A caption shared with the post read: "Can't let Ili's second birthday go by without this." The footage shows a dog playing around with a balloon on ... study conducted on Labrador retrievers.

It was 2013, and Monet Gamble of North Carolina had just lost her childhood dog ... on a black lab puppy listed for free, who was not only the last female left in the litter but had a birthday ...

"I threw my dog a birthday party and we tried to get a group pic and this is how it went." The camera then pans to a perplexed-looking black Labrador standing in front of a 'Happy Birthday' banner ...