Doing Your Activity and Preparing Your Submission

This page highlights information you’ll need to do your outreach activity and prepare your submission for uploading to the voting platform. Click below to download the full competition guidelines with all the details (recommended!).

In mid-July, you will receive an email with information about how to upload your entry to the voting platform. You will upload your entry to the platform between August 1 and 30.

Let’s get started!

Choose Your Outreach Activity and Submission Type

Choose your outreach activity from one of the designated categories. Example activities are provided to help with ideas, but we encourage you to be creative and do an activity that you and your pet will enjoy!

Different activity categories have been created for pet professionals and pet owners, and specific submission types are allowed for each category. Some categories allow only one submission type. 

You may enter one submission into the competition. If you are a pet professional, you may do your activity as a team with other professionals and enter one submission into the competition for your team. Teams must have at least two (2) and no more than six (6) team members.

To download for better viewing, click on the up arrow in the top-right corner of the document preview to open it in Google Drive. On the Google Drive page, click the download icon (the down arrow) in the upper right-hand corner to save the document to your computer.

Competition Bibs

• If you haven’t created your competition bib yet, do it now by following the instructions on the Getting Started page.
• A competition bib number may be used with only one entry. 
• If you are participating as a member of a team, each team member must register separately and have their own individual bib number. 
• Your bib must be included in your entry as specified for the submission type (see the Preparing Your Submission—Requirements section below).

Where to Do Your Activity

• Activities may take place in a public or private venue. All permissions and authorizations must be secured beforehand as required by law. 
• If your activity will take place at a school or organization, be sure to inform them that you are submitting videos/photos and information about your activity to the Pet Professional Guild for its Community Outreach Competition.
• Rescue-based activities can take place in a shelter or rescue facility, or in a foster home.

Preparing Your Submission—Requirements

Photos

• High resolution (300 dpi)
• 900 x 900 pixels
• A written caption describing who’s in the photo, where the activity took place, who was in the audience, the number of attendees, the age range of any children present, and what was taught, as applicable.
• For Pet Professional Category 1: Outdoor Fun With a Pet activities, the distance covered or the duration of the activity must be provided in the photo caption.
• You (or each member of your team) must either wear your competition bib or post it somewhere visible and readable in the photo.

Videos

• At least 3 minutes long (but no longer than 5 minutes), filmed in landscape, and consist of an introduction and conclusion with the activity featured in between
• High resolution and no larger than 250MB
• Include audio narration or subtitles. If music is an integral part of the activity (e.g., dancing with your pet), it must be audible in the video.
• On-camera narration or voiceover must describe who’s in the video, where the activity took place, who was in the audience, the number of attendees, the age range of any children present, and what was taught, as applicable.
• For Pet Professional Category 1: Outdoor Fun With a Pet activities, the distance covered or the duration of the activity must be shared in the video narration or voiceover.
• You (or each member of your team) must either wear your competition bib or post it somewhere visible and readable in the video. Competition bib(s) must be clearly visible and readable for at least 5 seconds.

Infographics

• One side of one page
• 8.5 x 11 inches or A4 size
• JPEG or PNG file type
• Horizontal or vertical orientation (either is fine)
• In addition to uploading the infographic to the voting platform, you must also submit a photo of yourself wearing your competition bib and holding your printed piece.

Blog Posts

• Minimum 400 words, maximum 500 words
• Must include a title
• Fully copyedited, ready to publish
• In addition to uploading the blog post text to the voting platform, you must also submit a photo of yourself wearing your competition bib and holding your printed piece.

Thank you for participating, and have fun!