The Manchester Evening News is on the lookout for the region's best lockdown dog. All week readers have been sending in photographs of their pooches and telling us how they have helped them during the UK lockdown.
Among the entries include dogs who have been looking after their key worker owners, while other pets have been providing vital company to those self-isolating alone.
Here are a selection of some of the entries the M.E.N has received so far. Make sure to nominate your dogs in our form at the bottom of our article - you could win a year’s supply of Butcher’s Nourishing Food For Dogs, and £1500 towards a dog-friendly break with their hero.
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