Today’s Dog of the Day is Flower, submitted by Robyn Arbaugh of Investigational Drug Service-Oncology. “Sweet Flower girl is a rescue black Lab. She was abandoned in her own back yard by her original owners that sadly used her to breed. I have had her since she was almost two and she lives a luxurious life on a farm at 14 years old now and is the most pampered and loving old gal.“
Today’s Cat of the Day is Bella, submitted by Natalie Dilts of VICTR. “Bella is a jet-setting 16-year-old tabby cat who has traveled coast-to-coast from California to Florida and now spends her days lying in the sun and napping 18 hours a day.”
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.
Flower and Bella were featured in the July 1, 2025, edition of MyVUMC News.