were having a trunk sale!” – SUBMITTED BY SYLVIE RAVENHILL
“Thanks for the tree-t.” – SUBMITTED BY JIM BENSLEY
“Why is everything a competition with you?” – SUBMITTED BY PHYLLIS A. DE SMET-HOWARD
“I hate to squash your enthusiasm, but that’s not going to fit through your doggie door.” – SUBMITTED BY TRACEY COPELAND
Summer 2020 Winners
“I should never have taught him how to roll down the window!”
– SUBMITTED BY SUE TAYLOR
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“…and squint ya eyes, ya gotta squint ya eyes!” – SUBMITTED BY TIM BICKNELL
“He ate some of his ‘special treats’ again.” – SUBMITTED BY NICK DUB
“For crying out loud Steve, I can’t take you anywhere.” – SUBMITTED BY CAILIN SMITH
“He doesn’t know we are going to the groomers yet.” – SUBMITTED BY MEREDITH MOONEY
Spring 2020 Winners
“He’s 48, part Irish, part German.”
– SUBMITTED BY TOBY COLLINS
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I make him carry his own poop bag.” – SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN CIESLA
“It turns out that I’m the more responsible one.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“He’s been confined to the house since March. I figured I’d let him get some fresh air.” – SUBMITTED BY TONI-JEAN FARRARA
“He’s in training at the moment but I have high hopes for him.” – SUBMITTED BY C LINFORD
Winter 2019/20 Winners
“So you’re telling me you can hold it until March?”
– SUBMITTED BY CHARLES VAUGHAN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Oh so now all of a sudden you want to visit my parents in Florida.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“Well Max, looks like it’s time to learn to use the toilet.” – SUBMITTED BY ALISTAIR SERRA
“The treadmill it is…” – SUBMITTED BY JULIE MILLER
Fall 2019 Winners
“So uncle Wally was reincarnated”
– SUBMITTED BY CAROLINE LOZINSKI
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“After last year’s leg-lifting fiasco, Walter had to come to the show incognito.” – SUBMITTED BY TINA FLORES
“Douglas was an unusual dog that could make anyone laugh.” – SUBMITTED BY AMBER FEDOR
“The official lineup to find out who peed on the judge’s shoe.” – SUBMITTED BY CHARLES VAUGHAN
Summer 2019 Winners
“Dwayne, I told you not to show your teeth when you smile.”
– SUBMITTED BY BARD SEVERANCE
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Quick! Before Buster photobombs us again!” – SUBMITTED BY ROGER ANDERSEN
“Say FLEAS!!” – SUBMITTED BY ROCHELLE SINLAIR
“If only my paw was small enough to press the button…” – SUBMITTED BY LANCE BELLERS
Spring 2019 Winners
“The Fast and the Furriest!”
– SUBMITTED BY ALEX ZYCH
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Did you see John’s face when we took off without him? Lol.” – SUBMITTED BY KAREN NORMAN
“Pick a gas station with a nice clean lawn.” – SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL RIDDLE
“So Roscoe, are you sure that when Dad said, “do you want to go for a drive” this is what he meant?” – SUBMITTED BY JIM MARTIN
Winter 2018/19 Winners
“I told you to start on the “puppy slope!”
– SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“What you will do for a treat always amazes me.” – SUBMITTED BY KERMIE
“Bad time to lift your leg, pal.” – SUBMITTED BY LESLIE HADDAD
Fall 2018 Winners
“Nice outfit. Are you Sherlock Hounds?”
– SUBMITTED BY CLARA BALDWIN
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Watson says you look ridiculous.” – SUBMITTED BY JAN STREILEIN
“You’re not fooling anyone with that brave hunter outfit. We all know you’re afraid of farts.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
Summer 2018 Winners
“Don’t even think about going after my Chuckit ball!”
– SUBMITTED BY LESLIE PUSKAS
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Do you mind if my steed and I join you?” – SUBMITTED BY ELIZABETH WARREN
“Technically, I’m not a water dog.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
Spring 2018 Winners
“I’ll be adding my own special fertilizer”
– SUBMITTED BY CAROL KAPUSINSKY
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Now if I can just find some bacon seeds…” – SUBMITTED BY DEBRA JERAULD
“This time I’ll try adding water!” – SUBMITTED BY BILL JOSLYN
“Um, no, I don’t see you going to school with Johnny next week. Are you sure they said you were going to be tutored?” – SUBMITTED BY DORIS C.
“Who needs a green thumb when you have a green dewclaw?!?” – SUBMITTED BY MADDOG
Winter 2017/18 Winners
“I’m all for hearing my future and everything, but at this point I just really want you to throw it.”
– SUBMITTED BY JOSE HELMS
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Madam Zelda, I just want to know—who’s a good boy?” – SUBMITTED BY TENNEILLE PITTELLI
“In your future I see liver…and chicken…and beef. Yes—definitely beef.” – SUBMITTED BY KATHLEEN CRISLEY
“Um, no, I don’t see you going to school with Johnny next week. Are you sure they said you were going to be tutored?” – SUBMITTED BY DORIS C.
