Last Sunday, May 11, was Ted’s birthday! He is now a one-year-old doggie!
In preparation for the festivities, I researched birthday cakes and party ideas, and I promptly came to the conclusion that it was a bunch of hooey. I mean, Ted is great and all, but he’s a dog. He’s a dog with no capacity for recollection, and I was not about to manufacture a semblance of a party, despite what any froufrou website told me was “all the rage.” I waved off the ideas with the roll of an eye.
Despite my pragmatism, I wanted some photographic evidence that we marked the occasion, so I headed to the kitchen on Sunday afternoon to make some dog birthday magic. I smoothed a layer of peanut butter on two milkbone biscuits, and then crushed two smaller treats for sprinkles. I laid out the treats on a birthday napkin on the kitchen floor, and JG released Ted, who had been squirming the whole time I had been in the kitchen.
Now, I had been told that every dog loves peanut butter, so that’s why I used it to frost the biscuits. However, Ted had never had peanut butter before, and he was somewhat confused as to what to do with it. He nosed the biscuits all over the floor, as though he knew they were familiar, but what was this foreign substance on top? When I picked up a treat and handed it to him, Ted grabbed it in his mouth, suddenly territorial. He headed straight for the living room, despite my cries of “Not on the carpet!”
I trailed after Ted with the camera and a damp paper towel to dab up any peanut butter traces, and he eventually figured out that he could chomp down on the biscuits. I suspect that the peanut butter got stuck to the roof of his mouth, since he had some intense lip-smacking action.
After he finished his treats, Ted was bouncing off the walls, just like a typical birthday kid. It’s strange to think that he is officially full-grown at this point. Even though Ted is a little small for his breed, and he exhibits a lot of puppy-like behavior, he’s on his way to becoming an adult!
They grow up so fast.
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I can’t believe Ted is a year old already! How old was he when he came to live with you and JG?
Happy Birthday, Ted!
awww! happy birthday to ted! We got Ellie a special treat from the local petstore that she picked out on her birthday and let her romp around the park. We picked January 15th since we got her in june and she was about 6 months when we got her but we didn’t know exactly when she was born. The anniversary from we got her is June 26th
We’ll have to do something a lil more meaningful then 
Glad Ted liked the peanut butter - ellie gets a kong with a lil bit of peanut butter inside when we leave. It’s her special-you-need-to-not-be-crazy-and-destroy-our-house treat. Unfortunately she doesn’t usually eat it till we get home :/
Happy Birthday Ted!!!
Cute idea for his “birthday cake”!
How adorable!!! Love the birthday treats, too
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADORABLE LITTLE GUY!!
Bailey sends lots of love and wants to know if next year you will invite her to your birthday party?
Happy birthday, Ted!
I hate to let a pet birthday go by with no celebration, but I am also not into having a party for a freakin’ cat. I usually make a celebratory plate of cookies or brownies and then help myself. Max doesn’t mind as long as I toss him a can of Birthday Fancy Feast.
Our Siberian Husky, Jaxsun (rest his doggy soul), loved peanut butter. We used to give him the rest of the jar when it was low and just listen to him lick it for hours. And he got his pills in peanut butter.
Happy birthday Ted! Here’s to many, many more!
Oh, those are the cutest little frosted biscuits! I might have to borrow that idea from you when Olive turns 1.
Happy birthday, Ted!
Oh my goodness, I can’t believe Ted is already a year old! Happy birthday, little guy!
Dogs do love peanut butter, and I love watching the inevitable lip-smacking action after it gets stuck to the roof of the mouth.
And for the record, I too roll my eyes at things like dog birthday cakes and dog birthday parties.
Happy Birthday Ted! It looks like you enjoyed your treats!
I, also, think dog parties are lame. My dad forced us to celebrate his dog’s birthday when he came over for Easter dinner. There were party hats and doggie ice cream. It was nuts.
RA - Ted is adorable and those pictures are so cute! Love it!
-Leslie
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