Happy Birthday, Jess!

The little princess, Jess, turned sixteen years old today. Hard to believe, in many ways. I'll add a link at the end for those that do not know "The story of Jess" if you are interested. She came to live with us at 9 1/2 from an awful earlier life. Became a pet therapy dog and just recently retired from this 'job' after visiting for six years. Jess got a PEN number with CKC and earned a Rally Novice title when she was 13. She then began to track and earned her Tracking Dog title just two months before turning 15.
Jess is getting ready for her little birthday party here. We usually have all the dogs together and have iced carrot muffins. However, I changed the menu for Jess and Storm, who is attending, as they are getting a little old for the usual 'party'.

They look like they think I'm going to set them on fire...instead of the muffins, they are having a little ice cream with strawberry yogourt.

Yummy, yummy, this is even better, I think they are saying.

I think it went over well! The other dogs know exactly what we're doing, and got theirs a little later. Oh, and Storm is due to turn 16 in January...another party!

http://www.dogsincanada.com/jess-story-an-old-dog-learns-new-tricks

There is also a link in this story describing Jess' former life in B.C. before she came to us.

Her biggest thrill today was probably rolling in the deep, fresh snow early this morning. She's a real little cutie.