TAZ WAS A WONDERFUL DOG !!!! I MET HIM FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND. HE IS MY MOTHER- IN - LAWS DOG BUT I KINDA FELT LIKE HE WAS ALSO MINE. I WOULD TAKE HIM OUT OF HIS KENNEL AND HE WOULD BE JUST LIKE A BIG BABY LAYING ON THE GROUND WHIMPERING TO HAVE HIS BELLY SCRATCHED. OR WHEN THE CHURCH BELLS WOULD RING HE WOULD HOWL (OR SING AS WE CALLED IT ) ALONG WITH THEM. HE WOULD PUT HIS PAWS UP ON THE KENNEL AND PUSH ON THE DOOR UNTIL HE WOULD BE LET OUT. HE WAS SUCH A COMICAL DOG !!!!!!! SO PROTECTIVE OF EVERYONE. AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN A BATH ONE TIME WE LOADED HIM IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO GO UP NORTH TO THE CABIN. THE WHOLE WAY THERE IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HE HAD A BIG GRIN ON HIS FACE FROM THE WIND DRYING HIM OFF. HE SANG ALL THE WAY TO THE CABIN STICKING HIS HEAD INSIDE THE TRUCK TO NAB A FRENCH FRY ONCE IN A WHILE. TAZ WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P TAZ (DOOKIE) 1994 - 2003