'Happiness is a warm puppy': Animal laughs and joys for a happy brain to start off your fall on a silly paw (September 23, 2026)

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 23, 2026 2:45 PM EDT

Have you got your pet costume yet?

It's already the end of September! You'd better get to it. Soon all of the best bat wings for chihuahuas will be sold out, or the cowboy hats for cats! It feels like Spooky Season came quickly, but now it's officially fall, so nobody has any excuse to ignore their spooky season duties. Perhaps I am just your classic cringey Halloween-obsessed millennial who has to dress their dog up in a costume for every single walk in the fall. However, to be cringe is to be free. Let me live my life! What? I'm not allowed to enjoy the little things, like dressing my dog up in a costume? We have to appreciate all of the little things we can right now; it's all we have! Soon it'll be winter, and I'll be able to reminisce about my dog's costumes, and a smile will blossom across my face. Don't be jealous; you can smile at something like that too! You'll just have to wait for Halloween for most pet owners, though… Until then, may I offer you a silly animal meme in these trying times?

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    In another life, I would have really loved eating fish and lounging around with you leGoobert @LGoobert82306 why not this one?
    via @LGoobert82306

  • Anyways, I got a little lost in the sauce because I'm so excited about pet costumes. Have you ever been to a dog costume contest? I HIGHLY recommend. We are here to enjoy weekly animal memes, though. It's been a rough September for many people, especially people who don't have any pets. I'm not sure what is in the air, but heartbreak seems to be c0ntagious right now… We all just want to have a happy spooky season; why are you breaking my heart? Are you sure you want to do that? Because then I won't share my cute dog costume pictures with you! I'll always share memes, though. I can't help it. 

    Memes are the entrance to the heart, and inside you find more memes, but more specific. For instance, the memes you'll find once you enter my heart are animal memes! Wholesome, dark, silly, confusing, adorable, whimsical, philosophical, you can find an animal meme for whatever mood you're in! Sometimes when I feel at my lowest, I scroll through lists of cute animal pictures, memes, and chats. There is nothing like some puppy dog eyes that can snap me out of the blues. I wonder what the science is behind that? Yes, I know hanging out with a dog cures all my heart's emotional ailments, but what is the science behind just looking at a picture of one? Or a meme of a cute animal doing something silly? It truly feels like some sort of miracle medicine that gives me a quick pick-me-up. 

    I'm not a scientist, but I am an animal lover and a master of memes, so I'm prescribing everyone daily animal memes! STAT!

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    The PURR months are here SeptemPURR OctoPURR + NovemPURR DecemPURR
    via mersha.theminipanther
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    this is what I woke up to this morning on my patio I'M BEING SARCASTIC imbeingsarcastic @ibe_sarcastic I might end up risking my life just to feel how soft they are
    via ibe_sarcastic
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    nightcord-at-25 przewalski's horses are so crazy because like holy it those are the guys from the cave paintings. theyre still here just hanging out
    via nightcord-at-25
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    I have awoken from my slumber
    via printcool.store
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    my mood all day when ik im not getting to see my favourite human
    via beanexplains
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    Boy shows the evolution of his little doggies, who have grown old by his side. Max @Crestxo Poor guy is in for a major heartbreak in the future.
    via @Crestxo
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    Haunted house but it's someone telling me "it's just a dog❞
    via spotandtango
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    Mmmmm papitas
    via meow.citos.es
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    I took a picture of my wife standing in front of a horse and now she won't talk to me
    via thefuck.tv
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    I trespass and I stucc
    via bark.citos
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    When you're running low on space but your pup gives your computer a megabite
    via bark.citos
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    tha weighted blanket enjoyer Ivan @Ivancappybear Aw they poked their ears out to maintain situational awareness even as a toasty little cinnamon bun
    via @Ivancappybear
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    If me and my dog were on the Titanic:
    via alfieandolliepeppercorn
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    S 3 4 E hmmm i see & % 7 6 5
    via bunniesofday
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    Dogs hearing it rain outside when it's time for their walk:
    via anthonyaddotta
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    It cracks me up when my dog is suspicious but not quite ready to sound the alarm so he let's out that little "boof"
    via stellaandlarry

  • Memes and animals seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly, like tea and honey, or like a thunderstorm during a nap. They're comforting and silly all in one, and who wouldn't want to indulge in that? Like I said before, all we've got are the little things these days! So don't take advantage of them, including these animal memes. 

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    WN. HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? NOW YOU HAVE :)
    via hyraxsgalore
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    barked until everyone woke up. then went back to sleep. stay toxic.
    via booney.bear_
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    oh lawd he scrungin Mod favorite
    via AnthonyFantasie
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    I'm a horse vet. This adorable little guy fell asleep on my feet while I talked to his people.
    via streamhorsetv

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