Paws and Play: The Media Factory’s pet video contest

Thank you to all who submitted their pet videos for the 2024 contest!

We hope you enjoyed making your funny, interesting and heartwarming animal films as much as we enjoyed watching them. 

The 2024 Paws and Play: The Media Factory’s Pet Video Contest has closed. Please view the results below.

Paws + Play 2024 Full Presentation

The entries are in and the results for the 2024 contest are here. This presentation includes all the entries for the 2024 contest, including the overall best in show winner, judged by the Humane Society of Chittenden County.

Images of Best in Show winner Pippin the cat and runners up Tito the dog and Chanticleer the dog

See all entries below

Pets

  • Bear

    Human - David Boss

  • Henrietta the Huntsman

    Human - Marcy Webster

  • Kora

    Human - Brandon Lawrence

  • Pippin (2024)

    Jim and Grace Heltz

  • Chanticleer (2024)

    Human - Thaddeus Kusiak

  • Bromley

    Human - Henry Galloway

  • Yogi

    Human - Pamela Thibodeau

  • Eloise (2024)

    Human - Patrick Heltz

  • Tito aka Fernando Theodore Silly Goose Scuderi

    Humans - Lauren, Stephen and Bella Scuderi

  • Maple (dog) and Lucy Lou (cat)

    Human - Carlie Wright

  • Anonymous Dogs

    Human - Robin Danaher

  • Anonymous Dog

    Human - Sam Bibens

  • Anonymous Pup

    Human - Joshua T. Guy

 

In partnership with the Humane Society of Chittenden County

Humane Society of Chittenden County logo of a hand and paw meeting

More ways to watch:

All the videos are currently available on the Media Factory Youtube page @btvmediafactory

 

Or you can watch on your favorite OTT & mobile apps. Download the Media Factory app here: RokuApple TV & Amazon FireTV
iOS & Android Mobile 

 

The entries will also be airing in a special presentation on the Media Factory Create channel on Comcast 1074 and Burlington Telecom 15 & 215 (HD) with a premiere scheduled for Saturday, September 14th at 7:00pm.

 

Want to watch all of these videos as part of a playlist? You can do so right here:

 

 

Interested in participating?

Check back summer of 2025 for announcements regarding the next pet video contest.

 

See the contest details for 2024 below (details subject to change for future contests)

 

Is your pet the cutest or silliest around, a star that deserves to be seen? The Media Factory invites you to submit your best pet video with the chance of being nominated as funniest, most heartwarming, most interesting, or overall “Best in Show”. Our guest judges, the pet lovers at the Humane Society, will choose what video is awarded overall Best in Show. Submissions will open up on July 2nd and the submission deadline is September 6th. Results will be announced the following week. You must complete the form and share your file to fully enter.

 

Guidelines:

  • The maximum length of each video will be three minutes
  • Only one video submission per animal is allowed
  • Pet’s human owner needs to sign off on permission for distribution and promotion of video
  • Copyrighted video or audio should not be in the video
  • Submitter/Pet Owner lives, works or is a student in the Media Factory service area

Award:

Best in Show will be awarded 

  • a Media Factory trucker hat
  • a $25 gift card to Pet Food Warehouse
  • And a certificate to hang by your pet's favorite nap spot.

 So, get your camera’s rolling and let’s see what your animal’s got!

 

See last year's contest and winners!

Paws And Play 2023