Today’s first Dog of the Day is Harper, submitted by McKenzie DeBarge of the adult Emergency Department. “Harper loves any kind of toy and making her mom feel guilty by giving her this pathetic look.”
Today’s second Dog of the Day is Max, submitted by Lester Goodman of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
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.
Harper and Max were featured in the Oct. 30, 2025, edition of MyVUMC News.