Well, if I were living with Mom and Dad first, then I might have acted like this when they brought Cody home. But….Cody was living with them first!
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All of the blogging doggies LOVE his way with words and his limericks and we always tell him so! Because we love them so much, Oz gave us all the chance to be “limericked!!”yeah I made that word up!! Guess what? I decided to “bite” and have him do one for me. Wait til you read mine! Oh my DOG did my Mom and I bark out loud about THIS ONE!!
There once was a Sheepdog in the Hills
who swore he was a dog of no frills.
I tell you it’s true,
ask “what do gentlemen do?”
and then watch as he sits real stills.
This video was the inspiration for the above limerick:
Thanks Oz!!
That was great!!
Barks and licks and love, Dakota
*****An original poem by Oz the Terrier; re-posted with permission, in its entirety, as originally posted at www.oztheterrier.com.
Pam had compiled a list of commands that she uses for her dog, Honey,that cover a lot more ground than your basic, “sit”, “stay” or “wait”. If you haven’t read this fun and informative post, click on the above link!
At the end of the post, Pam asked:What are some of the strange cues you use to tell your dog what you need from her? (in our case it would be a “he”, but I digress…)
Here is the comment that I left on Pam’s blog post that day:
“What do gentlemen do?” I stumbled upon it a couple of weeks ago when Dakota was having a barking fit wanting a bone.
I never thought he would understand a complete sentence when I used it. In frustration I said “What do gentlemen do?” He promptly SAT. I have used it since to make sure it wasn’t a fluke and he sits EVERY time. My husband calls him a “gentleman” when he takes him to the bathroom but never uses it for sitting. I must try to get it on video.
I would love to see that, you will have to get it on video!
Guess what? I did JUST THAT! Yesterday I went and to Sprint to take advantage of the upgrade I had available to me to trade in my old Android phone for the new iPhone4 , and was playing with the video function. I decided to ask Dakota the infamous question: “What do gentlemen do?” See for yourself!
Just to show you the “gentleman” routine is NOT a fluke, witness it again!
I’d say he deserves a BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Award nomination, don’t you agree? Now is YOUR chance to nominate ALL of the pet blogs/bloggers that you love!
From BlogPaws: The “Nose-to-Nose” Awards is the only awards program in which pet bloggers and microbloggers are judged on their expertise, creativity, and performance in one or more of 12 categories by a panel of distinguished professionals. The BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Awards are not a popularity contest!
Nominations open at 12:00 PM EST on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 – and close at 3:00 PM EST on Friday, March 8th.
Yep, that’s right! You don’t have to experience angst wondering who you are going to nominate, you can nominate ALL of your favorites in as many categories as you would like!
As an example, Dakota and I have already begun nominating blogs in the categories of:
and you know what? There are a number of blogs that we feel are deserving in EACH category and we aren’t going to just nominate one per category, we are going to nominate ALL of our faves for EACH category! That way, EVERY FURRY will be considered! How cool is that?
One thing that we love about the Nose-to-Nose awards is that even if you are just nominated ONCE, you are in the running, AND, you CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF!
Every blog that is nominated will be reviewed by the judges panel, but just once.
Please, please nominate ALL of the blogs/bloggers that you love for whatever category!
To read more about the criteria that the judges will be taking into consideration for each category, click here
We are HONORED and FLATTERED that so many of you visit us on a regular basis, or even that you visit us at all! That being said, if there was a post that made you smile,a photo that you loved,a book review that inspired you to buy/read a book,a contest that you won, a product that you learned about here or anything else that you loved, that we work painstakingly and with all of our heart to share with you, we would be HONORED if you wish to nominate us for whatever category you see fit. Well, except best meow blog since this isn’t a cat blog! BOL!Our chances of being a finalist or even of gasp,WINNING...are next to none, but it would mean the world to us if we were even to be considered.
Should you wish to nominate us, and we THANK YOU if you do, you can click on each category that we mentioned above and it will take you right to the nomination pages.
Here is our info that you will need:
Blog Home Page: https://dakotasden.wordpress.com/
Contact Name for Blog Owner:Caren Gittleman
Email for Blog Owner:cgittleman at mi dot rr dot com
Dakota’s Den on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dakotas-Den-Daily-Doings-of-a-Dog-Named-Dakota-Let-the-Barking-Begin/212764172068608?ref=ts&fref=ts
Now, Dakota and I are off to do some more nominating of other deserving blogs/bloggers ourselves!!
Today is my Dad’s birthday!! I didn’t want to post this video but Mom found it and made me do it because it makes her laugh so hard! Sorry Dad! It’s Mom’s fault!
Any Dad who is willing to do that for his doggy’s blog, is a GREAT DAD indeed!!!
As you know, Dakota is a greatly loved dog, but like any dog, or maybe MORE than any dog, he has his quirks. There are two things that just the sight of sends him into a frenzy….one is cooking spray. Doesn’t matter who the manufacturer is, but when he sees me take the cooking spray out of the cupboard, it makes him go nuts!
The other is BUTTER. Butter in any form. It can be spray, in a tub, stick. You open the fridge and BOOM…..the Tasmanian Devil is released.Just spelling the word B-U-T-T-E-R can send him into a full-blown bark-fest!
I wasn’t able to get video of Dakota’s reaction to butter, but I was able to get a short video of his reaction to cooking spray. Oh and for some who might ask, NO! Dakota has never been sprayed with cooking spray! I think it is the sound of the spray, that irritates him, who knows? Could just be he doesn’t like the color yellow.
Of course Daddy ruined Mom’s fun by telling me at the end not to work him up.
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