Badger State AmbassaDOG Contest: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Badger State AmbassaDOG Contest and who runs it?

The Badger State AmbassaDOG Contest is a public fan vote for dogs, run each year by Badger State Brewing Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The brewery describes it as an annual celebration of the dogs who help make the business feel like a community, and the vote happens on the brewery's own website.

Proceeds from the 2026 contest were tied to Lucky 7 Dog Rescue, which the brewery names as the beneficiary. That link to a local rescue is one of the details that sets this program apart from the business and readers' ballots in the same state.

How long has the contest run and when did the 2026 rounds fall?

The brewery has held the dog vote in each of 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 first round ran from July 23 to August 3, and the first-round page says that round chose the Top 15. The Top 15 round began on August 6, and the page confirms that the first round has ended.

The end date of the Top 15 round is not shown on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. The 2024 and 2025 dates are not stated in the details, so only the year is confirmed for those editions.

A reader comparing the two rounds should keep the first-round dates and the August 6 start together, since the Top 15 selection depends on the first-round result.

How does a fan cast the daily vote on the brewery site?

A fan opens the Ambassadog page on the brewery's website, picks one dog from the entrants, and casts a vote. The ballot rule is one vote per day, so the pick counts once on each day the page is open for voting.

The daily rule is the one number on the ballot that a fan must keep in mind. The details do not describe a second vote on the same day, so this page reads the rule as a single daily vote per fan.

Because the Top 15 is set in the first round, a fan who wants to back a particular dog should vote for it in both rounds, each day the page is open.

How does this contest compare with other Wisconsin best-of ballots?

The other Wisconsin programs in the listing are best-of ballots for cities such as Madison, Milwaukee, Eau Claire, Appleton and Green Bay. Those are readers' or community ballots that cover businesses across a city. The AmbassaDOG vote is a dog contest run by a single brewery, which makes it a different kind of ballot from the city lists.

A reader who wants a city-wide ballot can compare Best of Milwaukee with the Green Bay listing at Best of the Bay, then come back to the dog contest for the brewery's own vote.

How can fans support their favorite dog in the contest?

Fans can support a favorite dog by voting once per day and by telling friends who follow the brewery about the round. The public tally decides the Top 15, so a steady daily vote across the open rounds is the honest way to back a pick.

The brewery sets the rules for its own contest, and the details do not quote the full set of entry and promotion rules. A fan who plans to ask neighbors or local pet groups to vote should read the brewery's page first, since the organizer decides what counts.

For general guidance on voting promotion, see how to get more votes online, and for the legal position on paid vote services, see whether buying votes is legal.