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Heart-Melting Pics Of IL Pups Celebrate National Puppy Day 2025

National Puppy Day, the most sacred holiday for all dog lovers, is March 23. We've rounded up some of the most adorable Illinois pups.

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Celebrate National Puppy Day 2025 by perusing this panoply of precious pup pics.
Celebrate National Puppy Day 2025 by perusing this panoply of precious pup pics. (Lisa Farver/Patch)

ILLINOIS — It's time, once again, for dog lovers to celebrate their very best friends for National Puppy Day 2025. In honor of the March 23 holiday, we asked Illinois Patch readers to send in pictures of their puppies. Based on incontrovertible journalistic opinion, we determined that every dog is, indeed, a puppy, regardless of their age.

Peep this panoply of precious pups, and be sure to give your own dog an extra scritch behind the ears today. They deserve it.

Photos via Laura Kohniak, Byron Krestel, Jennifer Hennigsen, Debby Lynch, Nancy Boyle, Veer Lavingia, Erin Ryan, Chari C, Kevin Schreiber
Helen Romios, C. Griffin, Brian Jurgil, Nancy Mariotti, Bri Weiss, Catherine Kopka, Crystal Mason, Jessa Zenawick
Tim Barts, Erin Tolbeck, Allison Tzopeck, Carole Lynn Gathman, Sean Wolf Harper

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