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Uncover Your Pet's
Hidden Lore

Use the examples below as a guide to uncover the lore already hiding in your camera roll. 

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Scroll through your photos; follow whatever feels true; and notice what keeps showing up: favorite spots, dramatic expressions, cozy rituals, family moments, healing seasons, the ways your pet showed up for you; and the quiet details you never want to forget.

 

Let these themes inspire what you add to your pet’s profile in the Pet Lore App or shape into a future submission for The Good Companion.

​Connect Memories to Your Life

 

Inside the Pet Lore App, these moments can become part of your pet’s living profile through memories, milestones, shared lore, and personality details. You can connect a pet memory to your own life events — the move they helped you through, the illness they stayed beside you for, the season of grief they softened, the friendship or family ritual they became part of, or the everyday ways they showed up for you.

Honor Their Role

 

Pet Lore also honors the animals whose roles go beyond companionship, including service animals, therapy animals, emotional support animals, working animals, and pets who became quiet anchors during difficult chapters. Whether your story is joyful, funny, strange, tender, or rooted in loss, these examples can help you notice what your pet meant — not only to you, but to the people, households, and communities they touched.​

​Share with The Good Companion

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Select memories, reflections, photos, and mixed-media pieces may also be shaped into pitches for the The Good Companion, where future themes will invite people to share the pets who became part of their family lore, personal milestones, healing journeys, caregiving stories, and lasting memories.

​Explore the Examples Below

 

Click on these themes to see if any of them resonate with you. They might even give you new ideas for your very own lore!

Raising Guide Dog Puppies

A chapter of pet lore shaped by service and advocacy

The Hand-Me-Down Wardrobe

How outfits travel from pet to pet — with reactions ranging from proud struts to deeply reluctant compliance

Bloopers Caught on Camera

For the pet whose accidental chaos, weird angles, and derpy expressions deserve their own archive.

Chonky Paws

The oversized paws, the soft toe beans, the impossible cuteness that makes your heart skip a beat.

The Recovery Cone

Not a cone of shame — a strange little halo of healing.

Mlem.

That perfect split-second when the tongue makes an unexpected appearance

Species Highlight: Life with a Parakeet

Tiny bird, huge presence, entire household personality

Side Eye / Eye Rolls

Suspicious, unimpressed, over it, and absolutely done

The Branch Manager

When sticks become status symbols for your pet

Favorite Window Watch

Their personal lookout post on the world

Blanket Moments

When moments of comfort become part of their character

Raising Pigs for 4-H & County Fair

The unique bond built through daily care, hard work, showmanship, and the unforgettable world of fair season.

The Basket Everyone Claimed

How one simple white basket somehow became shared real estate across the whole household

Birthday Celebrations

Party hats, special treats, and the cake made to look just like them.

Rescue Work - Pregnant Mama

Caring for a stray mama and the puppies who arrived because someone chose not to look away.

Saying Goodbye

Preparing for a final act of love after a lifetime together.

Moving Day Mischief

When the boxes and luggage come out, they suddenly become part of the packing plan

The Shadow Pet

Always nearby, always peeking, always part of the moment

Special Needs Pets

The pets who teach us new ways to care, adapt, and love

Legendary Teef Moments

The tiny, accidental grin you almost never catch -- but always adore

Pet Arts & Crafts

When your pet becomes something you make, wear, carry, or keep

Growing Up on a Farm

A childhood shaped by llamas, goats, chickens, pigs, and all the unforgettable personalities in between.

The Allure of Boxes

For the cat who treats every box, basket, bin, and tiny container like a personal calling

Car Rides (Usually to the Vet, Shhh)

The ritual of loading them in, soothing their nerves, and pretending this is just a fun little outing.

The Fashionista

The pet who doesn’t just tolerate outfits — they wear them with conviction.

Mama and Her Babies

The fragile, beautiful season of birth, nursing, and becoming a little family

Mystery Paws

When one paw or leg is all you need to know exactly who it is

Scritches are Life

That's the spot

Popular Hangout: The Staircase

The shared lookout, lounge, and social hub of the house

Critical Vet Visits

The moments when survival, care, and love became urgent

Yawning or Screaming

When one open mouth becomes a whole personality

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