Today’s first Dog of the Day is Maple, submitted by Hannah Malamud Hoffman of Adult Acute Speech Pathology. “Both of Maple’s human parents are ‘Double ‘Dore’ graduates from Vandy!“
Today’s second Dog of the Day is Lily, submitted by Harris Bland of Biomedical Informatics. “Lily is a Frengle (French bulldog/beagle mix) who was found near a dumpster in 2015. She is very much a beagle with an excellent nose. Since the pandemic, if she thinks she is home alone (even if she isn’t), she will howl because she feels lonely. Her favorite thing to do is to curl up under a freshly cleaned blanket and sleep.”
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.
Maple and Lily were featured in the Jan. 29, 2026, edition of MyVUMC News.