Conversations With Bud
Me: Sit, Bud.
Bud: Show me what you got first.
Me: That's not how it works. Sit.
Bud: What? Like a command?
Me: Precisely.
Bud: sigh
Me: I can wait.
Bud: So can I.
Me: I give up. Here's your cookie.
Bud: Never underestimate canine patience, grasshopper. Now, you sit.
Walt Disney's family dog -- named Sunnee -- was the inspiration behind "Lady and the Tramp."