May 2025 DogDays Calendar

May Pet Holidays and Veterinary Awareness Days

Awareness Months

• National Pet Month
• National Foster Care Month
• Responsible Animal Guardian Month
• Pet Cancer Awareness Month
• Chip Your Pet Month
• Arthritis Awareness Month
• National Service Animal Eye Exam Month
• Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month

Awareness Weeks

• May 5–11 | Dog Anxiety Awareness Week
• May 5–11 | Puppy Mill Action Week (starts the Monday before Mother’s Day)
• May 5–11 | National Pet Week (first full week of May starting on a Sunday)
• May 5–11 | American Humane’s Be Kind to Animals Week (first full week of May starting on a Sunday)
• May 11–14 | Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show

Holidays and Awareness Days

• May 1 | National Purebred Dog Day
• May 1 | International Samoyed Day
• May 3 | National Specially-Abled Pets Day
• May 4 | Wildfire Preparedness Day
• May 5 | Mayday for Mutts (first Sunday in May)
• May 10 | German Shepherd Day
• May 11 | National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day (second Saturday in May)
• May 11 | National Dog Mom’s Day (second Saturday in May)
• May 12 | Mother’s Day
• May 14 | International Chihuahua Appreciation Day
• May 17 | Endangered Species Day
• May 20 | National Rescue Dog Day
• May 21 | World Dog Day (third Saturday in May)
• May 25 | International Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Day
• May 27 | Memorial Day
  

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