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Photo Contest: Pick South Jersey's Top Dog

Which of these six pets should represent South Jersey in Greater Philadelphia Patch’s Top Dog contest?

 
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(Cinnaminson) Susie is our family's most loyal member. She is a great companion and protector. She works hard and plays hard.
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(Haddonfield) This is Murray, a Miniature Schnauzer mix, who rescued his person when she walked through the doors of Almost Home Shelter in Pennsauken, NJ five years ago. Murray may be small in stature, but he makes up for that with a big personality that everyone falls in love with. He's the perfect combination of rough-and-tumble playmate and lazy-day lapdog. Murray enjoys doing tricks for Cheerios (like running through or jumping over his tube) and keeping the varmints at bay at the community garden (lucky for his person, he's more into the chase than capturing the little buggers).
(Moorestown) Eddie, on the left, is a Chihuahua-rat terrier mix rescued from a kill shelter in South Carolina. He's cuddling with boxer Lilly, 2 years old.
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(West Deptford) Meet Mr. Big...the singing Chihuahua!!! Absolutely hilarious :o)
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Rules

The local winners have been crowned and now it's time to vote on South Jersey's Top Dog.

The winner of this regional contest will represent the great Garden State in Greater Philadelphia Patch's Top Dog contest. The stakes have never been higher—we need a pup who can hold its own against those Philly dogs and, hopefully, win the whole contest. 

In this round, the six winners from our local Patch sites in Cinnaminson, Collingswood, Gloucester Township, Haddonfield, Moorestown and West Deptford are vying for your votes. Voting is simple: just leave a comment below with your pick. One vote per Patch account, please.

The contestants are:

Cinnaminson: Susie, the loyal protector

Collingswood: Piccolo, the ear-covering Chihuahua

Gloucester Township: Jazz, the lovingly spoiled rescue dog

Haddonfield: Murray, the dog everyone seems to know around town

Moorestown: Eddie and Lilly, the cuddling rescue pups

West Deptford:  Mr. Big, the singing Chihuahua 

Voting is open until 11:59 p.m. July 20. We'll announce a winner on July 23. Good luck to our six contenders! 

Click on the PDF, above, for the full rules.

Editor's note: Votes may be delayed as we have moved to moderated voting in light of inappropriate comments posted here. Legitimate votes will count, but they won't show up on the site immediately.

Related Topics: Dogs, South Jersey Top Dog, and Top Dog Contest

Kaylie

7:14 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

i vote susie!!! cinnaminson dogs are always the best!!!

Rob Burrough

7:34 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

Where are the Dog dogs? Not much of a fan of lap dogs, so can I vote for just Lilly?

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Mary Smith

11:10 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

YES! she looks like a wonderful lap dog!

Andrea

8:17 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

Mr Big the singing Chi!!!!!!

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paula

10:14 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

We love how mr. Big sings!

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Lisa Giacobetti

6:37 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

You are the cutest Chi.....Love you Biglet.... my hairy nephew! XO

Nikki BK

9:26 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

My vote Eddie and Lilly! Good luck

Courtney Skillman

9:37 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

Susie for South Jersey's top dog!

Mayne

9:57 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

I vote for Eddie & Lilly

louie

10:01 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

I vote for Eddie,lilly

Mary Smith

11:00 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly, the rescue dogs! They are the cutest, and with such a loving family to rescue both dogs and sooo cute, they deserve to win!

Terry

11:05 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

My vote's for Murray (#4)!

Mary Smith

11:08 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly, the rescue dogs! They are the cutest, and with such a loving family to rescue both dogs and sooo cute, they deserve to win!

Susan Pierucci

11:29 am on Monday, July 9, 2012

My vote is for #4 Murray. What a great little dog!!!

SUE

12:41 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

1 for Jazz! Good luck, little guy!

john

1:37 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly all the way!!!

jennifer

1:53 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

eddie and lily are adorable!

Kristine Zenkowich

1:57 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly are amazing dogs, always greet up when we get home, and are just so great! We are so blessed to have rescued such amazing dogs! Please vote for them!

BRK

2:15 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Susie from Cinnaminson

Elizabeth

2:16 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Susie for top dog- she watches over me all the time.

Jen Emery

2:20 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Murray gets my vote - that is one cute doggy!

mike zq

2:25 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

eddie and lilly. very cute

Christina Z

2:26 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lily! Good luck!

sammy j

2:28 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

eddie and lilly! hope you guys win!!!

Jim Zenkowich

2:28 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly The best who were rescued and deserve the win.

