Personalized Custom Adoption Day Family Shirts with Photo

Adoption day family shirts for the day your pet came home. Your family photo with your rescue prints in black and white, GOTCHA DAY runs across the top in white, and EST. with your adoption year sits underneath.

Order a personalized custom tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie for each person, with youth and toddler sizes for the kids.

Upload your rescue photo

Who wears adoption day family shirts?

It’s usually the rescue dog mom who filled out the application and survived the home visit, planning something for the first gotcha day. The whole family wants to match the dog, including the kids who picked his name.

Families on the first gotcha day

Order one for each grown-up on the first anniversary, so the photo at the park matches the photo on the shirts.

The rescue dog mom

You did the application and the home visit, which means a rescue dog mom shirt with the year he came home is well earned.

Kids who begged for the dog

They help pick the photo, and in a youth tee or toddler hoodie they get to wear the new family member on their own shirt.

The friend who drove you to the shelter

She was there the day you met him, so a gotcha day gift from her has the right year on it.

Shelter volunteers

When a dog you walked for months goes home, a shirt for the new adopters is a send-off with his new family on it.

Couples who foster failed

Your first big decision together was keeping the foster, and that year belongs under GOTCHA DAY.

Type your gotcha year

About the photo and lettering

In our sample, a mom, dad and little girl crouch outside a shelter door with a paw print painted on the glass, all three wrapped around a scruffy, wiggly dog who’s busy licking the girl’s face. The bottom reads EST. 2023.

Send your own adoption day photo, or any picture with your pet that shows the whole family. Dogs, cats, rabbits and senior rescues all count. If it joined your family, it qualifies.

Ordering steps

Choose a garment and size for each family member.
Select shirt colors.
Upload your family and pet photo, then type the adoption year in the text box.
Check out. Completed example: 2023 prints as EST. 2023. Your photo replaces our sample family and their pup.

Give your rescue’s homecoming a real date

Gotcha days slip by with a new toy and a quick photo
Dog shirts usually show a cartoon paw, not your actual dog
Rescue families rarely have the date written down anywhere

For a rescue family, the day the dog came home counts as a birthday. GOTCHA DAY runs across the top in white over your family photo with the rescue in black and white, and the adoption year sits underneath, so the day finally gets a date.

Kids in the shot? Waist-up, everyday clothes, no swimsuit or bath photos.

Fabric and sizes

Comfort Colors 1717 tee: 100% ring-spun cotton, 6.1 oz, garment-dyed, relaxed unisex fit, S to 4XL. Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck: 80% cotton and 20% polyester fleece, S to 3XL.

Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie: S to 2XL, jersey-lined hood with matching drawcord and a pouch pocket for treats and poop bags. Choose true size in fleece for relaxed or go up one or two for oversized.

Dog walkers who want sleeves can pick the Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve, S to 3XL. The youngest humans get the 9018 youth tee in XS to XL or the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie in 2T to 5/6T. Check the size guide before ordering.

Gotcha day photos print by DTF or DTG, depending on the garment.

How long does it take?

We make it in 1 to 3 business days, and USPS delivers in 3 to 5 business days with tracking. For a family set under the tree, order by December 5, 2026. Our shipping page explains the rest.

Order by December 5, 2026 for Christmas delivery in the US.
Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.

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Gotcha day FAQ

We adopted a cat, not a dog. Does it still work?

Absolutely. Cats, rabbits, senior rescues and foster fails all fit. Any photo of your family with your adopted pet works.

What about photos with our kids?

Kids are welcome in the picture. Choose a waist-up or head-and-shoulders shot in everyday clothes; we don’t print swimsuit or bath photos of children.

Can the shelter’s logo go on the shirt?

No. We don’t reproduce logos, brands, team marks or characters, even for a shelter, and we don’t print celebrities, rappers or public figures. Upload photos your family took. Orders including any of that are canceled and refunded.

More for pet families: custom dog shirts and dog mom and dad shirts.