Last week's Friday Pet Photos proved to be lots of fun! Our readers sent in their photographs of their pets and you could see that they all have quite fun lives.

It's fun to snap photographs of pets having fun, but in all seriousness, having photos of our pets serves another purpose that we can't stress enough: If your pets end up missing, having recent photographs — along with microchipping — can be an important tool in getting them home safely.

To encourage the good practice of having up-to-date photographs on hand for your own records (digital cameras are very helpful with that), we invite you to email one of those photos of your pet —regardless of the species — to ppsa2mi@gmail.com, any time during the week, to participate in our Friday Pet Photos slideshow.

Photos should be in .jpg format, and at least 600 pixels wide.

Lorrie Shaw is lead pets blogger for AnnArbor.com. She welcomes your contact via e-mail.