In an amazingly close vote, with the lead going back and forth all week, Goblin pulled out the win with a razor thin margin:

Thanks to all who entered (over 300) and gave us all so much to look forward to these hot summer afternoons. As the winner of this year’s contest ‘Goblin, the People’s Pick – Coolest Pet in PoPville 2010′ will be placed on a t-shirt. Goblin’s owner gets a shirt for free but before I order I’d like to know how many others may be interested in purchasing a shirt? (I’m guessing they’ll go for between $15 – $20 depending on how many I order). If you are interested let me know how many you’d like and what size.

Additionally this is one of the few times I take an editor’s prerogative and select an Editor’s Pick for Coolest Pet in PoPville. Congrats to this year’s editor’s pick Claude-Phillipe:

If you are interested in purchasing an Editor’s Pick t-shirt of Claude-Phillipe please let me know how many and what sizes.

Congrats to the winners and thanks again to all for entering your great pets.

Congrats to Franklin who pulled out a victory over Haywire last week in the Cat Semifinalist round. Franklin will now face off against the other finalists Goblin and Rocky. Voting will be open until Midnight Thurs. and I’ll announce the winner Friday afternoon. The winner will be crowned ‘Coolest Pet in PoPville 2010′ and will be placed on a t-shirt. Good luck to all the finalists!

Franklin

Goblin

“Goblin on his perch. My little buddy Goblin is a 2 year old French Bulldog who likes to plant himself on the front porch to greet passersby as they stroll down Harvard St. Although he is not quite as famous as Paul the Octopus, he correctly predicted Spain to win the World Cup as well.”

Rocky

We’ve got two finalists already – Rocky and Goblin. Many thanks to Heather Goss for helping select the semifinalists. Heather is the Managing and Arts Editor for DCist.com and runs Ten Miles Square, whose next photo exhibit you can see at the DC State Fair on August 28. She’s still bitter about her space cadet losing the Coolest Cat contest last year, but promises she didn’t take it out on this year’s contestants.

The poll will stay open until Friday at 5pm. The finalists will face each other next week, with the winner getting on a t-shirt as the ‘Coolest Pet in PoPville 2010′. Good luck!

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It was a fierce battle for first but Goblin pulled out a victory over Dizzy and Ruby.

Goblin will face Rocky and the winner of the cat semifinalist to be posted tomorrow.

To help select the Dog finalists I enlisted the aid Nichole, former PoP contributor and Fundraising and Outreach Chair of the Board of Directors of Hill Hounds, the official “friends of” group of the soon-to-be-constructed Kingsman Field Dog Park on Capitol Hill. Thanks to all who sent in photos of their dogs. There is a no doubt that they were a super cool bunch this year. Believe me selecting semifinalists was nearly an impossible task (Nichole selected 5 and I selected 5). But at the end of the day, it’s just a fun summer pet contest so let’s remember to vote honestly. If the poll is tampered with your pet will be disqualified. Voting will be open until Friday.

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It was a heated competition but Rocky pulled out a solid win with 38% of the vote beating out both Claude-Philippe and Winnie who tied for second place with 21% of the vote each. First time we’ve ever had an exact tie before. But congrats to Rocky on a well earned Finalist berth. Stay tuned for Dog Semi finalists tomorrow.

Photo by PoPville flickr user christopher.poole

The race is on!

And I’m not gonna reveal the votes yet but it’s been narrowed down a bit and it looks like we’ve got a tight three way race between Winnie (hamster), Rocky (turtle) and Claude-Philippe (snail). If you haven’t voted yet you can still do so here. Stay tuned for the Dog and cat semifinalists next week!

Ok, we’ve had an amazing first round with over 300 awesome pets! The task of narrowing it down to semifinalists is nearly impossible. Remember there will be 3 semifinal rounds for ‘Other’, Dog, and Cat with the winners of each category facing off in the final for the title of Coolest Pet in PoPville. To help me pick Dog and Cat semifinalists, in addition to your comments I’ve enlisted some guest judges more on that later. Now please, please, please don’t be ridiculous and stuff the “ballot box”. We are on the honor system here but if there is an obvious fixing of the poll I will disqualify your pet. Seriously. Don’t do it! You can have your friends vote, you can put it on facebook or twitter but don’t stay up all night clearing your cache and voting 100 times yourself (it’s happened before). I am keeping results hidden and will show them at the end.

Anyway all the pets really were great and getting to post them up every afternoon for the last month has made my summer afternoons a lot more fun. So allow me to introduce the ‘Other’ Semifinalists. Voting will be tallied by poll and the poll will close at 11:59pm Friday night.

Dame Winifred Artemis Jolie-Pitt aka Winnie

Roo

Percy

Claude-Phillipe

Rocky

Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. Though, don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified. Stay tuned for semi final rounds coming soon.

