Choya is 8!

We were derelict and didn't celebrate Choya's birthday on the day. So we're making it up to her by celebrating for all of October instead. The birthday girl doesn't know. Shhhhhh. But she somehow is being extra cheeky for the whole month. She didn't like us being away, but she survived very well. (Thank gawwwd for trustworthy sitters.)

Now that we're back, she's sticky and refuses to let me out of her sight. Everything is 'Momma Momma Momma'. She has also taken to waking me up in the mornings, say for four days out of a week. I don't know why she takes it so seriously. The moment the alarm rings, she comes over to the bed. She toddles up the stairs to stare at me. If I don't wake, she'll come up to the bed to paw my face. Walao. She's got nails lehhh. 

We got her a cake from Little Favors, but we humans ate it. Hhahaha. I very much enjoy cakes baked in small batches by Ethel. It was a very nice Raspberry and Vanilla cake. We bought a small one so that we could finish it ourselves. We didn't hold a party or anything for her with fwens. 

Choya only got a lovely long lick of the buttercream. She likes cream. Dohhhhh. She has plenty of other wonderful foods lah. She's got a nice tenderloin (raw) and loads of fish and everything else. She doesn't need a special 'cake'. When she's on a raw diet, I really don't feel like messing up her stomach with a deluge of normie 'cake' that she had to finish on her own. It'd be too much cooked minced beef and too much sweet potato, potatoes and oat flour. She can have them in small doses; she did get to share Maddie's delicious cake. 

The happy Girl refused to take photos with the cake. So I had to be quick. No time for the Leica to do its job. It's just photos taken with the phone. As the years pass, celebrating a dog's birthday becomes bittersweet. They age too soon, and their lifespan is too short. The days are too short and the years aren't long enough. 

My darling Girl is 8 years old. Where did the time go. I prioritize her needs and schedule loads because she isn't just a dog now. She's our Little Girl with loads of sass and attitude.