"The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic."
— Henry Ward Beecher

Each Friday, we publish a new slideshow of freshly picked pet photos.

In this week's feature, we thought we would include some photos of our readers' pets, taken by children.

You'll see one dog who was caught red-handed in a pile of laundry and a very sweet dog who goes by the name Benny T. Wunderbeagle.

Photo submissions for future slideshows are always being accepted, and participating in our weekly photo blog is easy! Simply email a photo of your pet, just being him or herself, to ppsa2mi@gmail.com any time for our weekly Pet Photo Friday feature.

Be sure to include the name of the animal(s), as well as their age and city or township of residence in your email. Photos should be 1200 pixels wide and in .jpg format.

We put the week's photos into a slideshow, publish and promote each Friday here in the Pets section.

Lorrie Shaw leads the pets section for AnnArbor.com. Follow her daily pet adventures on Twitter.