Today’s Cat of the Day is Orc, submitted by Tyler Cox of Health IT. “Orc’s age is unknown as he was adopted as a stray. Turned up to my girlfriend’s house after presumably being in a fight with some other animal that left his jaw in a messed up position with a serious underbite. He’s now a happy and pampered boy.”
Today’s Dog of the Day is Biscuit, submitted by Melissa Okey of the Center for Women’s Health. “Biscuit loves to sit on her butt just as a human would. She just doesn’t know what to do with her hands when she does.”
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.
Orc and Biscuit were featured in the Sept. 16, 2025, edition of MyVUMC News.