National Puppy Day Will Make Your Heart Melt, Celebs Share Their Photos

March 23rd is National Puppy Day which is all about celebrating everyone’s most loyal four-legged friend, as well as promote animal adoptions.

The purpose of National Puppy Day is to focus attention on our furry friends who are in need of good and loving home, and also to end the abuse found in puppy mills. However it is also a day to celebrate all the puppies in the world.

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In honor of the special day, both dog owners and dog lovers are using this holiday as a chance to flood the internet with pictures and videos of their favorite canine companions.

 

OK this face! Who can doodle me my sweet boy #Bumble?#FanArtFridayRequest #NationalPuppyDay 💙🐾💙 pic.twitter.com/eZgoAfDe8L

— Lori Alan (@LoriAlan1) March 23, 2018

 

See it is #NationalPuppyDay which is a day I can get on board with. Here is Wilson, who we got a week ago and is 10 weeks old. The sleeping gets better right?? Lucky he’s so good looking. pic.twitter.com/UPI7t0aeVd

— Roberto Kusabbi (@RKTweets) March 23, 2018

Puppies of all sorts were shown off on social media, everyone loves a puppy in costume.

 

Happy #NationalPuppyDay! pic.twitter.com/odH3YvI1ET

— 60s Batman 📺 (@60s_Batman) March 23, 2018

 

so i hear it’s #NationalPuppyDay love my baby precious 🤪💖 pic.twitter.com/wgCFbg1ZvC

— lex (@leeexxxyyy_) March 23, 2018

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Even older dogs, who are still puppies at heart, got their share of love and attention.

 

He’s actually an old man, but acts like a naughty child, so happy #NationalPuppyDay with a picture I took right before we started work for the day 🐶 pic.twitter.com/p6R1TL6Ioa

— Jennifer (@thesaraghina) March 23, 2018

 

 

#NationalPuppyDay he may be 4 this year but he’s still a puppy to me pic.twitter.com/p2ujzY6FED

— ☀💚Plus Ultra!💚☀ (@_midoriyas) March 23, 2018

Real-life puppies were not the only ones celebrated, but even animated puppies have everyone’s hearts.

 

Hugging all the puppies today. #NationalPuppyDay pic.twitter.com/nFZC03xtAl

— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) March 23, 2018

You’ve got a furiend in #NationalPuppyDay! pic.twitter.com/MCmnbcqxnM

— Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) March 23, 2018

And the day would not be complete without thanking all the puppies who serve the public.

 

On this #NationalPuppyDay, a big thanks to our FBI canine colleagues for their hard work to help keep us safe. pic.twitter.com/e4A31erWSE

— FBI (@FBI) March 23, 2018

 

Time to paws for #NationalPuppyDay … who are we kidding, every day is puppy day 🐶 pic.twitter.com/V6BoPzcd8S

— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) March 22, 2018

Our K9 team members are some of the most award winning and highly trained dogs in the world… They’re journey of service to our country began as puppies. #NationalPuppyDay pic.twitter.com/IQdoTLefBh

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 23, 2018

Celebrities also took the time to celebrate the puppies in their lives. Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell shared a photo of her dog that she adopted and says that, “Even though I never knew you as a puppy, I can only imagine the sweet little smush you were!”

 

#NationalPuppyDay !! Even though I never knew you as a puppy, I can only imagine the sweet little smush you were! #Angel😇 pic.twitter.com/XpKpz5uBb9

— Shay Mitchell (@shaymitch) March 23, 2018

Supermodel Iman Abdulmajid shared a throwback photo of her blue and brown eyed dog Max when he was a puppy.

 

Happy National Puppy Day! Max as a puppy! #MaxLove #NationalPuppyDay pic.twitter.com/dCqZzvkcwz

— Iman Abdulmajid (@The_Real_IMAN) March 23, 2018

Actress Eva Longoria shared a photo of her cuddling up with her two puppies.

 

Live, Love, W🐶🐶F… Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two! ❤ pic.twitter.com/WybaOOWJpL

— Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) March 23, 2018