We’re just gonna say it: We all need a heavy helping of TLC right now. But a lot of the go-to pick-me-ups that used to make us feel better (banana bread recipes, viral videos of famous people singing) just don’t hit the same anymore. We need something in addition to chicken soup for our souls. We need bone broth...for our squee reflexes.
With that in mind, we asked some of our favourite photographers to capture their best quarantine buddies — their pets! — just being their adorable selves. From a psychedelic chicken to a shopaholic snail, the results are aww-inducing, inside-soothing, and 99.9% guaranteed to give you a break from feeling like a pile of slop.
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Sasha Elena Lombard
Age: 8 years old on April 4! Quarantine birthday for Sasha this year.
Location: Jackson Heights, NYC
Favourite Food: Bananas
Favourite Activity: Licking feet and barking at nothing.
Owned by Amy Lombard, @amylombard
Age: 8 years old on April 4! Quarantine birthday for Sasha this year.
Location: Jackson Heights, NYC
Favourite Food: Bananas
Favourite Activity: Licking feet and barking at nothing.
Owned by Amy Lombard, @amylombard
Sophia (left, bottom) & Sylvia (right, top)
Age: Sophia is Sweet 16 and Baby Sylvia is 10
Location: Portland, Oregon
Favourite Food: Sophia enjoys Deckhand Tuna out of the can, while Sylvia prefers Fancy Feast, Savoury Salmon Classic Paté. They both prefer water from the fishbowl.
Favourite Activity: Sophia just loves basking in the sunshine like a leathery Miami mama, and Sylvia finds the most joy riding on my shoulders like a crazy lil monkey.
Owned by Holly Andres, @hollyandres
Age: Sophia is Sweet 16 and Baby Sylvia is 10
Location: Portland, Oregon
Favourite Food: Sophia enjoys Deckhand Tuna out of the can, while Sylvia prefers Fancy Feast, Savoury Salmon Classic Paté. They both prefer water from the fishbowl.
Favourite Activity: Sophia just loves basking in the sunshine like a leathery Miami mama, and Sylvia finds the most joy riding on my shoulders like a crazy lil monkey.
Owned by Holly Andres, @hollyandres
Clementine The Basset Hound
Age: 10-11 (rescued around age 4-6)
Location: At home in our bedroom (in Brooklyn, NY)
Favourite Food: String Cheese, Babybel
Favourite Activity: Sleeping/Napping and occasionally running around our house in circles in between naps.
Owned by Winnie Au, @winniewow
Age: 10-11 (rescued around age 4-6)
Location: At home in our bedroom (in Brooklyn, NY)
Favourite Food: String Cheese, Babybel
Favourite Activity: Sleeping/Napping and occasionally running around our house in circles in between naps.
Owned by Winnie Au, @winniewow
Winter (Standard Chinchilla Rabbit)
Age: 1 Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Favourite Food: Fresh cilantro
Favourite Activity: Chewing anything in sight
Owned by Savana Ogburn, @savanaogburn
Age: 1 Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Favourite Food: Fresh cilantro
Favourite Activity: Chewing anything in sight
Owned by Savana Ogburn, @savanaogburn
Voodoo (pictured with grapes)
Age: 3 years
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Favourite Food: Whole-milk yogurt
Favourite Activity: Sitting in front of the bathroom heating vent.
Ghost (pictured with strawberries)
Age: 1 year
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Favourite Food: Cucumber slices Favourite Activity: Sleeping in my (Kathryn’s) hoodie.
Ouija (pictured with watermelon)
Age: 4 years
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Favorite Food: Jello Favourite
Activity: Standing over the kitchen heating vent.
Owned by Kathryn Parker Almanas, @xkpax
Age: 3 years
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Favourite Food: Whole-milk yogurt
Favourite Activity: Sitting in front of the bathroom heating vent.
Ghost (pictured with strawberries)
Age: 1 year
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Favourite Food: Cucumber slices Favourite Activity: Sleeping in my (Kathryn’s) hoodie.
Ouija (pictured with watermelon)
Age: 4 years
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Favorite Food: Jello Favourite
Activity: Standing over the kitchen heating vent.
Owned by Kathryn Parker Almanas, @xkpax
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Francis
Age: 3 years old
Location: Mall of America
Favourite Food: Bubble tea (and sweet potatoes)
Favourite Activity: Francis misses the comfort and madness of the mall, & shopping for objects to fill the void.
