Happy Birthday Fred!

My gorgeous little boy is growing up so fast! Fred turned 5 years old today! He's my forever baby though, no matter how old he gets, he'll still be a baby and will cuddle with me forever! I've been meaning to create a post all about Fred. Most of the posts are about my human babies mostly because, well, they just do a lot more. But, Fred is just as important in our lives. Many people, once they have children, kind of consider their dogs or any other animal they have as less important than before they had children. This could not be more wrong for how we feel about Fred.

He is the best cuddler that I have ever known. Every single night, he slips under the covers with us and we just love it. He snuggles on the couch with us and loves to be loved. We've always felt that he had a hard puppyhood. We found him at a pet store and know that he came from Chanute, Kansas son of Ruth and Merle. Because of his neediness, we feel he was starved for attention and we give him the extra love that he needs. The day we walked into the store, we knew right away he was the one. He was running around the outside of the other dogs barking. The guy had a hard time getting him. We fell in love right away and have had 5 wonderful years with him and hope to have 20 more!

For his birthday, we got him a filet minion cesar's wet dog food. We put a candle in it and sang happy birthday. Whenever Fred eats food off the table, which unfortunately he does way too often, he knows it's something he's not supposed to do. Even though we were all there, he figured he'd better get the food while the getting was good. He almost choked trying to eat the entire thing at once. We were able to get it out and break it up for him. Ryan gave him a bone and he enjoyed that for the rest of the night.

Fred almost choking on the food

Much better!

Loves bones!