A cat wins Hambone Award after being folded in a sofa bed

Giles, a charismatic black kitty, took home a trophy and some stitches after finding himself stuck between a cushion and a hard place.

Giles won the 15th Annual Hambone Award, and this year's competition was stiff. Some of the finalists included a Labrador that took an unexpected jump off a 36-foot-high bridge, a parrot slammed inside of a door, and a phone charger chewing pup.

The pet award program was started by Nationwide Insurance when a dog got mild hypothermia after getting stuck in a refrigerator and eating an entire ham.

"When they opened the door of the refrigerator, they found him and the bone," Heidi Sirota, Nationwide's pet insurance president and chief pet officer, told CNN.

"This inspired us to create the Hambone Awards for the most ridiculous medical claims that we have for the pets we insure," Sirota said.

When it comes to Giles' owners, Kaitlyn and Reid, there is only one rule in the New York couple's apartment: "When you're putting the couch back together, you have to make sure that Giles isn't under the couch," Reid said in a video about the award.

Reid's parents were visiting for a couple of days and would be sleeping on the sofa bed during their stay. Immediately upon their arrival, Reid told his parents about the rule, he said.