Moose

Dog

🎂 8 years old 🏠 Home since Mar 2020

Also known as: Moosey, The Goof

Food-motivated Loves routine Sweet-natured A little anxious Playful

Moose is our big, sweet yellow Labrador Retriever. We adopted him from a rescue when he was about two, and they assigned him a birthday of January 10th. He's the gentlest giant, obsessed with fetch, and lives for his scheduled mealtimes and his once-a-year hamburger patty.

📚 Series & Journeys

The January Birthday Song Blues

Ongoing

Every year, our sweet rescue lab gets his hopes up for a birthday treat, only to be let down twice more by our family's birthdays.

This is the story of Moose, our rescue Labrador, and the accidental emotional rollercoaster we put him on every January. His shelter-assigned birthday is January 10th, which we celebrate with a special song and a treat. But my son's birthday is the 11th and mine is the 18th, leading to a whole lot of hope and disappointment for a dog who just wants a hamburger.

📝 Recent Posts

The Cruelest Trick We Play On Our Dog

Jan 18, 2025 • The January Birthday Song Blues

It's my birthday, and we sang the song a third time. Our poor dog, confused by the birthday song again, barely reacted. We have to change this.

Wait, That Song Was For The Kid?

Jan 11, 2025 • The January Birthday Song Blues

The day after his own party, Moose is a very dog confused by the birthday song when we sing it for our son. The letdown was so real and so sad.

The Best Day of the Year (According to Moose)

Jan 10, 2025 • The January Birthday Song Blues

It's Moose's shelter-assigned birthday! For one day, our rescue lab isn't a dog confused by the birthday song—he knows it means a special treat.