American Farm Bureau Federation 2024 Farm Dog of the Year Contest

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Do you have a special farm dog? This week is the last week to apply your dog for the American Farm Bureau Federation 2024 Farm Dog of the Year Contest.

Grace Powell
Hello and welcome to Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I’m Grace Powell. If you have the best farm dog on your farm then listen up. You only have a few more days to register your dog for the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Farm Dog of the Year contest. Chad Smith has more

Chad Smith
The nomination period for Farm Bureau’s 2024 Farm Dog of the Year Contest closes Friday. Denny Ashcraft, Kansas Farm Bureau Member and owner of Tough, the 2023 Farm Dog of the Year, says the contest is a great way to honor working dogs.

Denny Ashcraft
Well, I think farm dogs are an important part of what people do on a farm, and every farm dog out there has different talents, different purposes, and they fill a big void. So, it’s a good opportunity to nominate your dog and hopefully show what they do.

Chad Smith
Sponsored by Nestlé Purina PetCare, the Farm Dog of the Year will win a year’s worth of Purina Pro-Plan dry dog food and $5,000 in prize money. Ashcraft says there are a variety of traits that make a good farm dog.

Denny Ashcraft
The original purpose for her was working and handling livestock. Then we started trialing her some, which a dog doesn’t necessarily have to be a trial dog to be a good farm dog. Besides the work she does there, she’s a great companion. She just likes to be with you. There’s a lot of roles that they fill. So, I don’t think there’s any one thing that makes a great farm dog, for each person that’s probably going to be different.

Chad Smith
Ashcraft encourages others to nominate their dog.

Denny Ashcraft
We had talked about nominating her for a while, and I suppose we’re like everybody else, you think there’s a lot of other dogs out there that would probably be a better candidate, but then we decided why not, let’s go ahead and take a chance. And we were very surprised when we found out that we’d won. And I would say anybody that’s even remotely thinking about entering the contest, go ahead and fill it out and send it in.

Grace Powell
You have until July 14th to enter your farm dog. For more information head to fb.org/farmdog for Tennessee Home and Farm Radio, I’m Grace Powell.