Ribsy was off to Toronto today to attend Mabelle the whippet's 1-year-old birthday party. He had never met Mabelle. But since he's going to be spending a few days with her in June, it was very important that they hit it off.
Now, Mabelle is a pretty brindle gal who is known to flirt, tease and break hearts. And did Ribsy ever fall for her...
...so much so that he forgot he doesn't, er, have the capacity to conquer her. And Girl forgot she had a Sports mode on her camera to capture the furious fur-flyin' action.
Oh Mabelle, please be mine forever, begged Ribsy.
Then the rest of the guests began to arrive - Toby the English Springer Spaniel, a pair of Boxer puppies named Edward and Charlotte, and Ribsy's Number One Fan and her whippet gang of Scout, Emma, Hazel and Finnegan. RNOF baked a special liver pate birthday cake for the occasion...
Ribsy may be in luuuuv with Mabelle but food is food. Here he is, moments after stealing Mabelle's piece of cake. If you look carefully in the background you will notice poor Mabelle sniffing the ground where only a millisecond ago her tasty treat had lain.
And then Toby snatches the second piece meant for Mabelle!
And even Edward and Charlotte make quick work of their share of the cake.
At last our girl finally enjoys a piece of her own birthday cake. Notice Boy restraining Ribsy as he hovers like a shameless hawk.
Licking the sidewalk, licking fingers. The cake was that good! Thanks RNOF!
Here's Ribsy's other gal pal Hazel leading the way as the rest of the whips come for their share of the cakey goodness.
Where's the cake? Where's the cake? Where's the cake?
Look! Conjoined whippet twins! Actually, Ribsy and Hazel do look so much alike.
Ahhh...they would have made such beautiful fawn puppies together!
Nothing tops this day, thought Ribsy as he drifted off to sleep on the way home. Two cute girls, liver cake, lots of playtime. Life doesn't really end when you get neutered.
