Today’s first Dog of the Day is Gozer, submitted by Dana Cardin of Medicine. “Gozer is a true mutt we adopted from Nashville Humane as a puppy. He is smart, opinionated, loving and his goal in life is to rid the yard of squirrels.”
Today’s second Dog of the Day is Zona, submitted by Danielle Roberts of Myelosuppression/Stem Cell Transplant. “Zona has eyes closed but ears up.”
Pets of the Day — what you need to know
The Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day are included in regular editions of the MyVUMC News newsletter, which is posted twice a week by Vanderbilt Health News and Communications.
The pets are selected from the hundreds of entries sent to the 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 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.
Gozer and Zona were featured in the April 28, 2026, edition of MyVUMC News.