Original Article: https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/stella-80th-birthday-leaves/

If you love dogs and their antics on social media, you’ve likely heard of Stella, the Labrador Retriever who loves destroying snowmen and jumping into big piles of leaves. Well, it turns out she’s inspired some people to try it for themselves!

Stella’s Papa, celebrating his 80th birthday, decided to follow Stella’s lead and dive headfirst into a pile of leaves.

As you can see below, he pulls it off pretty well!

“We tried telling Papa there are safer ways to Stellabrate his 80th birthday. He should be good in a couple weeks,” the channel wrote in the video’s description. It seems like Stella and her sister Mabel were able to recover a little more quickly, thanks to all their practice.

Papa’s jump is just one of many that the family has pulled off this year.

A compilation of their best was posted on Instagram, showing the whole family’s boundless energy!

As inspiring as Stella’s jumping skills are, it looks like Papa isn’t the only one following suit:

The account joked that they were looking up “what to do when your baby thinks he’s a dog,” thanks to the influence that Stella and Mabel have had on their baby.

With over 400,000 followers on Instagram, it’s likely that Stella’s influence has even reached beyond the family.

There must be something to it — it looks like a blast. If you get the chance, try and celebrate your next big life event the Stella way!

Watch the video of the birthday jump below:

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Source: The Animal Rescue Site Blog