23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
As more Argentines go childless, pampered dogs become part of the family
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Venus gazes in bewilderment at the candles flickering on her mini birthday cake. The partygoers crowd around her in expectant silence, but she doesn't blow them out.
Dogs can't blow candles, after all. So Venus' owner intervened, drawing a breath and extinguishing the flames to a round of applause before serving her black mixed-breed a bite of meat-flavored birthday cake.
