‘Today’s Dylan Dreyer Celebrates Family Member’s Milestone 16th Birthday
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- Today host Dylan Dreyer celebrated her dog Bosco’s 16th birthday on social media.
- Dreyer shared a selfie and a video of Bosco trying to take a treat, and fans sent birthday wishes to her pup.
- Bosco, a miniature schnauzer named after a Seinfeld reference, has been a longtime companion to Dreyer and her three sons.
Today fans know Dylan Dreyer as a mom of three boys, but she’s also a proud dog mom to her longtime companion, Bosco.
The meteorologist took to Instagram on Friday, November 6, to celebrate her pup’s major birthday. “Happy 16th Birthday Bosco!!!!! You can’t hear a thing but you’re just as peppy and lovable as the day you were born!” she wrote. “Love you Boscocheena-cassisbelli-cocoabean!!”
Dreyer’s post featured an adorable selfie she snapped with her pet, as well as a funny video of her trying to get Bosco to sit as she tried to steal the treat from her hand.
Fans flooded the post’s comments with their own birthday wishes for Dreyer’s dog. “Happy sweet 16!!! We just lost our 15 y/o Harry… our Terrier. Miss his sweet, loving soul,” one user wrote. Another added, “Happy 16th birthday to Dylan’s sweet girl, Boscocheena-cassisbelli-cocoabean. I recently learned that ‘casus belli’ means ‘case for war.'”
Someone else shared, “Happy 16th birthday sweetheart Bosco!! Adorable.” A different person posted, “Happy Birthday Bosco! Hope you get extra treats and snuggles for your Birthday from your beautiful family!!” A separate commenter stated, “Amazing, 16! Schnauzers are the BEST. Our Sully is 10 and is the best part of our lives.”
Dreyer’s birthday tribute marked a rare appearance of Bosco on her Instagram feed. Dreyer frequently shares on-air and behind-the-scenes moments from Today, as well as photos of her three sons: Calvin, Oliver, and Rusty.
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Dreyer shared her children with her ex-husband, Brian Fichera. She announced in July 2025 that the pair had quietly separated a few months prior. She filed for divorce in March and appeared to confirm it was finalized on a recent episode of The Parent Chat podcast.
The Today host previously revealed that she named her Bosco after George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) ATM password on Seinfeld. “I’m allergic to most animals, so I needed a dog that was hypoallergenic. I grew up with miniature schnauzers, so I knew I wasn’t allergic to them because they have hair instead of fur,” she shared in a 2018 Today segment. “We found a breeder up in Massachusetts, and it was love at first sight. And we just knew that this one was the one.”
Dreyer adopted her pup shortly before she and Fichera welcomed their eldest son, Calvin, in 2016. “It’s amazing how kind Bosco is to Calvin and how patient she is,” she gushed in the segment. “We don’t have to worry about her if she’s in the room alone with Calvin. We trust her 100 percent. Calvin is really, for the most part, good around her, and Bosco is so good around Calvin.”
She continued, “It’s like this little friendship, where Calvin knows he’s the younger brother, and Bosco knows she’s the older sister. There’s a little battle there, but they know each other’s roles and they actually get along really well.”
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