Today’s first Dog of the Day is Subie, submitted by David Russell of Health IT. “Subie is a 4 year old German shepherd who we’ve had since he was 9 weeks old. He shares a birthday with Elvis (January 8th) and lives at home with his four humans and one other dog. He knows six commands in German and many others in English making him the only bilingual member of the family.”
Today’s second Dog of the Day is Choclito, submitted by Chris Wilson of Pediatrics. “Choclito (which is a Peruvian word for little corn) is a beagle mix we adopted from the Nashville humane society.”
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.
Subie and Choclito were featured in the May 5, 2026, edition of MyVUMC News.