“I see either a Cockapoo or a cockatiel, it’s a little fuzzy.” – SUBMITTED BY PENNY BENNETT
Fall 2017 Winners
“There are some nice things here, but where is this “yard” you have for sale?”
– SUBMITTED BY DONIELLE HALL
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“All they had at the cat’s table was a headless mouse toy and the Grumpy Cat Christmas video.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“Balls….Ahhh….I remember those…” – SUBMITTED BY CRYSTAL BELLMAN
“Do you have this in a different odour?” – SUBMITTED BY ARIELLE MCEWEN
“Wow, you’re only charging one belly rub for this? I’ll take it!” – SUBMITTED BY JUSTIN OTIS
Summer 2017 Winners
“I am almost done with my clay bone and Patrick Swayze hasn’t shown up yet!”
– SUBMITTED BY TARA ROSE
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“And after all this hard work, all I’m going to hear is ‘Get off the couch with those filthy paws!’” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“I wasn’t THIS serious when I asked if they could throw me a bone once in awhile.” – SUBMITTED BY LINDA POINDEXTER
“Hairy Potter and the Philosopger’s Bone.” – SUBMITTED BY WONKYPOPS
Spring 2017 Winners
“Dog: Exercise, discipline, affection. In that order.”
– SUBMITTED BY JULIE V
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“You know the name of the cute Poodle on the mini StairMaster? I had my coat brushed just for her today.” – SUBMITTED BY RYAN CONRAD
“You’re going to need to wipe your machine when you’re done with the Iditarod program.” – SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH A. DEWAN
“I only ran two miles? I’m NEVER going to make the cover of Modern Dog at this rate!” – SUBMITTED BY NANCY MARCELLINO
Winter 2016/17 Winners
“One moment, Geoffrey. I’m downloading that one song by AC/DC. What’s it called again?”
– SUBMITTED BY TINA GILBERT
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“James, how many times do I have to ask you to throw that picture of the low class hound that accidentally fathered my fourth litter into the fireplace?” – SUBMITTED BY FREDDIE MCCANN
“Thank you Alfred, now be a good boy and fetch me my ball.” – SUBMITTED BY CHLOE SENECAL
“Sir, where would you like your afternoon bone buried?” – SUBMITTED BY MELISSA ELLISON
Fall 2016 Winners
“My secret is I never use ordinary tap water.”
– SUBMITTED BY JEFF MOORE
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Be careful. The last time I commented on Hilda’s coffee, she had my testicles removed!” – SUBMITTED BY NANCY BOLLIG
“I need another cup of coffee to wash down all that homework I had for breakfast.” – SUBMITTED BY CAROL CARLSON
“I don’t know why you’re here so early but my wife is busy feeding our 8 new children.” – SUBMITTED BY FREDDIE MCCANN
“Are you going out marking your territory too?” – SUBMITTED BY BRUCE NICHOLSON
Summer 2016 Winners
“And that, Sheldon, is how puppies are made.”
– SUBMITTED BY DIANA STOCKERT
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“That’s supposed to be a dog? Who is this clown?” – SUBMITTED BY MARK JOYAL
“Leo, don’t you think this is just twisted?!?” – SUBMITTED BY TOBY COLLINS
“Don’t listen to anything he says; he’s full of hot air.” – SUBMITTED BY FRANKIE LAUGHTER
Spring 2016 Winners
“So this male fly lands on some poop right next to a female fly and says, ‘Excuse me, is this stool taken?’.”
– SUBMITTED BY DJ WOODS
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I went to the bar last night and ordered a drink. After I got the drink, the bartender looked at me and said, ‘You don’t really see dogs getting drinks very often.’ And I replied, ‘At these prices, I am not surprised.’” – SUBMITTED BY MADISON WALLACE
“…and then I said, ‘There will be poop on the floor later.’” – SUBMITTED BY DEBBIE HEITMAN
“Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A dog walks into a bar looking for the man who shot his paw…” – SUBMITTED BY NANCY ADLER
“Ok. A Corgi, a Poodle, and a Boxer walk into a bathroom to get drinks…” – SUBMITTED BY THYE SCHUYLER
“So… my owner is a philosopher, insomniac and agnostic as well as dyslexic. He often lies awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog.” – SUBMITTED BY LINK WACHLER
Winter 2015/16 Winners
“Will you grab my towel? It’s the wet, muddy one. I think I left it on your bed.”
