03.12.07
Dog Birthday Party
Last weekend I went to a dog birthday party.
Maddie and Roxie, my pack mates, stayed home. Michele thought I would be the better behaved of the three of us.
It was Cortez’s party. He’s a Dalmatian owned by some friends of Michele. For a dog party, there weren’t that many dogs but there were an awful lot of people. And an awful lot of food. There was a big table full of people food. I kept trying to snitch a piece, but Michele would yell at me.
(I don’t know if all the people knew what they were getting into. A lot of them kept trying to protect their food. But, it’s a dog party. I wasn’t sure why only the people could eat and not the dogs.)
Cortez didn’t have a birthday party last year. “They were too busy,” he told me.
“At least you get a party,” I said. “Michele doesn’t know when my birthday is, so I never get a party.”
“Well, when is your birthday?” Cortez said.
I thought about it. “I’m not sure. I can’t remember that very well. The earliest I remember is wandering around Chino Valley on Christmas day and Michele ended up taking me home.”
“That’s too bad,” Cortez said. “I like birthdays. I get lots of gifts.”
And he did. One of the gifts was a big rawhide bone (but I ended up stealing it from him).
“But we can’t eat the food,” I said. “I think this is more of a people party than a dog party.”
“We get a cake,” Cortez yawned. “And who says I’m not getting some of the people food?”
Well, he was right about the cake (and one of the nice men did give me a couple of meatballs). We got a doggie cake made from peanut butter and canned dog food, and topped with Milk Bones, marshmallows and cheese. It was pretty good. I got two pieces. Before we got the cake, everyone sang Happy Birthday and Cortez howled along. I just positioned myself near the cake (never hurts to try and get one of the first pieces).
All in all, it was pretty fun. Although I was really tired when I got home. And I had a little tummy ache.
Wuff,
Nick, the border collie
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