Dogust (August) 2025

This August I started a drawing challenge "Dogust" over on Cara.app. It did not go as well as I was hoping, but hey, now it exists and I can try again next year. For those that don't know August is most commonly reserved for "Smaugust" a month of drawing dragons. 

Don't get me wrong, I love dragons too, but dogs hold a special place in my heart and I have had the idea for the Dogust drawing challenge for a few years now. To my surprise Dogust is already an ongoing celebration for shelter dogs that many animal shelters participate in in various ways. Many shelters have dubbed August as the official birthday for all rescue dogs.

After finding this out, I worried a little that starting the drawing challenge would take attention away from the Dogust shelter celebration. However, I first found out about these shelter events by searching if anyone had ever used the term Dogust (#Dogust).
I decided to attempt to use the drawing challenge to bring awareness to the spirit of the Dogust shelter events.

Then August happened, and happened to kind of kick my ass. Despite the first Dogust drawing challenge being kind of a failure, I still got some great dog drawings done.

If you love dogs or animals in general, look up #Dogust to see what comes up for you. There is some really fun stuff that shelters get up to, and if you are able, go pet some shelter pups and support your local shelters.   

Enjoy 

​-NR