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How do you celebrate your dogs Birthday?

2.7K views 31 replies 19 participants last post by  Judi  
#1 ·
Harlows first birthday is coming up next week! And my husband is convinced I've gone crazy :p: All I want is a small party with her friends :D some special treats, a present or 2, and probably a special walk somewhere fun and out of our normal routine. I doubt I'll do anything elaborate in the future, but it's her 1st birthday :)

Do you celebrate your dogs birthday?

He might think I'm crazy because her 2 friends don't get along....the border collie might eat the westie
 
#4 ·
Only have parties for 1st birthdays......? Awwwww, poor doggies LOL.
You gotta celebrate EVERY year you have 'em with you. It's a Golden Requirement. :bowl: :)
 
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with birthday hats, a special cake & candle, and a special run at her favorite park.

her "cake" was a hamburger pattie covered with mashed potatoes. one warning - the cake gave her the runs bad for about a day and a half.
 
#8 ·
First off I have to say how darn cute the birthday pictures are Faith's Mommy and KatzNK9!

Ant, can I come celebrate MY birthday at your house??:bowl:

Well, we usually celebrate birthdays --- ALL birthdays with a trip to PetsMart for a special treat and in the evening they have a piece of cake (real cake) or a cupcake and we sing happy birthday. Birthdays is the ONLY time they get a "sweet treat."

My friend, who has no children had a party for her last puppy and invited all his littermates. He was from her litter so she had kept in touch with them all. There were 9! They all came. She had her deck decorated with birthday stuff and had a sheet cake made from liver and frosted with cream cheese. She had snacks other than the cake for the dogs and human food for the owners. All the dogs that came got a birthday hat and some kind of little goodie baggie. Her birthday boy and his mom and dad had beautiful huge bow ties and special hats ---- which they left on! She had my hubby there to take pictures and each dog had their picture taken with the birthday boy and with mom and dad. This party cost her a fortune! But, she had fun and thats what counts. Needless to say the dogs lapped it up and there were NO fights! Everyone got along beautifully!

Jazzys Mom
 
#13 ·
No, I was j/k!
I wish we could take her in more places though.... Sometimes I've thought about pretending to be blind and she is my seeing-eye dog, but my wife always stops me and reminds me that I'm going to hell. :)
I think last year for her birthday, we just went out to the lake with an armload of tennis balls. I can't imagine her rather doing anything else.
 
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two more for her fans -

to be fair, we went through more than one hat -

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#22 ·
We celebrate the way that we celebrate our own birthday - it's just another day!

I normally give "birthday boy" a special hug & say "Happy Birthday" but that's about it! No big deal!
 
#23 ·
I celebrate with videos of the year we've had... :)

I started this tradition (last year) simply because I don't want to wait until after my dog has died to celebrate the little memories we've had year after year. I'm hoping that 10+ years in the future when I need the happy memories, they will be there for me to look at and look back at.

I also take my guy over to the store and let him pick out his own toy. He literally is like a little kid when he gets into the store and knows I will buy him whatever he picks out no matter how ridiculous the price. :D

And look the other way (at least just that one day) when my mom gets overgenerous with the handouts. My mom is right there with me when it comes to "not waiting". With our first golden we had always planned on giving him a VERY SPECIAL day at the end with a steak dinner just for him. As it turned out, he couldn't eat or drink anything at the end.
 
#25 ·
We usually celebrate with extra treats and some new toys. Toby will officially become a senior on 1/24/12 (age 8). How will we celebrate? Well, he motivated me to call and schedule an appointment with a new ophthalmologist for my eyes. It seemed appropriate since we've just taken him through double cataract surgery this year. He gets restored vision and I'll get new glasses!