He's 700 in Dog years!
June 21, 2023 1:18 PM Subscribe
This past Saturday, Dr. Robert Moore, a retired dean from San Jose University, turned 100. Dr. Moore is an avid dog lover, and so his daughter Allison had a unique idea - she posted a message on NextDoor asking people to bring their dogs over that afternoon to say hello. She expected maybe only 20 or 30 people - but over 200 people showed up.
Guests were encouraged to dress their dogs up so they could stage a little parade. And people complied - dressing their dogs in cowboy hats and tuxedos - and some even brought their dogs by in classic cars. People also showered him with gifts, cards, and cupcakes, and everyone signed a huge card after bringing their dogs one by one up to greet the birthday boy.
Dr. Moore delightedly pet every one of his new friends and had a blast.
Guests were encouraged to dress their dogs up so they could stage a little parade. And people complied - dressing their dogs in cowboy hats and tuxedos - and some even brought their dogs by in classic cars. People also showered him with gifts, cards, and cupcakes, and everyone signed a huge card after bringing their dogs one by one up to greet the birthday boy.
Dr. Moore delightedly pet every one of his new friends and had a blast.
over 200 people showed up.
Who gives a shit about the people? HOW MANY DOGS?
posted by axiom at 1:31 PM on June 21, 2023 [13 favorites]
Who gives a shit about the people? HOW MANY DOGS?
posted by axiom at 1:31 PM on June 21, 2023 [13 favorites]
Who gives a shit about the people? HOW MANY DOGS?
Yeah, I realized I made that mistake too late....safe to assume about 1.2 dogs per person. (Some people had multiple dogs - while one little girl showed up with a stuffie because she didn't have a dog of her own.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:37 PM on June 21, 2023 [14 favorites]
Yeah, I realized I made that mistake too late....safe to assume about 1.2 dogs per person. (Some people had multiple dogs - while one little girl showed up with a stuffie because she didn't have a dog of her own.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:37 PM on June 21, 2023 [14 favorites]
Get that little girl a dog, ASAP.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:54 PM on June 21, 2023 [17 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:54 PM on June 21, 2023 [17 favorites]
Getting to meet and pet over 200 dogs would be the greatest birthday party ever. What an incredibly sweet thing for his daughter to do for him.
posted by LooseFilter at 2:01 PM on June 21, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by LooseFilter at 2:01 PM on June 21, 2023 [5 favorites]
#FakeNews. Nothing good ever came from Nextdoor.
Seriously. Best.Birthday.Ever.
posted by COD at 2:03 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
Seriously. Best.Birthday.Ever.
posted by COD at 2:03 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
Adorable. I think this is the first thing that’s ever made me perhaps want to live to 100.
posted by obfuscation at 2:09 PM on June 21, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by obfuscation at 2:09 PM on June 21, 2023 [2 favorites]
dusty in here...
posted by supermedusa at 2:46 PM on June 21, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 2:46 PM on June 21, 2023 [2 favorites]
San Jose State University does pretty well with people named Moore, including Omari and Gordon.
posted by JDC8 at 2:51 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by JDC8 at 2:51 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
The only acceptable remake of Dog Day Afternoon.
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:59 PM on June 21, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:59 PM on June 21, 2023 [5 favorites]
Great story! :-)
I think we should have more dog parades. Just throwing that out there.
Cat parades . . . Idk. I can’t get our cat to stop peeing behind my wife’s comfy chair.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 3:01 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
I think we should have more dog parades. Just throwing that out there.
Cat parades . . . Idk. I can’t get our cat to stop peeing behind my wife’s comfy chair.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 3:01 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
I love this story and I will shun you if you google anything about anyone involve to discover if they're a milkshake duck.
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:19 PM on June 21, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:19 PM on June 21, 2023 [6 favorites]
what a great birthday!!
my church promoted a "Bring Your Dog" service and we were supposed to meet in the yard behind the church, we had speakers set up and a mic etc, it was planned as an outdoor service. I'll cut to the chase: my partner said "don't do it! our dog has aggression issues with other dogs, this is not a good idea" and I thought we could attend from a distance, it would work. Plus a few times I insisted we try things to help address the aggression, it turned out really well and she can socialize under the right circumstances.
this turned into a hasty retreat, let's just say I was walking away quickly and a large Husky was dragging a very petite member of the congregation across a lawn toward us and it was not good. I don't think we were entirely at fault, the darn Husky was more than a bit much.. no-one came to grief, but no church for my dog.
posted by elkevelvet at 3:22 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
my church promoted a "Bring Your Dog" service and we were supposed to meet in the yard behind the church, we had speakers set up and a mic etc, it was planned as an outdoor service. I'll cut to the chase: my partner said "don't do it! our dog has aggression issues with other dogs, this is not a good idea" and I thought we could attend from a distance, it would work. Plus a few times I insisted we try things to help address the aggression, it turned out really well and she can socialize under the right circumstances.
this turned into a hasty retreat, let's just say I was walking away quickly and a large Husky was dragging a very petite member of the congregation across a lawn toward us and it was not good. I don't think we were entirely at fault, the darn Husky was more than a bit much.. no-one came to grief, but no church for my dog.
posted by elkevelvet at 3:22 PM on June 21, 2023 [1 favorite]
Such a sweet story but then I'm a sucker for anything on The Dodo or Dog named Stella end of the vlog youtube channel podcast spectrum. One or two cute videos and I'm all What a cute little wuzza wuzza!
posted by y2karl at 4:29 PM on June 21, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 4:29 PM on June 21, 2023 [2 favorites]
Do you have to be turning 100 for this to happen? What if you're turning 43? I'm ... uh ... asking for me. Basically, bring me all your dogs because I want to pet all your dogs. (Dogs really like me too.)
This is so adorable. I love it.
posted by edencosmic at 7:34 PM on June 21, 2023 [5 favorites]
This is so adorable. I love it.
posted by edencosmic at 7:34 PM on June 21, 2023 [5 favorites]
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