{"id":4830,"date":"2013-05-13T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=4830"},"modified":"2013-05-13T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T05:06:10","slug":"diggin-the-barking-queen-my-apologies-to-abba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=4830","title":{"rendered":"Diggin&#8217; the Barking Queen &#8211; My Apologies to ABBA."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past week my wife was out of town. That left me alone with my two hairy roomies. One hairy roomie almost never barks anymore. Why should he? He&#8217;s got Stormy to take up that &#8220;full throated cry&#8221; and do his work.<\/p>\n<p>On more than one occasion I either had to laugh or lose my mind. With my knee out of service I couldn&#8217;t just walk across the yard and collar her when she drifted into &#8220;the zone&#8221; where dogs only hear their own voice and barking is everything. I chose to laugh. Except for the last morning at 0600 when she ran out and started barking at an unknown source of hatred. And then Edzell joined in from the stairs.\u00a0 I had to stump out and bring them both in or risk gunfire from the neighbors.  <div id=\"attachment_4880\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?attachment_id=4880\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4880\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/you-are-where-I-want-to-bark-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"you are where I want to bark\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/you-are-where-I-want-to-bark-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/you-are-where-I-want-to-bark-593x600.jpg 593w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/you-are-where-I-want-to-bark.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glaring at me for standing in her barking spot. She can&#8217;t bark if I&#8217;m blocking her and it makes her crazy.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>This made me think of the perfect song for my girl: Barking Queen. The words are posted below the video. It is sung to the tune of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nUEfIQjEvRU&amp;feature=endscreen&amp;NR=1\">ABBA&#8217;s Dancing Queen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUEfIQjEvRU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can bark, you can howl, having the time of your life<br \/>\nSee that girl, watch that scene, diggin&#8217; the barking queen <\/p>\n<p>Dark of night and the yard light&#8217;s on<br \/>\nLooking out for the place to go<br \/>\nWhere they play the bird&#8217;s music, annoying on the wing<br \/>\nYou just seem insane<br \/>\nAny barking would be just fine<br \/>\nNight is young and the moon&#8217;s high<br \/>\nWith a bit of bark musing, everything is fine<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re in the mood to run<br \/>\nAnd when you get the chance&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>You are the barking queen, young and sweet, only seven years<br \/>\nBarking queen, feel the beat from the trash can machine<br \/>\nYou can bark, you can dive, having the time of your life<br \/>\nSee that dog, watch that scene, diggin&#8217; the barking queen <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re a spinner, you bark your song<br \/>\nLeave them screaming and then you&#8217;re gone<br \/>\nLooking out for another, anyone will do<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re in the mood to bark<br \/>\nAnd when you get the chance&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>You are the barking queen, young and sweet, only seven years<br \/>\nBarking queen, feel the beat from the trash can machine<br \/>\nYou can bark, you can dive, having the time of your life<br \/>\nSee that girl, watch that scene, diggin&#8217; the barking queen<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past week my wife was out of town. 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