If you have some adorable photos of your dog, we'd love to share them with the world! PupLife.com announced today the launch of it's first annual Spring Dog Photo Festival. This dog photo festival celebrates the return of spring and most of all, our love for dogs. We are encouraging dog owners to share their favorite photo of their dog throughout the month of April. PupLife will post select dog photos on its popular PupLife Dog Blog for readers to view and share their favorites on social media sites.

To bring the festival to the biggest audience possible, PupLife will also post select dog photos to their social media presences (Facebook and Twitter). To encourage submissions, we also will choose three lucky photos at random on Monday April 30th. These three entrants will each receive $25 PupLife gift certificates, and a free Lupine Collar, Leash and Harness set.

To submit your dog's photo to the PupLife.com Spring Dog Photo Festival, simply send your pet's photo to woof (at) puplife (dot) com. PupLife will post select dog photos to their blog and encourage readers to comment on their favorites. Submitted photos are encouraged to be no wider than 575 pixels and no larger than 2 megabytes in size. For more information, check out the Spring Photo Festival Rules & Conditions.

The long "winning streak" for Labradors can be seen as a confirmation of the dog's reputation for loyalty, it's playful nature and, probably most all, it's reputation as a family friendly dog. Labradors are sweet, slightly silly at times, and seem to have an innate sense of human emotion, knowing exactly when their owners need a little hug or a game of fetch.

The American Kennel Club's list also showed a rise in popularity for the Beagle. This dog breed rose from #4 on the list to #3, jumping ahead of the Yorkshire Terrier. Entering the top ten in 2011 was Rottweiler, a breed that is definitely growing in popularity in the U.S. 

Wondering if your favorite dog breed make the list? Here is the official top ten list of most popular dog breeds in the U.S., as reported by the American Kennel Club.

1) Labrador Retriever

2) German Shepherd

3) Beagle

4) Golden Retriever

5) Yorkshire Terrier

6) Bulldog

7) Boxer

8) Poodle

9) Dachsund

10) Rottweiler