June 16, 2015

Less-Wordy Wed.: Celebrating the Dog's Birthday!

Rita turned four on Tuesday. Well, we don't really know her exact birthday, but June 16th is the day we celebrate. Based on the age Baja Animal Sanctuary guessed at for her, we figured her birthday was around mid-June, and since 6/16 is her angel-cousin Lou's birthday, it seemed like a perfect day to pick for Rita.

Rita wanted a party with pony rides and a clown (to bark at) for her birthday but we decided on something a little more low-key.

We started the celebrations on Sunday night, when the whole unit went to In-N-Out burger and Rita got a Flying Dutchman! (Which is 2 burger patties with cheese. Yes, I know - so decadent, but she only gets one on her gotcha day in January and her bday in June.)
Then on Tuesday morning, she had a special play-date with her BFF, Dakota. They played for a good while and we went for an extra long walk!

Then on Tuesday afternoon, I took her for a McDonald's ice cream cone! (And, yeah... I know - so spoiled. But it's only the 3rd time in her life having an ice cream cone.)

As with the first cone she ever had, she ate all the ice cream, but was not so enthusiastic once she hit the cone.

She tore the cone apart, licking up all the ice cream and spitting out the yucky, dry cone.
She's no dummy. Smart girls know not to waste calories on the cone!

Luckily I remembered what a mess she made on the backseat cover with her first-ever cone, so I put a towel down ahead of time!

No Giveaway, But...
I contemplated doing another giveaway for Rita's birthday like I did last year, but... I wasn't totally feeling that since I just gave away a bunch of books via my quarterly author newsletter. (If you want to be part of the giveaways I do thru my newsletter, be sure to sign up via my home page!)

I just wasn't sure what to do, but then I was cruising my feed on Facebook and saw on Baja Animal Sanctuary's page a post from yesterday saying they were down to the last $200 in their checking account. Yikes! Not good.

So, instead of doing a giveaway I sent them a donation in Rita's honor. Luckily it looks like a lot of other folks on their Facebook page also mentioned making donations so hopefully they'll be okay for a long while. Obviously since we got our special girl through them, we think they're a great organization! 

Does your dog get a special treat on his/her birthday? 

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33 comments:

  1. Sounds like Rita had a celebration - ice cream and a burger, wow! And what a great way to celebrate by making a donation in her name to help animals in need!

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  2. Looks like Rita had a fantastic birthday celebration! Jeffie was so glad to see she got an ice cream cone because he celebrates his birthday every year at the Dairy Queen :-) (Well, he was also glad to read that Dakota is a girl... don't want Rita celebrating with boys other than him)

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  3. Loved the pictures (and caption). But I'm just a little disappointed not to have a picture of Rita on the back of a pony. Perhaps next year?

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  4. What a great way to celebrate! Looks like Rita had a great birthday, maybe next year a pony ride :)

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  5. That looks like a great celebration day. We try to make Birthdays special too.

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  6. AROOOOOO! Happy birthday, Rita!

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  7. Happy Birthday Rita! Looks like your mom really 'treated' you well ;)

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  8. These kind of posts make me feel like a bad pet mommy. I know the Poodles' birthdays because they were registered, but i always forget until the month is over. I don't know the dogs' birthdays, they were strays, so i have an excuse. Maybe I should just have one day to celebrate everything.


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  9. Happy birthday Rita! It sounds like you had a great time with ice cream and burgers.

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  10. What a fantastic birthday celebration! Love that you decided to donate :)

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  11. Wow that is some birthday celebration. Ice cream, lucky!

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  12. Hi Y’all!

    Happy BD Rita! I get ice cream. I love ice cream, like gelato even better. I always get it in a cup. The Humans get the cones.

    Did you follow me to http://www.browndogcbr.net? There is a link on http://browndogcbr.blogspot.com .

    Hope, if you haven’t already, y’all will come to my new home. I’m still workin’ on it. I’ll be tryin’ a different format tomorrow. We need your input.

    Y’all hurry on by now!
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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  13. Don't tell Mia that Rita gets a Gotcha Day AND a birthday. We celebrate the day we got Mia as her Birthday (observed). Of course, she's spoiled every day!

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  14. It sounds like Rita had a wonderful birthday! :) And I totally agree with her on the whole cone thing. Yuck! Hahaha!


    Jenny & Storm

    www.paws2smile.wordpress.com

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  15. Today is Bailie's birthday, so I baked pupcakes. Her only request was purple frosting. I used blueberries and got lavender which she did accept. Mom figures humans splurge on "junk food" now and then, so dogs can too. Good for Rita scoring cheeseburgers and ice cream, and Happy Birthday!

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  16. Making a donation is a wonderful way to celebrate! Good for you!

    And that bit about the cone cracks me up. I feel the same way. More inner stuff, less packaging!

    Jean from Welcome to the Menagerie

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  17. Rita you don't look a day over one! I think a splurge is terrific!!! Cole would throw up but that's his problem. Laughing over the thought bubbles with BFF. Good girl mommy on the donation. LeeAnna

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  18. oh what a wonderful way of celebrating Rita's birfday, burger and cones, and remembering the less fortunate...yay for you!!
    stella rose

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  19. Happy Birthday Rita! My dogs get puppy cones at our local frozen yogurt store. They love them.

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  20. Happy Birthday, Rita! What a fun way to celebrate! :D

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  21. Happy Birthday Rita, what a whole bunch of noms you got! Great idea on the donation

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  22. Happy Birthday, Rita!!! Ice cream is the best, isn't it?

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  23. Rita is one lucky girl! As all dogs should be.

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  24. Happy Birthday Rita!!! ooohhhh Ice Cream! Yum!
    hugs
    Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel

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  25. Happy Birthday! We took Mr. N and Sage down to the Coast to celebrate their birthdays (same week!).

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  26. Happy birthday Rita! You really know how to celebrate!

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  27. It sounds like Rita had the perfect birthday! Happy (belated) Birthday, sweetie!

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  28. Happy birthday, Rita! I crack up at your photo captions!! Love the look on Rita's face in the one with the ice cream cone :)

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  29. hello rita its dennis the vizsla dog hay happy belayted birthday!!! wow a flying dutchman i hav to git mama and dada to git me wun of thoze on my pyootativ birthday!!! ok bye

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  30. I'm with you Rita - a cone is a waste of calories! Happy belated Birthday.

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