Bay Weekly

Bay Weekly’s Paws and Claws Pose-Off

By Diana Beechener and Margaret Tearman

In Bay Country, our pet photos are as precious to us as our baby photos — and often a lot cuter. Which is why we asked you to send us your pictures to feature in our annual Pet Tales issue.

 

We were wrong to worry you wouldn’t respond. You did, in abundance, from near and far, confirming the reach of our online edition.

We’ve learned many things from the photos of your furry, feathered and scaled friends. Bella is a favorite pet name, but not all Bellas are beautiful in the same way. Still, no one can look at your photos without saying awww.

For our best in show, meet Rascal Sanders from Chesapeake Beach. This concentrating kitty beat out dogs, lizards and birds to shine on Bay Weekly’s cover.

So, sit, stay and read. You’ll get your treat when you see the photos.

 

 
Best Ears

Bo Abell

Dunkirk
 
 
 

Best Bed Buds

Molly and Buster Bates

 

 

Molly and Buster Bates

Pasadena

 

 

Best Perch

Suki Liptak

Churchton
 
Best Comedy Act
Josie
Pasadena
Best Dressed for Mardi Gras
Magnolia Blossom Chaney
Owings

 

Most Regal Pup
Freddie Nevin
Port Republic
Best Cat Walk
Lucky Merryman
Huntingtown
Most Angelic
Buddy Hooper
Prince Frederick
Most Serene
Fergus Liptak
Churchton
Most SereneFergus Liptak, Churchton
Best High Four
Roxy Oliver
Beverly Beach
Best Guard Dog
Gracie Shelton 
Spokane, Wash.
 
Best Lei
Harry Schnoodle Penfield
Breezy Point

 

Best Snowy Snout
 
Sophie Gallaudet
North Beach
Most Cat-like Expression
Whitey Steel
Huntingtown
Best Boudoir Portrait
Dieter Russell
Dunkirk
Best in Cool

Ivan Abell

Dunkirk

Best Cat Nap
Chloe Weisburgh
Chesapeake Beach

Best Ornithologist
Skye Harding
Bentonville, Va.
Best Lighthouse Impression
Jesse Messina
Lusby
 
Best Snout
Shiloh Jones
Huntingtown
Best Menswear
Pepper Collins
Lusby
Best Pocket Pooch
Lili Lou Foreman
Oxon Hill
Best Hairpiece

Leo

Dundalk
Best Fetcher
Bella Joyce
Davidsonville
Best High Alert
Roxy DiBitetto
Owings
Best Blend
Babey and Stripey Steel
Huntingtown
Most Visionary
Bella Powell
Chesapeake Beach
Best Matthew McConaughey Impersonation
Rebel Milchenski
Pasadena
Best Spots
Violet Evans
East Haven, Conn.

 

Best Pooch Pout
Lady Russell
Dunkirk
Best Snowpocalypse Pup
Brody Russell
Dunkirk
Best Bouffant
Max Hooper
Prince Frederick
Most Covert Canine
Britt DiBitett
Edgewater
Most Adoptable
Mr. Peabody
Calvert Animal Welfare League,
Prince Frederick
Cutest Couple

Rocky and Amoz Doty

Port Republic
Best Bird Do
Boy Steel
Huntingtown
Best Mobile Home
Crumpet Evans
East Haven, Conn.
Best Smile
Duke Powell
Chesapeake Beach
Best Placido Impression
Henri Hautzenroder
Asbury-Solomons
Best Names

 

Dennis and George

Castleberry, Chico, Calif.