Today’s Cat of the Day is Duck, submitted by Kimberly Nevils-Brent of Radiology. “Duck is a 2-year old domestic short hair I adopted on Valentine’s Day, 2023. His name should be ‘Mikey’ because he will eat any and everything you put in front of him! He’s the sweetest, chill cat. I really did hit the lotto with my ‘green-eyed gremlin.'”
Today’s Dog of the Day is Groucho, submitted by Sarah Nelson of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. “Groucho is a 3-year-old Corgi. He is very brave and is only afraid of grocery bags blowing in the wind. As you see in the picture, he successfully conquered the giant log even though he has little legs.”
Pets of the Day — what you need to know
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pets of the Day are included in regular editions of the MyVUMC News newsletter, which is posted twice a week by VUMC News and Communications.
The pets are selected from the hundreds of entries sent to the VUMC Voice Pet Photo Contest.
For those who submitted a photo to that contest, watch MyVUMC News for Pets of the Day, and in addition, regular collections of pet photos are posted to the VUMC Voice site. You can see them all here: https://news.vumc.org/section/voice/pets-vumc/.
If you have a pet you would like to nominate for Pet of the Day, the next Pet Photo Contest submission period is coming up later this year, and will be announced in MyVUMC News.
Duck and Groucho were featured in the May 8, 2025, edition of MyVUMC News.