It seems only yesterday she was a tiny puppy, and here she is technically a Senior Dog! (As the charts give her human age as around 47 that means I must be practically rivalling Methuselah...).
I have promised her a trip to the park this afternoon to look for squirrels, and chicken for supper, to make up for my being boringly stuck doing boring but essential household stuff (which the dogs tell me is BORING!!).
Ye, her "human" age is around 47/48 depending on the chart, but for some reason even small dogs seem to be considered Senior once they are 8. I think it is a marketing ploy to sell more dog food...!
Well, Mum didn't take photos 'cos she says she doesn't have a clever phone or whatever it is, but we went to the park and it was lovely - all damp with nice dogs and interesting smells, and we went to the cafe but they didn't have any dog biscuits left (Boo!) so Mum got us some human biscuits (Hurray!) and shared her cheese on toast with us (Double Hurray!!), and then we walked some more and Sophy saw a squirrel in the dell and shot off after it and we both chased it right across the dell and back into its tree, and nearly caught it! And then we came home and Mum did a bit more of what she calls clearing-out-cupboards, but to us looks more like moving heaps of rubbish from one place to another while making an awful mess, and now we are all sitting down till suppertime, and it is going to be special chicken! So Sophy is sitting on Mum's footstool and Looking at her with her special human hypnotising look, but I think it is still too early for even that to work. And if I can just push Pippin-cat off Mum's knee so I can curl up there instead everything will be perfectly lovely!
Happy birthday Sophy! My goodness, time does go by fast, doesn't it. You're still a spring chicken. I think just because the charts say such and such in human years, there's still no real comparison. My son's dog, who I'm taking care of for a little while is 16! She's a mix about 55 lbs...not a small dog. Maybe GSD and Pitbull mix. (?) I took her into the field by my house yesterday and she was galloping around...still able, playful and happy. She's amazing. I think Sophy, being a small dog is younger than "they" say if she's still athletic, playful and able. Have a wonderful time at that park! :birthday::cake:
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