Chrissy

2:29 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Lily and Eddie all the way!! Woohoo!

kristine zenkowich

2:30 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

eddie and lilly!!! they are the best pups ever!!!!!!

Danielle

2:41 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly!! They come to my house everyday to doggie day care!

Postal

2:47 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Eddie and Lilly. I know dogs and they are clearly the bestlooking

Ellen M.

3:08 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Jazz for South Jersey's Top Dog! Yeah!

GgeorgeT

3:10 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

I say Jazz is the winner!

Kelly

3:22 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

You can do it, JAZZ!

Linda K.

3:23 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Good luck and a vote for JAZZ!

chris

3:56 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

I going to have to vote for the Jazzman

Robert Schneider Senior

4:19 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

the edmiester and the lilanatorr ftw eddie and lilly!

Donna

4:43 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Mr Big is Top Dog! My vote is for Biggie!!!

Josh

4:58 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

I vote for JAZZ! Go GT!

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Matt Skoufalos

5:51 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Folks, not sure who's posting under the handle "Patch Global Admin," but they're about to taste the banhammer. Please ignore the disruption.

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Lauren Burgoon

6:01 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

To the Moorestown reader posting fake disqualification comments under editors' names -- grow up. And stop it. This is a friendly dog contest, not the vote for emperor of the world. Treat it as such.

Random Person

6:02 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

i dont know if this will count or not BUT i'd like to vote for eddie and lilly. and NO i'm not making fake accounts as i do have somewhat of a life. kthx

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Lauren Burgoon

6:52 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Yes, just to be clear, it wasn't an accusation lobbed toward you as the Moorestown dogs' owner. We just know the person was registering and posting through Moorestown Patch.

Amanda Mazzucca

6:02 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

Thank you, Lauren. He/she even posted under GT editor's name!! Illegal!

David Sgro

8:06 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012

OMG... whats with you people

BeagleFan

9:57 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Is there any way to add a vote app instead of getting hundreds of comments like other polls patch has done? This way is rather annoying

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Lauren Burgoon

10:33 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Think of the poor soul who has to count them...

Agreed, this way isn't perfect. The problem with our voting tool is that it's unscientific and can be manipulated to allow more than 1 vote per user account. Until that's addressed (and it will be), this is the easiest way.

But if you're getting the emails and want them to stop, scroll up to just before the comments section and click "unfollow." That should stop the emails.

Kevin Wilhelm Pickering I

9:57 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mr. Big is livin' large! He gets my vote!

Robert Parkers

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Lilly & Eddie all da way! Dawg

Ruben Studdard

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

OH MY GAWD!! EDDIE AND LILLY

Dave Singer

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

eddie and lilly! how cute!

robbin

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

eddie and lilly! good luck to you both!

greg b

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

My vote is for #5 Eddie and Lilly!

Kristine Zenkowich

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Please, let's keep this a nice and friendly contest. It is about our dogs and how cute they are! There is no need for fake names and logging in as an administrator. I just got an email saying that my dogs were thrown out of the contest. It was obviously fake, and it is just really unnecessary. This is all in fun! :)

Joyce Radcliffe

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Eddie & Lilly. Great dogs n wonderful owners... Joyce

Jessica Ehnbom-Scott

9:56 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mr. Big! How could you not vote for him.

Fran Morrone

10:02 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mr Big! I vote for the singer!,

Billy Mays

8:32 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Oxtclean! .... I mean Eddie and Lilly!

Marie Geist

9:24 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Murray is the too cute. I vote for him.

Anonymous

4:34 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I've been getting harassing comments and emails about myself and my dog, as well. This is ridiculous.

Mark simmons

6:06 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Eddie and Lilly - To the two saying they are getting harassing emails... How? Your e-mails arent listed on here are they?

David Sgro

6:13 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

TO PATCH ADMINS:
To make this fair, I would REALLY suggest you only count the votes that go to CONFIRMED e-mail addresses. Looks like some people may be taking advantage of the ability to post under multiple names without a real e-mail address

Anonymous

6:15 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I had an email listed on another thread. You can go to the "comments" section on the user profile to see what people post everywhere on the site. This is why I'm not posting under an anonymous account. My daughter was also directly targeted with harassments here, where the Marlton user actually used her name to personalize the comments.

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Anonymous

6:21 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I AM posting, not "not posting". Sorry.

Anonymous

6:24 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Voting should just be closed before the 20th, with all the problems going on.

