Today is a double celebration for me. 4th of July obviously, but today is the day I celebrate my dog's birthday as well. Six years ago yesterday, I found a starving and abused animal that nobody expected to survive. The pound and the vet both said she wouldn't last.
Six years later, she's still my faithful companion through thick and thin. She's lying on the floor looking like a fat slug at the moment (her birthday dinner of ground beef and cheese will do that to a dog), but she deserves a "lazy dog day" today.