This week’s furbaby du jour is the first born child of Cyd from The Sweetest Occasion, a regular EAD Living contributor. Nina is a six year old black lab rescue with an insatiable appetite and an unending will to play. Since 2006 she’s been keeping her mother on her toes and ruling the roost as only a first child can. By night she can be found wrestling with her baby sister, napping regularly and acting as sous chef in the kitchen lest a bit of food should happen to hit the floor. By day it is alleged that she is in fact a super hero regularly rescuing innocent bystanders from certain peril. (In fact, she’s been known to jump into the pool to “save” her parents from drowning on more than one occasion.)

Q: What is her favorite toy?
Definitely her balls and her Wubba. Frisbees are good, too, but balls reign supreme in Nina’s world.

Q: Most yummiest treat?
Baby carrots! Her Grandma Kathy got her hooked on them when she was a puppy and now she firmly believes that carrots are dog food that we humans sometimes insist on eating.

Q: Most comfy place to nap?
Typically on the couch. Or on her bed. Or on mommy and daddy’s bed. Or under mommy’s desk while she’s working. Or in the car. Basically, anywhere she can curl herself up into a tiny little ball and den down is a place she’s happy to camp out in for a while.

Q: What is Nina’s favorite travel destination?
Nana’s house! There is nothing like a day of good swimming in the lake and having Nana and Opa sneak her extra treats. Really though, anywhere the car travels is just fine by her – she loves car rides!

Q: What is her best trick?
Nina’s signature move is something I call the “Nina S Curl” where she lays down and curls her body into the shape of an S. She’s done it since she was a puppy and it’s so cute – I’ve never seen another dog lay like that! She’s also perfected the fine art of willing the gate to the backyard to open at her command so she can run down the block, following her nose wherever it might happen to take her.

What to have your little one featured on Furbaby Friday?  Send an email with furbaby pictures to [living at elizabeth anne designs dot com] with the subject “Furbaby Friday” with your furbaby photos (at least 600px in width please), a couple of sentences about their stinkin’ cute personalities, and answer these questions on their behalf:

1) Favorite toy
2) Favorite treat
3) Favorite place to nap
4) Favorite travel destination (ex: petsmart, grandma’s house, the park, etc)
5) Best trick (or as I like to say “best move” – as in, Charlie’s adorable stretch where he pulls his little wrists up to his face and then pushes his arms down his chest is his best move!)

{images by Alice G. Patterson}