There are plenty of bad ways to show your love for your pet- start dressing them up to look like you, take them everywhere you go and treat them like a little furry baby and you've officially crossed the line from proud pet owner to critter obsessed kook.
There's one way to show the world how much you love your pet that the world will actually admire and enjoy- capturing their likeness with a portrait.
The pets in this series of 14 Adorable Animals Posing With Portraits of Themselves look mighty proud to be the star of their owner's artwork, and their owners can be proud that they're showing their love in a way that doesn't make the rest of the world cringe.
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