“Happiness is a warm puppy.” Charles Schulz
What else is there to say? Just saying “National Puppy Day” makes a person feel good. Try to say it without smiling. “National Puppy Day.” See? You just can’t say the word PUPPY without a smile in your voice. Imagine a whole day, every year, dedicated to just enjoying puppies. Are you kidding? Here’s a video to prove my point.
So, what is National Puppy Day? According to the official website (YES, there’s a National Puppy Day website!), “It’s a special day to celebrate the magic and unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives. But more importantly, it’s a day to help save orphaned puppies across the globe and educate the public about the horrors of puppy mills. National Puppy Day was founded in 2006 by Celebrity Pet and Home Lifestyle expert and author, Colleen Paige, who is also the founder of National Dog Day and National Cat Day (among many others).”
National Puppy Day is actually considered an international holiday now, as it has trended worldwide on Twitter in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Colleen Paige has devoted her life to creating special days of recognition that improve the lives of animals and their people.
So, if you’re lucky enough to be owned by a puppy, how about sharing his or her photo on our Facebook page. Tell us something about your friend and why you picked this particular puppy. Or, better yet, why you think they picked you.
And just help us celebrate the day.
Here are some ways you can celebrate Puppy Day:
Donate money, food and toys to your local shelter.
Write your Congressman and ask that he/she support the ban of Puppy Mills in your state.
Assist an ill or elderly neighbor by walking their puppy.
Volunteer at your local shelter and offer to walk a puppy or play with a puppy, clean cages or anything else they need help with.
Throw out all your chemical cleaners and purchase non-toxic cleaners for your home to keep your puppy cancer-free!
Puppy-proof your home and yard with a “puppy safe” inspection.
Buy a canine first aid kit and put it in your car in case of injury while away from home.
Take your puppy to an retirement community or nursing home (with their permission, of course), and spread some love
Pledge to never chain your puppy to a tree or doghouse. Always include your puppy in your family by letting them live inside the home with you.
Teach your children and their friends to be kind to your puppy by never pulling on his ears or tail or hurting or frightening the puppy in any way.
And last but not least – always be patient and kind and give your puppy lots of love and praise every day.
“Puppies are the most joyous and trusting creatures on the planet.”
If you have time enough and love for a new puppy, look for your perfect match at a local pound or animal shelter, not a pet store or a ‘breeder’ found through Craigslist. Shelters have puppies who need your love and have been abandoned, and doing this helps to prevent disreputable puppy breeders and puppy mills from continuing their trade. This Puppy Day, do your part to spread awareness of the plight of puppies, and the love they can bring to your home.
Puppy. Puppy. Puppy. Puppy. It just makes you feel good all over!
