2022 Dog and Cat Related Observances!
Check out Licks list of educational, fun & silly pet related holiday observances for 2022! Save the dates on this post and have plenty more excuses to celebrate your furry friends (and educate yourself!) this year!- as if we need any more reasons to love them🤣. We love any opportunity to showcase all cats and dogs and bring awareness to pet related conditions, so we’ve pulled our favorite observance days and weeks to share with you below!! Enjoy!😊
January
Walk Your Dog Month/Walk Your Pet Month
January 2: Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
January 14: National Dress Up Your Pet Day
January 22: National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day
February
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Cat Health Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
February 3: Doggy Date Night
February 14: Pet Theft Awareness Day
February 23: National Dog Biscuit Day
March
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
March 3: If Pets Had Thumbs Day
March 23: National Puppy Day; Cuddly Kitten Day
March 28: Respect Your Cat Day
April
April 3-9: International Pooper Scooper Week
April 10: National Hug Your Dog Day
April 23: National Lost Dog Awareness Day
April 29: Hairball Awareness Day
April 30: National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day; National Therapy Animal Day
May
May 1-7: National Pet Week®; Be Kind to Animals Week®
May 3: National Specially-Abled Pets Day
May 7: National Dog Mom’s Day
May 20: National Rescue Dog Day
June
June 4: Hug Your Cat Day
June 5-11: Pet Appreciation Week
June 20: PSI’s Take Your Cat To Work Day®
June 24: PSI’s Take Your Dog To Work Day® ; Cat World Domination Day
July
July 1: ID Your Pet Day
July 10: National Kitten Day
July 11: All-American Pet Photo Day
July 31: National Mutt Day
August
August 1: DOGust Universal Birthday for Shelter Dogs
August 5: Work Like a Dog Day
August 8: International Cat Day
August 10: Spoil Your Dog Day
August 22: National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day
August 23: International Blind Dog Day
August 26: National Dog Day
September
September 1: Ginger Cat Appreciation Day
September 11: National Pet Memorial Day; National Hug Your Hound Day
September 13: Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day
September 18-24: Deaf Dog Awareness Week; Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week; National Dog Week
October
October 1-7: National Walk Your Dog Week
October 12: National Pet Obesity Awareness Day
October 29: National Pit Bull Awareness Day
November
November 1: National Cook for Your Pets Day
November 6-12: National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week
November 7: National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day
December
National Cat Lover’s Month
December 2: National Mutt Day
December 9: International Day of Veterinary Medicine
