Posts tagged "dog birthday"

Have you ever thrown a party like this for your dog's birthday? Have you ever made a video this cute and touching about your dog for any reason? It's actually OK if you haven't; few of us feel compelled or motivated to put this much effort into celebrating and sharing our love for our dogs with the world. And that's fine. You don't have to do it. Nobody expects you to.

And yet the fact remains: you've never done it. And while watching this video fills you 99 percent with joy and warmth, the other one percent is guilt. "Does my dog know, really know how much I love him?" you ask yourself. "I bet Tommy knows it. He knows he's loved. Not even most human children get birthday parties this nice." Again, we're not saying you have to do this for your dog! We're just saying that you could do this for your dog, and you don't.

Paper training has a whole new meaning for pet lovers, thanks to stationary company The Pink Sea Turtle.

The cute, preppy, online-invitation firm, based in Connecticut, offers "Bark Mitzvah" and other animal-party invitations, as well as birth and adoption announcements so that new pet parents can share their joy with the world. The stationers even take the companion-animal experience all the way to the end: They sell bereavement notices for mailing when your beloved Bowzer goes to that big dog run in the sky.

Pink Sea Turtle owners Sheryl Brass and Kim Bastien started their company, they say, because of their love of social events, and the sheer novelty of receiving mail that isn't a bill or "junk." Their wide variety of party and announcement stationary includes the usual items -- i.e. wedding and birthday invites -- but they definitely go the extra mile when it comes to underserved markets: In addition to their pet life-change options, they offer cards for quinceañera, gay-and-lesbian wedding, and baby-shower cards.

The home-customizable cards cost about $12.50 for ten, a real deal when you consider how far they'll go in convincing your friends and family you're simply mad about Max or bananas for Boo-Boo Kitty.