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Kick off International Dog day with your paws up and chow down on these precious pics ... Life may be ruff at times, but the celebs are here with feel-good vibes and their four-legged friends ... They're furrever loyal!

It's a dog's life and Reese Witherspoon and Rob Lowe are just here for the snuggles, while Millie Bobby Brown took a snooze with her paw-tner in crime!

Chrissy Teigen had a paw-ty in the sheets and snapped a cutesy shot with her adorable pup ...

And all roads Rhodes lead to pure bliss with Hailey Bieber who loved on her furry child ...

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It's National Dog Day ... so spoil your pup by giving them a gift they'll use every single day: a new bed!

Thanks to Amazon's Labor Day Sale, a ton of comfy pet beds from Bedsure are going for at least 20% off ... making it the perfect time to pamper you pooch. Also check out the full Besure store for more deals on sheets and bedding for humans too!

Starting with these Bedsure Self-Warming Dog Beds ... which, sadly, do not come with the cute doggy in the photo ... sorry!

Forget the skatepark bros -- this thrill-seeking corgi just dropped in four paws first, and it’s pure Tony Hawk energy on a furball frame!

Watch this daredevil doggo cruise a 4-wheeler straight down a staircase in Guangdong, China -- no trips, no slips, just a flawless stairway to heaven.

The dog never broke character -- rolled smooth onto the flat between staircases, took a beat to look cool as hell, then kept shredding down the rest like a seasoned pro.

Calvin Harris just can't let Taylor Swift have her big day ... because hours after she announced a new album, he announced the death of his rooster -- and Calvin says the cock was murdered!!!

The musician, who is among Taylor's famous exes, hopped on social media Tuesday and claimed his "majestic" cockerel Smokey was dead.

Calvin claims the rooster was "murdered" by his "idiot" neighbor's "grimey dogs" ... and he says Smokey's death has left him "absolutely gutted."

Aaron Phypers is blasting estranged wife Denise Richards for showing up at his house to grab a dog and causing all sorts of drama -- he says she never cared for the doggies in the first place ... and claims she left him and his elderly parents to care for all of the animals.

Aaron tells TMZ ... Denise moved out of the home 2 years ago because she got a condo nearby so she could film content for OnlyFans, and while she would swing by from time to time to pick up things, she never took care of the dogs.

At one point, Aaron says they had 55 dogs, 13 cats and 2 pigs at the house ... and for the past 4 years, the animals' primary caretakers have been Aaron's family ... with his mother and father handling all the pet grooming, feeding, and care.

We're gonna give you a little insider info here -- there's never a dull moment at the TMZ office, but some days can be pretty ruff!

Way back in 2012, our top dog Harvey Levin met the pooch who portrayed Jack in "The Artist" and appealed to the Academy to let the canine performer attend its annual Awards Ceremony -- before being bitten when he tried to pet the four-legged actor!

Jakob Nowell of Sublime is dealing with an tragic loss ... revealing to fans at his concert that he had to put his cat down.

The lead singer of the band -- son of the band's original lead Bradley Nowell, who passed away from a heroin overdose in 1996 -- took the "Vans Warped Tour -- Long Beach" stage Saturday, telling the audience he had to put down Creature, his hairless cat.

Jakob calls Creature his "best f***ing friend" ... and admits to the audience that he didn't really want to play the show -- but, he reminded himself that the audience might be going through something to, and his music could help them deal with their own issues.

A North Carolina pet groomer has been accused of abusing dogs ... and, video has surfaced which cops say captures the alleged abuse.

Iredell County Sheriff's deputies arrested Kirsten Taylor -- a 28-year-old from Mooresville, N.C. -- and charged her with four counts of felony animal abuse after reviewing shocking video.

The video is hard to watch ... but, cops say that's Kirsten roughly handling a few poor pups at Classy Critters, a pet grooming joint north of Charlotte.

The victims of a shocking double murder -- "American Idol" music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas Deluca -- had three pets ... who TMZ has learned are safe and sound.

Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Guy Golan tells TMZ ... the couple had three pets -- a small white dog, a tortoise and a parrot -- and all three were found alive and unharmed. They were turned over to friends and family, we're told.

We've also confirmed with our law enforcement sources that authorities recovered a handgun at the scene, which they will test to determine if it belongs to the victims or the suspect.

Britney Spears is NOT a new mother to a baby girl or a puppy, despite what she's telling folks on social media ... TMZ has learned.

Here's the deal ... Britney raised eyebrows over the weekend when she posted another dance video on her Instagram page and dropped this nugget in the caption, "I want to let you guys know I adopted a beautiful baby girl 😉😉😉 !!! Her name is Lennon London Spears 🤪🤪🤪."

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... she did NOT adopt a child and she's just messing with people, hence the 😉 emojis in her caption.

5:05 PM PT -- Columbus Short was granted the temporary restraining order against his wife Aida.

Columbus Short makes it sound like his wife is not a dog person ... because he claims she kicked and threw a 10-week-old puppy before getting violent with him.

The ex "Scandal" star beelined it to court this week and filed for a temporary restraining order against his wife, alleging a series of domestic violence incidents involving him and the puppy.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Columbus claims his wife Aida roughed up his 10-week-old pooch on Monday ... and when he confronted her, she got physically violent and hit him multiple times in the face, busting his eye open and drawing blood.

Olivia Culpo is catching as many Zs as she can before her little one makes its big arrival ... sharing an adorable snap from a nap with her dog!!

The mom-to-be provided another new update on her pregnancy on Thursday ... showing her decked out in a bikini top as she took a snooze with Oliver Sprinkles.

The model and Christian McCaffrey's wife has been documenting her whole journey leading up to the birth ... even the most relaxing moments.

A pup finally found her forever home after ages in the shelter -- and the handoff video? Total tearjerker. Get ready to ugly cry (in a good way)!

Check out this IG clip -- 4-year-old terrier Louise spent a whopping 640 days at NYC's RG Cares Shelter ... until last week, when her perfect match finally showed up. Staff say after a few meet-and-greets, they just knew this guy was The One.

It was a total tearjerker -- the whole staff came out to say goodbye, many holding back tears as Louise trotted off to her new life.

Dwight Howard is mourning the loss of his beloved dog, Sunday ... saying his companion was tragically killed in an alleged hit-and-run over the weekend.

The NBA center shared the sad news with his Instagram followers on Wednesday, posting several photos and videos of the good times with his Belgian Malinois.

Howard -- now playing in the BIG3 league after 18 NBA seasons -- said Sunday lost her life on June 18 in Suwanee, Georgia, after she was allegedly struck by a car that didn't stop.

Snoop Dogg has taken a blow to his family tree ... his beloved French bulldog Juelz, who Wiz Khalifa famously brought into his life.

On Thursday, Snoop revealed Juelz had bounced to Doggy Heaven, leaving him with a mountain of memories to mourn over.

Wiz gifted Juelz to Snoop for his 43rd birthday in 2014, and they've been road dawgs ever since ... the perfect companion to his other Frenchie, Frank.

A family dog had the scare of a lifetime -- yanked into an alligator’s jaws right from his Florida backyard -- and while he somehow made it out alive, his injuries are nothing short of brutal.

The pics are rough -- the German Shepherd named Zeus suffered a fractured jaw and deep puncture wounds ... he had his jaw realigned and wired shut by a veterinarian, all after he broke free from the gator that busted through the backyard fence in Wesley Chapel, near Tampa, and dragged him to a nearby pond.

Zeus’ owner, Susan Alkhatib, told WFLA it all unfolded in a blur last week -- the whole family rushed outside to watch in horror as the gator thrashed around with Zeus' head locked in its jaws.