Today is Stella's birthday. Even though we have it on the calendar every year, we usually forget it. It falls right in between a slew of other birthdays and an anniversary, and y'know...she's a dog.

Today, however, today with all of Stella's forgotten birthdays foremost in our minds and all of her ill health as of late, we had a family brainstorm on how to make this year stand out.

Mort was all for giving her one of her current half-chewed bones.

But we decided to splurge and give her what every dog really wants: meat. Organic, pure, right off the cow meat.

Mort set the floor for her with a napkin and place mat. She gobbled down her birthday meat, took a step off the place mat and regurgitated the birthday meat all over the kitchen. A successful birthday party enjoyed by all.