Today was Keeley's birthday party. He will be 2 years old on Monday, St. Patrick's Day.
I was so thrilled to find decorations that featured an Irish Terrier!
Gracie, a 4 month old cockapoo, was the first doggie guest to arrive.
Keeley's cousin dog, Tully, was the next dog to arrive. When they're together, they just can't seem to hold still.
Keeley's best bud, Romare, made the trip from Madison to help celebrate.
Lojack was the last doggie guest to arrive and certainly the most well-dressed of all the dogs.
The big dogs spent a lot of time romping outside...
...while the little dogs explored indoors.
There were human guests too, including this cutie-pie, Tristan, who will have his 2nd Birthday next week. He was born one week after Keeley.
Other human guest included: Keeley's grandpa, Marky-Mark, Amy, Damien, Helen, Christopher, Gary, Kaity, Mr. Goodkind, Sandy, PK, Jane, Kate, and of course, Keeley's grandma and me, his girl.
Keeley would have been happy with just ONE visitor, so he was thrilled that so many of his favorite people came to celebrate his birthday.
Keeley is a very social pup. If it were up to him, he'd have a party every weekend!
Gracie found a lot of toys to play with. She had quite a pile going.
There were even a few surprise gifts for Keeley to open. He got a green squeaky bone and a paw print magnet from Jane, Kate, and Molly. He received a z-bone and a barbecue flavored biscuit bone from Mr. Goodkind and Sandy. He got a cute elephant stuffie from Christopher, Gary, and Romare. He also received a gift card to Petco from Lojack and PK. Keeley sure is a lucky pup!
Romare helped inspect all Keeley's presents for quality.
Keeley's grandpa baked special doggie treats for Keeley's canine guests to take home.
When all the party guests had left, Keeley found a nice sunny spot to sit and eat his z-bone. Minutes later, he was sound asleep. I guess that means he had a good time!
NOTE:
Kirby was supposed to come, but his mother was so sick that they had to cancel. We hope your mom feels better soon, Kirby! Maybe we can make plans for you and Keeley to meet up some other weekend.
It was just a small get together this year with just 3 doggie guests: Romare, Arnie, and LoJack.
It's been rainy and warm so there's lots of mud and wetness from all the snow that has melted. The yard is looking pretty bad.
LoJack came all dressed up as usual. She always has a fabulous outfit for parties.
If you're wondering why there are no pictures of Teagan, well that's because she couldn't control herself and kept growling and snapping at Arnie and Romare. After making her "get easy" four times, she got banished to her crate for a time out. And when she did return to the party, she attacked Romare again and that's when PK took over. Teagan is a very stubborn little girl and even though she got into the easy position she really wasn't easy because her legs and tail were rigid and her eyes were crazy alert. She stayed like that for over 2 hours never surrendering completely. So all Teagan's drama was a real buzz kill.
Romare and Arnie didn't want to be anywhere near her and they spent a good chunk of the party out on the balcony watching the neighborhood kids.
Keeley and Lojack seemed happy with all the attention they got since they were the only 2 dogs hanging with the people at the party. Keeley ate way too much pizza, cake, chips, cookies, and cheesy biscuts. I'm surprised that he didn't get sick!
Hopefully, Teagan can get over her issues by next year.
