Our winner Roxy, a 10-year-old Maltese from Shallcross, is all dressed up for her favourite peanut butter biscuit.
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Meet the winner and finalists in the Independent on Saturday’s February Pet of the Month competition. This month it’s Roxy, a 10-year-old Maltese from Shallcross who scoops the prize.
Her Mum says: "Roxy is so special to us, she has been our pillar of strength during our darkest of times. She is treated as royalty in our home and gets everything her way. She enjoys car rides and being outdoors and is a feisty little one. She also loves her treats, especially her peanut butter biscuits."
Roxy wins an exciting new prize open to all pet winners this year - an exclusive photoshoot from pet photographer Tilanie Grote worth R1 500.
Ten-year-old Tammy, a mixed-breed from Morningside, gives her "we are not amused" look.
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Miley, a 5-month-old rescue kitten from Mount Edgecombe, plays in the garden.
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Candice, a 15-year-old "Tuxedo Cat" is on patrol in Newlands West.
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How to enter: Snap a photo of your pet showing its unique personality, with a sentence telling us why he or she is so special to you. Add your name, your pet’s name, breed, age and area. Email it to sinethemba.hlela@corporateservice.co.za
Winners will receive a photoshoot from pet photographer Tilanie Grote worth worth R1 500.
Competition rules: The competition is open to all pets and only one picture may be submitted. Employees of Independent Media, the sponsor, their advertising agencies and their immediate families may not enter. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Our next Pet of the Month feature will be published on April 26 and entries close on April 22 at midday. The competition will run until February 2026.
An independent panel of judges will select the Pet of the Month.
Because of space constraints, not all pictures will be published in the newspaper. However, every pet will be considered and all entries will be published on our Facebook page.
Gio, an 8-month-old Samoyed pup from Durban, comes out to play.
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Rocco, 4,a German Shepherd cross from the Berea, has fun on the netball court.
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All dressed up and nowhere to go is Coco Chanel, 10-month-old Yorkshire terrier from Phoenix.
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The aptly named Snowball, 10-month-old Netherlands dwarf rabbit from Phoenix, makes himself at home.
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Everest, 4, a Chinese chow and Rottweiler cross from Sezela on the South Coast, has run on the beach.
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Pablo in his best bib and tucker. The 15-month-old American blue-nose pitbull from Chatsworth is a serious party animal.
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Storm, a 9-year-old Husky cross from Phoenix, takes time out from a Durban summer.
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"What you doing?" asks Rio, a 13-year-old African grey parrot from Verulam.
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Photographer Tilanie Grote is sponsoring a pet photoshoot valued at R1 500.
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