– SUBMITTED BY STEPHANIE LAU
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“There’s been an unfortunate accident… could you please pass me a poop-bag?” – SUBMITTED BY CORRIE
“Seriously, Bill, do I come into the bathroom when you’re in the shower? Oh wait. Yes… yes I do… Carry on!” – SUBMITTED BY MARLA STAHL
“What are you trying to do Garyl? Burn my furr off?? Turn that faucet off!” – SUBMITTED BY KRISTEN
“Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I left my toothbrush on the… oh you found it.” – SUBMITTED BY ELAINE THALLER
Fall 2015 Winners
“Are you sure you’re able to work? By my calculations you’re about 217 years old!”
– SUBMITTED BY ROGER FINK
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Roofrences available upon request? Is that some kinda joke?” – SUBMITTED BY ROB HOOSEIN
“Says here you can sit, beg, and roll over. Is there anything you can’t do?” – SUBMITTED BY LEEANNE SCHILTZ
“HR has received some complaints that you are actually going to the bathroom IN the building.” – SUBMITTED BY ADAM BRODY
“Frankly, Larry, I think we should change the ‘dog eat dog’ comment to ‘competitive,’ don’t you?” – SUBMITTED BY LYNN LORENTZ
Summer 2015 Winners
“At first I just ate the homework, Alex. It wasn’t until later that I really started to digest the information.”
– SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL AARON GALLAGHER
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Who is… a good boy?” – SUBMITTED BY MARIA C. KAPUSTA
“’Surprisingly edible’ for $100, Alex.” – SUBMITTED BY DIANE KARAGIENAKOS
“And that’s how it’s done, bipeds!” – SUBMITTED BY ROSIE SORENSON
Spring 2015 Winners
“Again? I just spacewalked you an hour ago!”
– SUBMITTED BY LAURA CASSAR
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I distinctly remember telling you to ‘stay’ when I left home!” – SUBMITTED BY BRAD LABANOWITZ
“I told you to go potty before we left.” – SUBMITTED BY JOAN MULLAHY
“You packed my special pillow, right?!” – SUBMITTED BY CAROL ANN M.ZATORSKY
“What in the world are you doing? Get back in the ship!” – SUBMITTED BY ANGELIA REDDELL
Winter 2014/15 Winners
“You won’t be able to bury THIS in the sand!”
– SUBMITTED BY BARBARA MADDOX
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Mr. Fluffy, can you please point to the individual who let you out of the bag?” – SUBMITTED BY ANGIE MAHER
“You ‘cat’ handle the truth!” – SUBMITTED BY BRIDGET FULLERTON
“The court was barely in session when a motion was filed on judicial prejudice.” – SUBMITTED BY BEN LE
“And I’ll remind the witness that the stand does not double as a litter box.” – SUBMITTED BY STACY COX
Fall 2014 Winners
“OUT??!! Hey ref I know some seeing eye dogs you should call!!”
– SUBMITTED BY AUGUST LARUFFA
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“The extra ball? In my mouth. What of it?” – SUBMITTED BY LINK WACHLER
“Enough of you asking for the rules to be read over… and over… and over again.” – SUBMITTED BY DANA MATTHEWS
“This man has bacon in his pockets! I can’t play like this ref!!” – SUBMITTED BY STEPHEN BRUBAKER
“When a job opened up for a new retriever on the tennis team Robbie knew it was a gob made for him.” – SUBMITTED BY CINDY
Summer 2014 Winners
“Well, the burgers aren’t great, but at least he stopped flipping them with the pooper scooper.”
– SUBMITTED BY DAN VOLLMAYER
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“This from a dog who barks at walls?” – SUBMITTED BY SHELBIE JOHNSTON
“Wait a sec… This is the guy whose favourite ‘treats’ come out of the cat box…” – SUBMITTED BY SUSAN KAUFFMANN
“Rocco was excited to finally feed his humans a grain free meal.” – SUBMITTED BY JUDY ARNOLD
“Well sure he can grill a steak, but for the life of me I can’t get him to roll over!” – SUBMITTED BY NATALIE
“Good grief, he’s eating them right off the grill!” – SUBMITTED BY JUDY BENSON
Spring 2014 Winners
“In Dog Beers, I’ve only had 7….”
– SUBMITTED BY JENNIFER
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“I had to get out of the doghouse for a bit. The pups were nipping at my ankles. And my wife was running the vacuum, which scares the heck out of me!” – SUBMITTED BY BARBARA BULLINGTON
“Sorry pal, it’s cash only here. That sad face and shake a paw won’t do in this place.” – SUBMITTED BY TERRI GREER
“I’ll follow this with a car chaser” – SUBMITTED BY MARGARET WOLFSON
Winter 2013/14 Winners
“Steve never should have yelled, ‘single!’”
– SUBMITTED BY ANAMARIA
RUNNER-UP CAPTIONS
“Get a sports dog, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.” – SUBMITTED BY DONNA VILLENEUVE
“Taking the phrase ‘Bunny Slopes’ literally, Rex was in for the biggest letdown of his life.” – SUBMITTED BY CHELSEA PLACE
“You have no idea what we’re going to do, do you?” – SUBMITTED BY DAWN ROSS
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