{"id":3626,"date":"2015-12-21T08:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T18:48:59","slug":"lupes-5th-birthday-12-14-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"Lupe’s 5th Birthday! (12-14-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lupe was born on December 14th, 2010 in the little town of Vale, SD (population 136 in the 2010 census).\u00a0 Vale is less than a mile S of the Belle Fourche River, and\u00a0about 10 miles N of Bear Butte, which is a few miles\u00a0NE of the much better known town of Sturgis, SD, home of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in early August every year.<\/p>\n

SPHP knows next to nothing about Lupe’s family, except that Lupe did have some brothers and sisters in the same litter.\u00a0 As a tiny puppy, Lupe and her mother\u00a0and siblings all\u00a0lived outside in the cold South Dakota winter.\u00a0 SPHP has no idea if they had a dog house, or some other kind of\u00a0shelter provided for them.\u00a0 They\u00a0did have\u00a0some outside cats as companions, and perhaps because of this, Lupe has always been friendly to all cats.<\/p>\n

Lupe’s 5th birthday started out crisp and clear.\u00a0 There wasn’t any snow, but the grass in the back yard was all frosty.\u00a0 Lupe still had stitches where her left rear leg and abdomen meet, but she felt pretty good.\u00a0 During the day, Lupe and SPHP periodically played some squeaker ball in the back yard.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe gets an early start playing some squeaker ball on the frosty grass in her back yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Squeaker<\/a>
Squeaker ball!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the afternoon, SPHP went to the grocery store to buy some things for Lupe’s birthday party.\u00a0 The store was absolutely packed with people.\u00a0 School was cancelled for the next day due to a snow storm in the forecast, even though not a flake had fallen yet, and wouldn’t until afternoon the next day.\u00a0 SPHP finally got home, and baked Lupe a birthday cake.<\/p>\n

The lines at Safeway had been so long, there wasn’t even time for SPHP to frost Lupe’s birthday cake before it was time to head out to Lupe’s Grandma’s house.\u00a0 Every birthday since she has been born, Lupe’s birthday party has been at Grandma’s.\u00a0 SPHP frosted Lupe’s birthday cake there, and the party was ready to begin!<\/p>\n

Grandma had made chili and cornbread\u00a0for dinner.\u00a0 Lupe, Lanis, SPHP and Grandma all had chili.\u00a0 Lupe likes to let her chili cool some before she eats it, but she had at least a couple of helpings.\u00a0 After dinner, Lanis, SPHP and Grandma sang “Happy Birthday” to Lupe, being sure to include the part about “and many more!”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Birthday Dingo arrives at Grandma’s house expecting great things!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grandma's<\/a>
Grandma’s 3-legged cat, Butterfly, and Lanis were on hand for Lupe’s party!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After hearing “Happy Birthday” sung to her, Lupe was ready to go outside.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP took their traditional walk up to the cul-de-sac at the end of the road.\u00a0 Near the cul-de-sac is the Most Beautiful Christmas tree in the neighborhood.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP paused to admire it, before returning to Grandma’s house.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Lupe and SPHP took their usual walk up to the cul-de-sac at the end of the road to see the most beautiful Christmas tree. Lupe is at the base of the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Lupe and SPHP got back to Grandma’s house, it was time for birthday cake and ice cream!\u00a0 Dingoes love birthday cake and ice cream!\u00a0 SPHP and Grandma even drank a whole bottle of wine, too.\u00a0 Lupe had plenty of cake and ice cream, but she didn’t get any wine.\u00a0 Lupe’s favorite presents this year were a new blue squeaker ball from Grandma, and a rawhide chew stick from SPHP.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Lupe with her birthday cake (with sprinkles!) and her two favorite new presents, the blue squeaker ball from Grandma and rawhide chew stick from SPHP. Lupe’s cake didn’t have any candles, because Carolina Dogs don’t do candles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"That's<\/a>
That’s one beautiful Birthday Dingo! Happy 5th Birthday, Lupe and ever so many more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since The (Mostly) True Adventures of Lupe blog didn’t get started until February, 2015, its time to share some photos from Lupe’s previous birthdays, too!<\/p>\n

LUPE’S 4th BIRTHDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014:<\/span>\"Lupe's<\/a>\"Lupe's<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lanis<\/a>
Lanis was at Lupe’s 4th birthday, too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A new Kong squeaker ball was Lupe’s favorite new toy in 2014!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Lupe's<\/a>\"Lupe's<\/a>\"Lupe's<\/a><\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
This squeaker ball lasted about 10 months before it finally quit squeaking. Lupe chased it hundreds of times.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Lupe's<\/a>\"Lupe's<\/a><\/p>\n

LUPE’S 3rd BIRTHDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2013:\"Lupe's<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe and Grandma on Lupe’s 3rd birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Lupe's<\/a><\/p>\n

LUPE’S 2nd BIRTHDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe and Grandma on Lupe’s 2nd birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Birthday<\/a>
Birthday loot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LUPE’S VERY 1st BIRTHDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe visits the dog park on her 1st birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1<\/a>
1 year old Lupe at the dog park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Carolina<\/a>
Carolina Dogs can, too, climb trees! Comin’ for ya Squirrel!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kinda,<\/a>
Kinda, cold and wet here at the dog park! Hope my 1st birthday gets better than this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Birthday<\/a>
Birthday Dingo Lupe arrives at Grandma’s house for her 1st ever birthday party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chewing<\/a>
Chewing something good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Birthday Girl on her first ever birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Party<\/a>
Party Pooper Puppy after her 1st big Birthday Bash!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Related Links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lupe’s 6th Birthday (12-14-16)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lupe’s 7th Birthday (12-14-17)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Want more Lupe adventures?\u00a0\u00a0Choose\u00a0from\u00a0Lupe’s Dingo Tales\u00a0Index<\/strong><\/span><\/a> or Master Adventure Index<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0Or subscribe free\u00a0to\u00a0new Lupe adventures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lupe was born on December 14th, 2010 in the little town of Vale, SD (population 136 in the 2010 census).\u00a0 Vale is less than a mile S of the Belle Fourche River, and\u00a0about 10 miles N of Bear Butte, which is a few miles\u00a0NE of the much better known town of Sturgis, SD, home of … Continue reading Lupe’s 5th Birthday! (12-14-15)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[105,106,104,526],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dingo-tales","tag-american-dingo","tag-carolina-dog","tag-lupe","tag-lupes-birthday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1070726.jpg?fit=1651%2C1238&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3626"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24514,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions\/24514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}