Happy National Pet Day!
In 2006, Colleen Paige, an animal welfare advocate and pet lifestyle expert, founded National Pet Day to celebrate pets (of all kinds) and the sheer joy they bring into our homes and lives. As with many pet-themed holidays, this holiday is also intended to shine a spotlight on animals in shelters all over the world.
Garrus and Charlie are former shelter cats. Note the sun-soaked snuggle in progress.
Do you have a cat, dog, rabbit, bird, hamster, rat, mouse, lizard, turtle, fish, or other type of pet? (Approximately 80 million households in the US have a pet. There are nearly 80 million dogs and 86 million cats kept as pets.) How can you celebrate National Pet Day? Here are a few ideas!
- Love. Give your pet extra smooches, belly rubs, a thorough brushing, lap time, snuggles, and assorted displays of affection.
- Play. Indulge your inner child and play with your pet. Get out all the toys and toss them around or invent a game to play with your pet. (Hide and seek? Bottle cap soccer? Chase?) Get your dog (or cat!) to fetch. Go for a walk. Go to the dog park. Arrange a playdate.
- Take pictures of your pet. If you are so inclined, share them on social media using the hashtag #NationalPetDay.
- Be grateful. Pets enhance our lives and they teach us lessons about joy, laughter, love, cuddling, playtime, and appreciating the little things in life. What do you appreciate most about your pet(s)? What lessons have they taught you? Have they brought you joy today?
Googly cat sequence initiated. (Boudicca loves to be brushed.) Cue PURR PURR PURR FLOP.
Purry Home Companion 
I wish ours slept together like that.
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Charlie and Garrus love to snuggle together. I believe that Charlie would like to cuddle next to Boudicca, but she is not keen about this idea.
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Ah we know that feeling one of ours tries to cuddle up with the one that really doesn’t want to cuddle. 😹
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