2025 #NZTOPDOG is now closed!
After 9 weeks and over 300 entries, the search is over.
Frog Recruitment, in partnership with
Simparica Trio,
Jetpark Hotels, and
Addiction, are proud to have presented 2025 #NZTOPDOG.
On behalf of the entire NZTOPDOG team, thank you to everyone who entered and helped make our 10th edition such a tremendous success.
The last few months have been about celebrating our furry best friends and shedding some light on their paw-some work. While each entry was uniquely different, the one thing they all had in common was that having your tail-wagging pal around had helped improve your mental health.
We’re excited to reveal the winners for 2025 NZTOPDOG! Meet our Top 3 winners for our awards and celebrate the incredible dogs making a difference.
2025 competition timeline
#NZTOPDOG is now closed
June 30, 2025
Entries open
August 11, 2025
Entries closed
Voting for People's Choice open
August 12, 2025
Top 20 Finalists for Top Office Dog and Top Dog with a Job announced
August 28, 2025
NZTOPDOG Award Ceremony
Winners announced
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors
Meet the brands responsible for helping make our 2025 competition possible.
But, why dogs?
10 years ago, we discovered global research indicating that having dogs around the workplace can have a postitive impact on employees mental health.
Benefits included enhanced workplace culture, stronger psychological contracts, increased employer brand, lower absenteeism, positive mental health, reinforced organisational values, lower stress levels and increased communication.
NZ Top Dog is a feel-good competition celebrating the postitive impacts our furry best mates have on our lives and mental health.