Owned by Aleia Murawski, @aleia
Age: 3 years old
Location: Mall of America
Favourite Food: Bubble tea (and sweet potatoes)
Favourite Activity: Francis misses the comfort and madness of the mall, & shopping for objects to fill the void.
Owned by Aleia Murawski, @aleia
Otis
Age: 4 months
Location: NYC
Favourite Food: Freeze Dried Minnows
Favourite Activity: Wrestling with his big brother (a large orange tabby cat).
Owned by Suzanne Saroff, @hisuzanne
Age: 4 months
Location: NYC
Favourite Food: Freeze Dried Minnows
Favourite Activity: Wrestling with his big brother (a large orange tabby cat).
Owned by Suzanne Saroff, @hisuzanne
Matisse — yes, after the painter
Age: 1 year, 3 months
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Favourite Food: Bananas and Scrunchies
Favourite Activity: Looking out the window and howling at sirens.
Owned by Vanessa Granda, @ohmynessa
Age: 1 year, 3 months
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Favourite Food: Bananas and Scrunchies
Favourite Activity: Looking out the window and howling at sirens.
Owned by Vanessa Granda, @ohmynessa
Rhea (pictured on pink)
Age: 1
Location: Moorestown, NJ
Favourite food: Spaghetti with tomato sauce
Favourite activity: Being faster than the big chickens.
Andie (pictured on blue/green)
Age: 2
Location: Moorestown, NJ
Favourite food: Blueberries
Favourite activity: Hopping the garden fence to steal said blueberries.
Owned by Morgan Sloan, @morgsloan
Age: 1
Location: Moorestown, NJ
Favourite food: Spaghetti with tomato sauce
Favourite activity: Being faster than the big chickens.
Andie (pictured on blue/green)
Age: 2
Location: Moorestown, NJ
Favourite food: Blueberries
Favourite activity: Hopping the garden fence to steal said blueberries.
Owned by Morgan Sloan, @morgsloan
Llewellyn Douglass
Age: 6 years old
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Favourite Food: Fresh Pets Vital Grain Free Chicken, Beef, Salmon & Egg Recipe for Dogs. He has some joint issues and needs to be on a grain-free diet. We sprinkle some of this raw food into his grain-free kibble.
Favourite Activity: He is part Italian Greyhound and part Xoloitzcuintle and he loves running off-leash in Astoria Park's Lawn. We just recently moved to Jersey City, so there's a lot of places to explore once we are allowed outdoors for longer periods of time. He has a habit of picking up sticks that are too big for him to handle comfortably, and yet he seems to pick them up for the adorable struggle.
Owned by Joel Arbaje, @j.arbaje
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Favourite Food: Fresh Pets Vital Grain Free Chicken, Beef, Salmon & Egg Recipe for Dogs. He has some joint issues and needs to be on a grain-free diet. We sprinkle some of this raw food into his grain-free kibble.
Favourite Activity: He is part Italian Greyhound and part Xoloitzcuintle and he loves running off-leash in Astoria Park's Lawn. We just recently moved to Jersey City, so there's a lot of places to explore once we are allowed outdoors for longer periods of time. He has a habit of picking up sticks that are too big for him to handle comfortably, and yet he seems to pick them up for the adorable struggle.
Owned by Joel Arbaje, @j.arbaje
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Moo (left) and Pebbles (right)
Age: 9 months
Location: New Jersey
Favourite Food: Bananas and sweet potatoes!
Favourite Activity: It is a toss-up between cuddling with me on the couch and nibbling my pyjamas.
Owned by Yoona Hong, @yoonasratties
Location: New Jersey
Favourite Food: Bananas and sweet potatoes!
Favourite Activity: It is a toss-up between cuddling with me on the couch and nibbling my pyjamas.
Owned by Yoona Hong, @yoonasratties
Stella
Age: 4 years old Boston Terrier
Location: Brooklyn, NY Favourite Food: Beef Jerky
Favourite Activity: Cuddling
Owned by Kaitlyn Flannagan, @kaitlynflannagan
Location: Brooklyn, NY Favourite Food: Beef Jerky
Favourite Activity: Cuddling
Owned by Kaitlyn Flannagan, @kaitlynflannagan
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