Valley View Veterinary Clinic Summer Pet Photo Contest (KOOL 96.5): How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Valley View Veterinary Clinic Summer Pet Photo Contest?

The Valley View Veterinary Clinic Summer Pet Photo Contest joins a Twin Falls, Idaho, veterinary practice with KOOL 96.5, the commercial radio station whose contest pages live at kool965.com. The station bills it as a chance for all pet owners to flaunt their furry, scaly, or feathery friends enjoying the summer vibes for cool prizes, and the format delivers exactly that: locals send in pictures of their animals, a shortlist of finalists goes up on the site, and the public decides the winner from there.

Who stands behind the ballot

Both organizers appear in the title itself. Valley View Veterinary Clinic brings the veterinary connection and the prize backing, while KOOL 96.5 brings the audience, the web page and the promotional machinery the station already points at the same Twin Falls listeners, from ticket giveaways for Roaring Springs and Wahooz to the Twin Falls County Fair schedule and Hall Pass Cash.

On the station's own navigation the round files itself under the labels the site reuses across its contest lineup, Contests, Local Contest, Pets and Photo Contest, sitting beside Twin Falls news coverage rather than in any separate national gallery. That placement signals who the expected voter is: a listener already scrolling the station between giveaways, not a distant photo-entry crowd.

Which editions of the summer pet contest are confirmed, and when does it run?

Every summer from 2020 through 2025 has produced a confirmed round of the contest, which makes the early-summer slot a reliable fixture on the KOOL 96.5 calendar. The fullest picture comes from the 2024 printing, whose three stages are laid out below.

Reading the table top to bottom shows why the schedule matters to anyone entering: pictures had to arrive by the late-night cutoff of 11:59 p.m. MST on June 28, and on the very next date, June 29, the posted finalists took over the page and voting opened. The announcement on July 16 then landed immediately after the last voting day, leaving entrants no long wait for the outcome.

The 2024 round also capped the finalist field at 20 pictures, keeping the ballot short enough to scan in a single sitting. Beyond that printing, the organizer publishes little that binds later rounds, whether eligibility fine print, entry limits or the daily allowance; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a supporter actually vote in the KOOL 96.5 pet contest?

The mechanics take a minute to learn. During the open stretch you land on the contest page at kool965.com, scroll the posted finalist photographs, and mark the one animal you want to see win. No app, no download and no special player: the ballot behaves like the rest of the station's content.

The ballot's own wording leaves little room for confusion. One line instructed visitors to "Look through the pictures and vote for your favorite below and remember to vote 1 time each day through July 15th." Once the submission stage ended, a notice on the page read, "You can now see the finalists and vote for your favorite every day on the voting page." Between those two lines the whole arrangement is visible: pick from what was posted, mark a favorite, come back tomorrow.

What the page asks of you

The 2024 rules allowed one vote every day, which quietly turns the contest into a test of consistency. A pet whose backers remember every morning outruns a pet whose backers vote once and drift away, because the daily ceiling applies to everyone equally. Supporters who want their favorite to finish near the top treat the ballot like a habit rather than a chore.

How does this summer contest sit beside Idaho's other pet photo ballots?

Twin Falls listeners have several pet ballots to choose from across the year, and this one owns the warm-weather slot. The same station, KOOL 96.5, repeats the photo-vote format at Christmas with its Christmas Pet Photo Contest, while a parallel Christmas edition under the kezj call sign runs in the same market. Valley View Veterinary Clinic also lends its name to a Halloween pet photo contest, giving the clinic a fall counterpart to this summer pairing.

Elsewhere in Idaho, the All About the Animals Coalition Pet Photo Calendar Contest and its 2027 calendar edition raise funds through printed calendars, and the In Our Christmas Pet Holiday Photo Contest fills another holiday niche. What separates the Valley View summer round is its sponsor pair, a working clinic plus a radio station, and a compressed voting stretch that concentrates the competition into a few intense weeks.

Between the clinic's two seasonal pairings and the station's two Christmas ballots, a Twin Falls pet owner with a good camera has a reason to submit something in nearly every season, with this summer round as the anchor of the warm months.

How can a supporter build momentum for a finalist pet?

Momentum in this contest comes from rhythm, not reach. Because each supporter holds a single daily vote, the real work is reminding: a friend who votes on Monday will forget by Wednesday unless someone nudges them. Sharing the contest link with your pet's picture and a personal line outperforms a bare request, and pairing the ask with a time ("before bed, like yesterday") turns scattered goodwill into a routine.

Timing the ask matters as much as making it. The daily allowance resets with the calendar, so a reminder sent the evening before, with the picture attached and the link one tap away, converts far better than a generic shout into a group chat. Supporters who treat the mid-July close as a real deadline tend to hold their streak across the whole stretch, while casual voters fade after the first weekend.

The organizer prints no guidance about outside assistance for entrants, so anyone considering paid help should start from the rules on the ballot page and the wider legal picture before committing to anything. Practical ways to grow a daily vote count map neatly onto a short summer stretch like this one, where every remembered morning matters more than a burst of attention on a single afternoon.