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Dog Lovers Team Up for National Dog Day

National Dog Day is Aug. 26. What will you do to celebrate man's best friend?

Roxborough-Manayunk responded when we asked for your . We got pictures from proud puppy parents and you voted on your favorite, Parker.

All those entrants in our Top Dog contest are winners because they have owners who love and care for them, but not every dog is so lucky.

Aug. 26 is National Dog Day. That's the day animal advocate Colleen Paige  designated for honoring all those dogs who bring in the paper, and all those dogs who are neglected.

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Not to be confused with National Mutt Day (Dec. 2), National Puppy Day (March 23) or National Pet Day (April 11), each of the 19 national and international pet days founded by Paige is designed with one thing in mind: to draw attention to the need for pet rescue.

If you didn't get a chance to share your dog picture in our Top Dog contest, please share it now. Click on the Upload Photos and Video button under the picture of Parker and upload your picture.

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Paige, author, pet behaviorist and self proclaimed "pet celebrity lifestyle expert" founded the Animal Miracle Foundation and Network (AMFN), a nonprofit Christian faith based charity, in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Since 2004, Paige said that National Dog Day has rescued 100,000 dogs and has now spread its efforts worldwide.

"We will never meet a human who will love us without condition, without expectation, without someone, at some point, disappointing us, breaking our heart..." Paige said, "Dogs will never do this to us. They are steadfast.... and short, fat, tall, skinny, any race, any religion, there is no discrimination - we are perfect in their eyes. They deserve so much more than they get."

Paige dubbed the holiday a K-9 Fourth of July and asks pet lovers to celebrate by adopting a shelter dog, helping an ill or elderly neighbor by walking their dog, or with a $5 donation to a local shelter. But that's just three of National Dog Day's 50 Ways to Celebrate.

Here are some Philadelphia-based centers to adopt dogs:

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