PET owners have until tomorrow at midnight to enter a competition to see their beloved pooch named best dog of the year.

A third-generation family business has teamed up with The Northern Echo to showcase and reward reader’s beloved four-legged friends. Our Love Your Dog 2019 competition, in partnership with Durham Animal Feeds, and seen thousands of pictures of perfect pooches owned by animal lovers in the North-East and North Yorkshire submitted.

Readers have a chance to win a year’s worth of raw dog food, supplied by Durham Animal Feeds, based in Ferryhill, County Durham.

Twelve finalists will also be selected to have their pup pictured in the Durham Animal Feeds 2020 calendar, with professional photos taken by The Northern Echo’s photographic coordinator, Sarah Caldecott. She said: “I have owned and photographed dogs for many years now so if you have a cute puppy or handsome oldie send us your photo, I will look forward to photographing the lucky 12 finalists.”

To enter, readers need to send in a snap of their dog and explain why it deserves to be dog of the year. Enter at https://www.thenorthern

echo.co.uk/loveyourdog/