Today was Stella’s 2nd birthday, so I planned a whole little day around her favorite things. We started with breakfast, and if you have a dachshund who’s weirdly more motivated when they have to “work” for their food… same. Stella is like 10x more likely to eat if I roll her meal up in a towel or use those little dog board game puzzles, so that’s how our morning kicked off. After that, we headed to the park for her number one love in life: fetch. I packed my Lululemon Everyday Belt Bag as my dog-walking fanny pack (treats, water, phone—everything fits), grabbed Stella’s favorite ball, and we got to it. It was so hot out, so I kept an eye on her panting and made sure she had water right after. Back at home, she cooled down with one of the homemade popsicles we made in a previous video, and later she got a dog cupcake my mom made (I didn’t realize they were dog cupcakes until I took a bite… oops). I also totally forgot earlier, but I had to grab a birthday bandana from our bandana stock—she wore a cupcake bandana and looked like the cutest birthday girl. She didn’t love the cupcake as much as I thought she would, so I saved the rest for later/tomorrow, which is honestly a good reminder to keep birthday treats small for little dogs.