Durga

“This is Durga. We rescued her from a high-kill shelter in South Carolina through Lucky Dog Rescue. She has an unmatched sense of adventure – and energy level! Her hobbies include devouring chew toys and rawhide bones, and terrorizing squirrels throughout the U Street neighborhood. Her dream job – rat exterminator.”

Stinky

“This is Stinky. He has traveled on three continents, and is very happy to be settled now in Petworth. His primary responsibility is keeping an eye on the dog. He takes this duty very very seriously. It’s not all work though – he always takes time to stop and smell (and sometimes eat) the roses.”

Violet

“Violet was adopted from WARL a year ago and loves snow, playing fetch and eating sticks.”

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Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. We’ll be wrapping up initial postings this week before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. Though, don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified.

Petunia

“This Petunia; she is the self-appointed canine goodwill ambassador to the children of Columbia Heights. She is very happy perrita who loves the attention and is liberal in sharing her jump-and-lick with all who stop to pat her head.”

Cornelius

“Cornelius cooly contemplates Kennedy’s clever quips.”

Clementine

“This is Clementine. She’s 1½ and a true Petworth pet. Here she’s chilling froggy style in the cool, cool grass at Clark Elementary during the current heat wave. Her favorite activities include walks around Sherman Circle, hikes at Rock Creek, playing with her doggie buds at Clark Elementary and keeping tabs on the neighborhoods squirrels.”

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Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. We’ll be wrapping up initial postings this week before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. Though, don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified.

Tugga

“Here’s a picture of Tugga. She has a ton of personality and everyone knows her around Col Ht/Petworth.”

Gus

“Gus (and his favorite red ball) enjoying Rock Creek Park.”

Binkles

“The ultimate lap-cat, my one-eyed rescue kitty Mr. Binklesworth Trevor York St. Kitt the Third (Binky), now 11 years old. He’s lonely as he lost his brother a month ago, so now he’s trying to make new friends with all the neighborhood cats (and raccoons). Vote Binky!”

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Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. I will be posting initial entries for 1 more week or so before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. If you emailed a photo of your pet I promise all photos will be posted, patience please, there are tons (literally hundreds) of pets in PoPville!

Please don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified.

Emily

“This is Emily. She was rescued from the 2008 Iowa floods and brought to the Washington Animal Rescue League where she was adopted. She likes to run laps around the house and eat chicken and beef.”

Abe Lincoln

“Meet Abe Lincoln, our rescue pup and resident of the U Street neighborhood. He’s a bar hopper and a tail chaser.”

Ruby

“Ruby is not only a fan of crawfish, but knows how to properly pick them up.”

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Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. I will be posting initial entries for 1 more week or so before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. If you emailed a photo of your pet I promise all photos will be posted, patience please, there are tons (literally hundreds) of pets in PoPville!

Please don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified.

Truvy

“This is my 9 month old Cream Frenchie named Truvy. She is gonna be the Hostess at Logan 14 Aveda Salon and Spa when I open the end of August.”

Roo

“This is Roo, a cockatiel. In addition to flying around the apartment, he likes to whistle the Andy Griffith theme song and play games of hide-and-seek with his humans.”

Percy

“This is Percy the rabbit that I adopted from the Humane Society. Since it is not too safe to bring him outside to enjoy grass underfoot, I bring the (wheat) grass to him.”

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Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. I will be posting initial entries for 1 more week or so before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. If you emailed a photo of your pet I promise all photos will be posted, patience please, there are tons (literally hundreds) of pets in PoPville!

Please don’t make up names and “vote” for your pet multiple times. If you do so, and I catch you, (which is not hard to catch) your pet will be disqualified.

Squiddy

Rowdy

“rowdy (aka ‘the professor’, left) is the biggest snuggle buddy in the world and loves to hug and spoon while napping. she has won the hearts of even the most avid cat haters. rake mcclane, detective (aka ‘the detective’, right) loves to purr and attack rowdy’s tail and grow bigger every time you look at him. this picture captures the detective’s inability to sit still in one place and rowdy’s exasperation at the goofy new thing we brought home.”

Navi

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Ed. Note: The deadline has passed for entries, we got over 300! If you missed the deadline, save your shots for next year, sorry no exceptions. I will be posting initial entries for 1 more week or so before the semifinal rounds commence. Remember if you have a favorite please let me know. If you emailed a photo of your pet I promise all photos will be posted, patience please, there are tons (literally hundreds) of pets in PoPville!

Norbies

“Norbies has whiskers. They are long. He enjoys cardboard boxes and sneaking outside to lounge in the sun.”

Comet

“Our rescued coonhound Comet (named after the defunct wonderful deli on Columbia Rd) caught in the act of her favorite pastime (other than of course barking cats).”

Myrtle

“Myrtle is from Columbia Heights. She loves Malcolm X Park and people.”

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