Pets of Vanderbilt Health

February 17, 2026

Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day: Ryder and Cooper

Today’s first Dog of the Day is Ryder, submitted by Janet Fry of the Transplant Center. “Ryder loves summer fun!”

Today’s second Dog of the Day is Cooper, Janie Falkenberg of Neurological Surgery. “Cooper is a 1 year old goldendoodle.”

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.

Ryder and Cooper were featured in the Feb. 19, 2026, edition of MyVUMC News.