celebrations

We celebrated Jack's birthday, he is ten. In his mind, Jack is still a puppy, although with slightly less subtle joints... just like his humans (those over 50). For his birthday, he got a special meal, which he loved. It was a dog version of steak tartare, essentially a pad of minced beef with a raw egg. I doubt he cared much about Richard and I sing happy birthday.... but he enjoyed his delicious treat. He also got to clean the cat food bowl, which he loves very much. Lupin often leaves a morsel or two behind, preferring just to eat the jelly on the little lumps of meat. Lupin's food is out of Jack's reach and he checks daily if some kind soul has placed the bowl on the ground for him to clean. 

Ever since his birthday, Jack has been looking at his food bowl longingly but meals have returned to boring old kibble. 

Jack had his routine vaccinations last week and had his annual health check. All good except some arthritis in his back leg, for which was prescribed an anti-inflammatory. The vet commented on his excellent tooth hygiene, for which we can take no credit. He does chew a lot on sticks, which probably helps. 

Thank you for AC over on his blog to explain how to change the dimension of videos, I have tried this and I hope you can see all of Jack doing his little excited food dance. 

There was a second celebratory moment in our house, although just for the adults in the house: schools were back on Wednesday last week. I was so sick of seeing bored teenagers! James managed to get in trouble with the pastoral care team after just one day... but that's something for another post, I don't want to spoil your joy of watching Jack being all excited. 

Have a lovely week 😊