Party Time!

Keeley's birthday is on St. Patrick's Day but since that is a Tuesday this year, we had his birthday party today. Here's Keeley waiting patiently for his guests to arrive.Keeley's best bud, Romare, came down from Madison to be here for the party.
He brought his pal, Arnie, too.
Keeley was so thrilled to have his neighbor dogs over in his yard. This is River.
And this is Abby. Keeley loves them! We've got really great neighbors.
Keeley's pal, Oliver, was here too.
And Keeley finally got to meet his first DWB live in the fur! Kirby came up from Chicago just for the party. They got along great together!
The one and only, Tara Tru, was in attendance also.
Here's a photo of some of our decorations. Notice the Irish Terriers on the plates and napkins.
When the humans had cake, the dogs each got a doggie cookie. And each doggie guest also got a couple of cookies to take home for later. One cookie was a cheesy bone and the other was a slice of doggie pizza.
There were also human guests at the party, though less than in years past. This year the human party goers were: Christopher, Mark, Bao, Chou, Susan, Kristin, Rebecca, Kara, Rob, Keeley's grandma, and myself.
Here's Keeley and Romare getting into some bitey-face action.
Keeley usually sleeps all day long. Here he's looking like he's about to fall asleep right in the middle of his party! What a goof!
Kirby and Arnie played a little bitey-face too.
Bitey-face was the name of the game. Here's Kirby and Oliver getting into it. Oliver usually doesn't like this game but he was really lively today.
Including Keeley, there were 8 dogs total. That's the most dogs that Keeley's ever had over all at one time!
After all the guest left, here's Keeley posing with all his loot.
He got a cute elephant stuffie and green tennis ball from Romare. Tara gave Keeley a Hol-ee Roller, and some liver treats. (She also gave me an Irish Terrier decal for the car, and an Irish Terrier purse... and it wasn't even my birthday!) And from Kirby, Keeley got this really cool weird purple puppet thingy, a bag of Grandma Lucy honey treats, and a bunch of delicious looking irish themed doggie cookies. Keeley's grandma also got him some shamrock doggie cookies and a cool "Bark Knight" card.
Keeley is such a lucky birthday boy. He had a great party. As soon as the last guest left, Keeley went right to sleep. He's still sleeping it off now as I blog.

Keeley's box from sitstay.com

What does $100 worth of dog chews look like?I told Keeley that he should consider this his birthday present from me. He'd better make it last because until I find a new job, he won't be seeing another box like it for some time.

cute pup!

Got any liver?

Just a few random things about Keeley

I always kiss Keeley on the top of his head. He's got a really sweet smelling noggin. It smells like artificial strawberries, you know like how strawberry flavored candy smells. I couldn't figure out why his head always smells like this, but his grandma figured it out. It really made me laugh. It's because Keeley likes to ride in the front seat of the car while standing up and his head bumps into the strawberry air freshener every time we make a turn. Mystery solved!
On Tuesday, Keeley managed to break a nail. We were playing chase inside the house and I started noticing little bloody paw prints on the floor. I freaked out and rushed him to the vet. It was the first time this had happened and since Keeley is my first dog ever, I sort of overreacted. It was no big deal though. They cut off the rest of the broken nail and stopped the bleeding and Keeley was fine after that.
Today was our second day in a row of temperatures in the 50's. All the critters that were hibernating are awake again. Keeley has been feasting on rabbit droppings every morning. It's so gross, but I can't get him to stop it. And the squirrels are also out in force too. They like to taunt Keeley. He chases them out of his yard but then they sit up in a tree where he can see them. They shake their tales at him and make their little squirrel noises. Keeley gets so worked up and frustrated because he can't get to them. Squirrels sure are jerk-wads!
I sure hope that winter is finally over! Keeley is getting awfully used to having me home with him everyday. I wonder how he's going to cope when I finally find a new job.

Fun With Honorifics

If I watch too many Japanese movies in a row, I start referring to Keeley as "Keeley-san" and myself as "Erin-chan".
Keeley does not like foreign films especially Japanese and French. I think it's because in American movies there is like a constant level of noise, just about every moment is filled with sound. But in foreign films there are a lot more moments of silence and then when there is a loud noise, it startles Keeley because it stands out more. That's my theory anyway. Keeley is okay with some foreign movies though. For example, he seems to be okay with Bollywood movies.