August 20. Well today is a special day. It's World Mosquito Day. Seriously. I'm not exactly sure how we celebrate mosquitoes. Everyone wear extra bug spray? Remember - I don't make these up.
In addition to a day marking annoying insects - it's another day. It’s my human’s birthday. Humans can be kind of funny when it comes
to birthdays. It seems you hit a certain
age, and you get more nervous with each birthday. You look in the mirror and survey the effects
of another year. Not us dogs, we look in
the mirror and see another dog – and some of us try to either make friends with
that dog – or attack him. And we don’t
really care about birthdays – although a birthday usually signals extra treats
and sometimes even a party. Which is
perfect. We live for the here and now –
and perhaps humans could take a lesson from us.
For us dogs, every day is a birthday!
As far as my human's age...let's just say, she was born BEFORE Facebook. And actually.... she was born - if you can believe it - BEFORE the Internet. I think she knew Moses. It's amazing really.
Human birthdays can mark a time to
look back on what you have done since the LAST birthday. Let’s see….if my calculations are correct, my
human has done over 1400 dog walks since her last birthday. Over
100 grooming sessions. Countless photo
shoots with us canines. And she has said
“Viktor stop it” probably 1 million times.
The other big “dog event” since her last
birthday was the launching of this blog. Through this blog we have “met” many
wonderful humans and canines all over the world.
My human is still away – but we’ll be sure
to celebrate with her when she comes home.
And of course, while she is gone, we are working on lots of material for
the blog. It’s our “gift” to her!
Happy birthday to my human! We miss her - and we know she misses us too.
© Linda
Wozniak
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