Dog Song Saturday: Rootie Kazootie

It's Saturday, so time for a dog song at Talking Dogs.  However, today's music video is quite a bit different.  For one thing, it is not really a song about a dog!

Some of you may remember that our yellow Labrador Retriever, Rudy, is named after the main character in one of my favorites children's books:  Rootie Kazootie.

Since this week we celebrated our Rudy's third birthday, I had some fun with a search on YouTube and found this amazing early recording of the theme song for a 1950s children's television show The Rootie Kazootie Club.  

Wow.  I never knew there was a television show or that Rootie Kazootie was a puppet!  All I knew was that I "inherited" a very cool book when I was a kid.  Loved the book and loved saying the title out loud.  Go ahead, real it out loud and see if it isn't fun to say. 

Anyway, I sure didn't know that Rootie Kazootie had a theme song!  I love the beginning lyrics:

Who is the boy, who is full of zip and joy?
He's Rootie Kazootie!

Who is the lad, who can make you feel so glad?
He's Rootie Kazootie!

So, grab a dog!  I've got my birthday boy, Rudy, here with me.  Sit.  Stay.  Relax and enjoy The Rootie Kazootie Club theme song. 

Fetch some genuine dog song music videos at Talking Dogs.  You'll be surprised at how many we've collected over the past few years!  And be sure to scroll down below today's featured dog song to explore some barking good blogs in today's Pet Blogger Hop.

New Puppy Blues at For Love of a Dog Jewelry

Rudy Kazootie considering his options.

My apologies.  I didn't intend to only blog about our dog jewelry this month.  However, I failed to factor in a new puppy.  Not only am I finding it difficult to blog, but to even have the time to upload and edit pictures of the puppy!  Now, that's sad.  That's why I called it the new puppy blues.

Puppy does now have a name:  Rudy.  Actually, it should be Rootie, because he's named after the children's book character Rootie Kazootie.  I just can't call a dog Rootie.  Just seems like bad karma.  We experimented for several days, or rather I experimented for several days with many names.  Too long, I guess.  I landed on Rudy when Gary repeatedly threatened to christen him Tator.   Actually, Tator is a cute name, but like Rootie, I just couldn't see introducing people to my grown dog, Tater.

This is, of course, Rudy's first Christmas.  Like all puppies, his life is filled with "no - no" and "NO!" with some extra expletives thrown in once in awhile.  Like when the glass garland on the Christmas tree caught his eye.  In a split second he was on it like a duck on a june bug and began backing off from the tree, garland firmly in his mouth.  Luckily he already knew "NO!"  

Rudy got his first snow storm a couple of days ago.  Only about 2" but the drifts made up for it.  He's spent the last two days locating drifts and either pouncing into them or plunging his head into them.  Tucker and Lucy watched with jaded, aged eyes.  They enjoy it, but seem to shrug off his excitement.  Jeffie watches with wonder.  He dances and prances and I can't help but feel he's wishing the drifts were big enough to plunge his 100 pound body into.


Ready for a nap.

Raise your paw if you're bored yet.  You might as well have fair warning:  with a new puppy in our house, I'll be talking about it endlessly.  And if you're lucky my reflexes will be quick enough to capture some of this magic to share with you.