Comedy Pet Photo Awards: Meet the hilarious furry finalists of this year's competition

Alex is the shy one. Max is the playful one. Together they form a lethally cute duo. I had more fun taking photos of these two than during my most adventurous wildlife photography trips.

In March 2019 I was sat in the Union Sq, New York dog run when I spotted a lady with a pink bag on her hand ( to keep her hand clean) throwing a ball to her dog which was sat down facing her. The dog then launched itself and flipped in mid air to face me and snap! As you can see the lady with her hand on her head was as surprised as me and I think she is saying phew! I have searched in vain via the NY media to find the owner so that I can send her a copy. No joy so I am hoping this Pet Comedy competition can help me find the mystery woman and her leaping dog. You never know!

Big Boss is the Boss around here. He is gentle and kindness just big.

Shadow was digging holes as normal at the beach, when all of a sudden he was showing off his new technique! Luckily the camera was at the ready for this crazy position!

Perfect landing pose, right?

Beautiful Edgar's favourite food are the leaves and flowers of dandelions. Here she is seen taking her time to savour the flavour.

He sticked out his tongue at me as famous Einstein's photo.

That explains so much :D (Don't worry, it's just regular hemp for industry).

Tiny happy ferret Boudicca (only 2,5 month old!) enjoys her first outdoor walk.

Yes, his name is Oscar. He is an Afghan greyhound and is very pleased with himself.

He seems to pop out of the autumn leaves, doesn't he?

The avenger of the poor is back, but this time as a dog and not on a horse, but in a car! The obligatory black mask is a must, of course.

I couldn't get past this couple!

There's a hiding place under the sofa where Louis (the dog) likes to hide, that day I took his tennis ball from "his place", he got angry and put his head out through the hole barking asking for his ball back, that's when he turned into this angry seal, and I decided to register the moment.

Our cat Lilly played with a mouse, we saved the mouse and our dog Amy was fascinated by the mouse

Misty the spaniel desperately wanted to play with Nala, the dignified older lady of the menagerie. She wasn't that keen, fortunately Misty was pretty terrible at hide and seek.