My day started with a good breakfast.

That’s mine on the right: ground deer meat, egg, broccoli, yellow bell pepper, apple and a flax seed supplement sprinkled over it. Mmmm.
Then I went downstairs to the freestyle play room with Mommy. I practiced “touch it,” “tugger,” and the one I invented, “waltz.” I am very good at all of those!
Touch It: In this game, Mommy says, “Touch it!” and I run over to the paint can and touch it with my nose. That gets a piece of cheese thrown to me before Mommy calls me back to her side. We take one step back and do it again. And again.
Tugger: We stand next to each other. First, Mommy walks around to my other side and we stand still for a moment before I get a piece of cheese. Then I walk in front of Mommy to her other side, and sometimes I get a piece of cheese then, too. We keep doing that until we run out of room.
Waltz: This is a fun game. It’s a lot like Tugger, but we both keep moving, with me starting. Then, as soon as Mommy gets mostly around me, I turn and circle around her front and then she circles around my front and so on until we run out of room. It makes Mommy dizzy, BOL. We usually end with me doing a back leg pivot before she falls down, BOL, BOL.
So, just when things seemed to be going great, I realized I was in trouble. Mommy swept me up in her arms and carried me into the groom room. I got a bath and nail trim. She said it was because I was itching all night. I was glad to know it’s not a birthday ritual.
Back upstairs, I found a bag waiting for me.

I wasn’t sure what to do with it.
Hmmm, what is this? After Mommy cut open the packaging I saw that it’s a ball.
The ball moved and talked. That was scary different.
I decided to hide hang out in my kennel while Lucy kept poking the alien ball from outer space.
We’ll be celebrating more when Mommy gets home from work. Hopefully, it will all be non-scary alien balls fun stuff. I’ll let you know tomorrow how the rest of my second birthday turns out!
I am 2-year-old Xena Warrior Schnauzer Princess

Mommy says that Lucy has people eyes. You can put my birthday on your calendar for next year. :)Xena
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OMD Lucy’s face is PRICELESS in the 2nd video!!! Hope you had a great 2nd birthday. I’m sorry I’m a butt and forgot it 😥
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We have one of those scar…I mean crazy balls at our house too. For some reason, Jakey likes to chew on it and show it’s whose boss!
Sounds like you had a pawsome birthday!
xoxo,
Rosy
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Lamb, mmmm. Mommy says it’s way too expensive around here. But we love our broccoli. Xox Xena
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Thanks, Lulu! Xox Xena
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Lulu: “Happy second birthday, Xena! Many happy returns!”
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My dogs complain the they are getting too much broccoli 🥦 mixed with their lamb, but they eat it anyway!
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Oh, your poor Mommy!
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Mommy was going to get rid of it but Lucy seems fascinated with it. Xena
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Parts were a bit, er, scary.
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Sounds like you had a fun birthday Xena!!!
hugs
Mabel & Hilda
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What a fantastic birthday. You deserved everything. Except for the bath.
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Happy Birthday Xena! Even with the alien ball sounds like it was a good birthday part 1. ~nose nudges Bonnie Pup
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We had one of those babble balls and it drove us all nuts!
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That, or something like it. Chickie wings, beef, sauerkraut, banana, and other stuff. Mmmmmm Xena
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That breakfast looks great! Do you get that every morning?
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yours is way to small for him. he swallows things and we don’t give him toys that fit in his mouth. all his balls are really big and impossible to swallow. thanks though.
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Oh, no!
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Big Boy can have mine. I don’t like the little alien. Xena
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The next one I got was almost as bad. Xox Xena
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IIt might take off and fly around the room.
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OMW you gots a new ball to… Big boy loves his and chases it and sleeps with it, and it makes a racket.. i was reading this post to Big Boy’s daddy and every time i said the word Ball Big woke up and stared at me, thinking i was talking about his. happy birthday and that breakfast is worthy of a King and Queen
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Happy Birthday Xena! That sure is one weird ball. We think we would be skeptical of it too.
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Yeah, that’s what mommy said too. XOX Xena
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Hari Om
HAPPY BARKDAY XENA-kutti… the ball is fun, you know, really it is!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
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It spoke English, so I thought maybe we could be friends.
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Sneaking up on an alien is always a good idea, Lucy. 😍
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