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David Sgro

6:30 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I'm sure next contest will be better thought out... Really all they need is a forum with radio boxes to select and a submit button. Also they should require e-mails to be verified to stop people from creating fake accounts to harass others or rack up more votes they dont deserve.

Fran Morrone

10:12 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I vote Mr. Big! He should win!

Debbie

10:22 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Mr Big the singing pooch!

Andrew M. Goodman

11:35 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Yay I vote for JAZZ!! Any dog with the patience to put up with Amanda has to be a winner!!

Cornhusker

10:24 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Please please stop this insanity!! Do we really have to see these votes until July 20th? I vote for whatever will put it to an end and announce a winner. Is this news anyways?

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Cornhusker

11:55 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Does that stop the comments from taking up all the space and being annoying? It's a great idea but there has to be a better way to vote than thousands of comments.

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Sean McCullen

11:57 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

There is. And it was launched by Patch yesterday and will be in place for our next contest of this kind. Until now, we had no way to limit users to one vote per poll. Thus, we opted to use the "comments count as votes" method for this contest. We do now have a way to limit users to one vote per poll, and will be utilizing this new tool for future polls. Sorry for the inconvenience, but we're trying to do something fun here during the summer.

Anonymous

5:03 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Jazz

I agree, voting should end ASAP. This is nonsense.

MCCnll

6:33 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Absolutely the cutest couple Eddie and Lilly

Chris Hansen - with Dateline NBC

9:34 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Have a seat next to my choice... Eddie and Lilly!

Wesley Willis

9:37 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Eddie and Lilly!!!! "Beware of doooooogg"

Mark Freeman

5:27 pm on Sunday, July 15, 2012

1 vote for Eddie and Lilly

Tina G.

5:27 pm on Sunday, July 15, 2012

Lilly and Eddie are so cute

Jesse

5:27 pm on Sunday, July 15, 2012

I vote for Eddie and Lilly!!!!

William roman

11:33 am on Monday, July 16, 2012

Eddie and Lilly are the best dogs ever. I vote for them

Curt

6:01 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012

Rescue all the way! Eddie and Lilly.

Fran Morrone

6:01 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012

Mr. Big....look at that video...the best!

Random Person

1:28 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

my dogs are the best, even if they dont win.

Elsa

2:03 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Mr Big! I've witnessed him in person! Such personality!

Stanley Roper

2:12 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Biggie Biggie Biggie can't you see--sometimes your words just hypnotize me! Go Mr. Big!

Fran Morrone

2:56 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

MR.BIIG MR. BIG!!!! Please!

Fran Morrone

2:56 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

MR. BIG.....MR. BIG.......MR. BIG

David Sgro

3:19 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

To The Webmaster:
Your "unsubscribe" linkes in automated comment added emails DO NOT WORK. I am aware that I can log in and manually unfollow posts, however this needs to be fixed.

If I continue to get e-mails from your webiste I will be contacting the netblock owner as well as the abuse contacts for both patch.com and the sending mailserver IP. I consider this to be SPAM at this point as it is unwanted.

Thank you

The Paper Trail

3:35 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

The cutest chi that ever lived...mr BIG!!!

observer

5:09 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Ut oh, looks like Mr. Bigs owner have plenty of spare time on their hands....Time to log in and vote 40 times :)

You realize people are laughing at you, not with you.

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Andrea

5:49 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Because I have time to do that! It's called Facebook!

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Fran Morrone

6:00 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Are you serious? Mr Big should win! You are very rude.....observer!

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David Sgro

9:36 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Fran, observer is right. Do you really think that many people would vote 1-2 monutes apart? What are they doing, standing in line by one computer logging into patch?

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David Sgro

9:36 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

It's why I have said it before and will say it again... This voting system has it's flaws but it Patch has ANY sense they will only count votes from REAL CONFIRMED e-mail accounts. Unless someone has a catch-all or wants to create 300 AOL/G-mail/yahoo accounts or use a service like guerilla mail, their votes wont count

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David Sgro

9:36 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Hey Fran, can't help but notice you votes 11 times :)

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Caryn Harrold

11:31 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

observer please don't take the fun out of the contest :) We just love Mr.Big!!

Daniella

6:04 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Sorry for my late vote Mr Big! I love hearing you sing!

Helen Ranno

6:37 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Bring it home, BIGGY!!! We are so proud of you! Love aunt Angie

Angela Porto

6:37 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

I vote for the singing chihuahua Mr Big

Patrick McAfee

6:37 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

Mr big gets my vote. 1 because he's my 4 legged son and 2 because he has true doggy talent. Love him soooo much.

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