--- title: Cheetah and Dog First Birthday at Dallas Zoo description: Cheetah and dog celebrate the first birthday and friendship at the Dallas Zoo. canonical: https://time.com/2976239/bffs-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-their-first-birthday-with-a-giant-popsicle/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-11T15:10:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:33.458Z og:title: BFFs Cheetah and Dog Celebrate Their First Birthday With a Giant Popsicle og:description: They were born 3 days apart og:url: https://time.com/2976239/bffs-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-their-first-birthday-with-a-giant-popsicle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523b9f974cc11dcd/69869b6136176052f090d05d/10552566_10152270216541819_3881604209923740746_n.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 10552566_10152270216541819_3881604209923740746_n og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: BFFs Cheetah and Dog Celebrate Their First Birthday With a Giant Popsicle twitter:description: They were born 3 days apart twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523b9f974cc11dcd/69869b6136176052f090d05d/10552566_10152270216541819_3881604209923740746_n.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cheetah and Dog BFFs Celebrate Their First Birthday With a Giant Popsicle  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 11, 2014 3:10 PM UTC  Cathy Burkey / Dallas Zoo  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 11, 2014 3:10 PM UTC The Dallas Zoo [hosted](https://www.facebook.com/DallasZoo/posts/10152270219176819) a first birthday party for its cheetah Winspear and black labrador Amani. Born three days apart, the two animals have been inseparable since they were two months old. To stay cool in the Texas heat, the two savored a red-white-and-blue popsicle made of “30 gallons of water, 2% milk, and low-sodium chicken broth for flavoring.”  Cathy Burkey / Dallas Zoo (h/t [_Dallas News_](http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140710-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-first-birthday-at-dallas-zoo.ece)) **MORE:** [Dallas Gorilla Will Get Some Therapy](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/24/dallas-gorilla-will-get-some-therapy/) **WATCH:** [Do Not Bug This Gorilla](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/27/watch-dont-bug-the-gorilla/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2976239/bffs-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-their-first-birthday-with-a-giant-popsicle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2976239/bffs-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-their-first-birthday-with-a-giant-popsicle/"},"headline":"Cheetah and Dog BFFs Celebrate Their First Birthday With a Giant Popsicle","datePublished":"2014-07-11T15:10:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:33.458Z","description":"Paws-itively precious.","url":"https://time.com/2976239/bffs-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-their-first-birthday-with-a-giant-popsicle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523b9f974cc11dcd/69869b6136176052f090d05d/10552566_10152270216541819_3881604209923740746_n.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523b9f974cc11dcd/69869b6136176052f090d05d/10552566_10152270216541819_3881604209923740746_n.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"10552566_10152270216541819_3881604209923740746_n","caption":"","creditText":"Cathy Burkey / Dallas Zoo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2976239/bffs-cheetah-and-dog-celebrate-their-first-birthday-with-a-giant-popsicle/","name":"Cheetah and Dog BFFs Celebrate Their First Birthday With a Giant Popsicle"}}]}] ```