Eagle, the Golden Retriever, celebrated his first birthday with a cake smash and photo session with Alexa Nahas Photography. As you’ll see, Eagle is super happy and handsome. Additionally, he’s making the world a happier place through his Instagram account and is training to be a therapy dog.
From Alexa: “Eagle turned one this past February so his family decided to do a traditional cake smash. We got a peanut butter cake from the Pet-Friendly Dog Bakery in Manayunk and did a little decorating for the backdrop. Eagle loved his cake and licked every last piece off the floor. I loved his ice cream bandana from Willow Wear.”
From Caroline: “Eagle is named after the golf term because his Dad works in the golf business. But being born in February 2018, following The Philadelphia Eagles Superbowl victory, he had no choice but to be an Eagles fan!
We welcomed Eagle home in April 2018 and has brought us immense joy and laughter ever since.
Eagle’s calm demeanor and laid-back personality (and his good looks) attract much attention around their Philadelphia residence. Eagle loves walks in the city to some of the most popular spots, like The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rocky Statue, and Love Park. Most mornings and evenings you can find Eagle in the dog park running and wrestling with his best pals.
He is a true retriever and enjoys bringing his humans gifts from around the house, like the bath mat and kitchen rug. Eagle does not rip or chew them but just wants to proudly show off. (And maybe play a little game of keep-away!)
Eagle and his humans have plans to continue their training with Philly Unleashed, so he can become a Certified Therapy Dog and join his mom, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, try to help make the world a better place.
You can follow along with Eagle’s antics and adventures on Instagram!”
Balloons can be a choking hazard for dogs, so always supervise your dog around balloons. If you’re looking for a dog-friendly cake recipe, this one is great!
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About Alexa Nahas Photography: Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Alexa specializes in dog photography, as well as wedding photography.
Beautiful dog and party decorations.
Ha, cute. My cats would love a cake made of fish. Maybe I’ll try that one day.
I kind of want to do a cake smash with my dog, but she is white and I think it would make too much of a mess.
ok if this isn’t one of the sweetest posts ive seen all day 🙂 really made me smile and such a sweet picture of this smash cake and this adorable pup! i love it !
These photos are so adorable! He really looked as if he loved every moment of his cake smash. Such a cool idea.
Yay, happy birthday, Eagle!!
I adore that happy face. The cake looks good, I hope he shared with others. 🙂
Eagle, that cake, and bandana are all just the sweetest things ever! Love that happy dog.
What cute photos! The “Let’s pawty” backdrop is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!
I am so in love with the first picture. It looks like a pretty nice birthday motif. That dog is super adorable.
What a fun experience for your pup! He looks so genuinely happy! I hope he does great in his training, he looks like he will make a great therapy dog!
Oh so lucky to have puppy like this. I have a dog too, I want to celebrate her first year like this.
That looks like a lot of fun. I love these photos, you really do a great job. I need to get some done of our dog, she would be so cute in them.
Such a sweet dog! I love these photographs. I would never have thought to have a photoshoot like this but now that I don’t have mine I wish I had photos like this.
Happy birthday, big guy! Wow – this is seriously the cutest cake smash I have ever seen.
Dogs definitely deserve a pawty too. Hope you enjoyed your pawty especially your cake, doggie. You are so cute!
How cute is this dog. I love golden retrievers. I didn’t realize they do cake smashes with dogs haha!
This is a cute idea. I am sure my dog wouldn’t pose before eating his cake.
Aww…He is soooo adorable! Hope he had a wonderful birthday!
Our pup was found on a street as a puppy, and we ending up adopting her from a rescue. So we have absolutely no clue when her birthday is. My kids insist that we need to give her a birthday so we can celebrate. They are going to absolutely adore recreating your pawty! It’s so cute!
Oh my goodness, this is just the best. Love it!
Ah, Happy Birthday Eagle!! That smash cake looked good enough for humans to eat.
Now there is one happy pup! It is awesome that Eagle got to have a party for his first birthday. It looks like he got to have a lot of fun and enjoy a delicious treat. He really is a handsome guy. 🙂
Happy first to this little one! Such a cutie. I remember when our pups were this young. Time flies!
Suddenly I’m in a party mood! What a delightful celebration for a special boy! Love the pic with his nose in the air.
Oh my gerd, Eagle is adorable!!! How can you not Fallon love with him – I actually wondered if they named him after the band the Eagles!
Oh SOMEONE really enjoyed his cake RIGHT!!!! What a lovely simple and heartwarming photoshoot.
Well done.
Looks like an awesome and delicious cake! Great photos of Eagle and good luck with his training to be a therapy dog.
I love it! A cake smash birthday party for a dog!!! I hope his training to become a therapy dog goes well.
Happy birthday Eagle. I love the photo of him after he enjoyed his cake. Adorable. I’m sure he’ll rock his career as a therapy dog.
Eagle is beautiful and what a fun party to celebrate his first birthday! I have to say, a cake smash for a dog’s birthday is perfect! Love ll these shots, especially the ones of Eagle licking the air after tasting his cake! I love that he will be a Therapy Dog, too! I’ve actually just did a story on Therapy Dogs, and Goldens make wonderful ones. My daughter plans on getting a Golden and going the Therapy Dog route one day when her babies are little older. Beautiful dogs. Great photoshooot! Happy Birthday, Eagle!