Today’s Dog of the Day is Potato, submitted by Megan He of the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR). “Potato’s favorite activity is eating snacks followed closely by his second favorite activity — napping.”
Today’s Cat of the Day is Chugg, submitted by Melissa Libby of Health IT. “Chugg loves laps and hugs. He has a camera shy sister named Woo.”
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.
Potato and Chugg were featured in the Aug. 26, 2025, edition of MyVUMC News.