By Robbi Hess ~ Managing Editor Pet Calendar, Crimeless Cat Executive Story Editor, Chief Cat Herder
October Pet Calendar
Celebrate these holidays with your pets. Take some of the more “human-centric” holidays and see if you can spin them into a way to celebrate with your pets. Share your creativity with us on our Facebook page!
Share your holiday story with us. If you’re a blogger, contact us (and please put Pet Calendar in the subject line) if you have a pet holiday story you would like us to link to. We have added a few quirky holidays (where you see “Story Idea” below) to give you some ideas.
Monthly Holidays
Adopt-a-Shelter Dog Month. By ASPCA
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Pit Bull Awareness Month
National Service Dog Month
Weekly & Daily Holidays
1st Week of October. National Walk Your Dog Week
First Full Week of October. Animal Welfare Week. (AVMA)
October 11: National Pet Obesity Awareness Day
October 9-15: National Veterinary Technician Week. Sponsored by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians of America
October 1: National Fire Pup Day
October 1: National Black Dog Day
October 4: World Animal Day
October 15: National Pug Day
October 16: National Feral Cat Day
October 21: National Reptile Awareness Day
October 22: National Make A Dog’s Day
October 26: National Pit Bull Awareness Day. Last Saturday in Oct. (unless Halloween falls on the last Saturday, then another date is chosen)
October 28: Plush Animal Lovers Day. A day that most dogs will be happy to celebrate…as they unstuff them…
October 29: National Cat Day
October 30: National Black Cat Day in the UK
October 31: Halloween
