Johann

On September 19, 2007, I was incredibly honored to learn I became a member of the Squidoo pack that calls themselves the Giant Squids!

And on July 2, 2008, I became a member of the new Giant Squidoo Top 100 Club for having 100 quality Squidoo lenses!

They are the cream of the crop, best of the pack, top of the heap, Squidooers. Oh, and did I mention they are a great bunch of two-leggers, with a few four-leggers thrown in! You couldn't ask for more professional, nice, supportive bunch of Squids!

I love competing in dog agility!

So far I have my MACH in AKC Agility. And I have my Masters Agility Dog (MAD), Jumpers Champion Title (JCH), Standard Agility Master Title (SAM), and my Relay Master Title (RM) in USDAA.

At the Regionals near our home in the Midwest during the 4th of July weekend several years ago, I qualified in the Dog Agility Masters (DAM) Team for the 2008 Cynosport World Games to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona!

Check back to see what else I accomplish this year.

Be sure and visit my website - JohannTheDog.com - where you can shop for cool stuff for cool dogs!

We've put together, in one place, all the cool stuff you need for your dog!

Find dog beds, all natural foods and treats, collars, leashes, charms, training and agility gear, vitamins and supplements, books, clothing, toys and more!

And the best part is that we donate 10% of our profits to dog rescues and shelter!

I am a very fortunate pup - have a great family, a great career, great hobbies - a pup just couldn't ask for more. So, we have been working steadily to give back, through our website and other ways.

We thought it was time to take the next step. So we started a blog that highlights pups in need; pups in rescues and shelters throughout the country.

Be sure and check it out - 'cause we will be featuring a new pup in need every day of the week. And there are great links to all kinds of rescue organizations - purebred and All-American - throughout the country.

And don't forget to grab one of our chicklets to post on your site or blog and link to Rescue Me, we know it will help a pup in need.

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany to an extraordinarily musical family - for more than 200 years the Bach family had produced dozens of worthy performers and composers during a period in which the church, local government and the aristocracy provided significant support for professional music making in the German-speaking world, particularly in the eastern electorates of Thuringia and Saxony.

Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 O.S. - 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.

Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, JS Bach's works include the Brandenburg concerti, the Goldberg Variations, the keyboard Suites(1)(2) and Partitas, the Mass in B Minor, the St Matthew Passion, The Musical Offering, The Art of Fugue, and more than 200 cantatas.

Thank you Wikipedia for this great info!

This is my family! We are all named after classical composers. Mom used to be a classical flutist - but she doesn't have much time for that anymore. And besides, not so sure we'd put up with the 'noise'.

• My sister - Gracie (named after Grace Williams)

• My kitty brother - Wolfgang (Wolfie - named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

• And my other kitty brother - Ludwig (Wiggy - named after Ludwig Von Beethoven)

  

My sister Gracie was named after Grace Williams.

Grace Mary Williams (February 19, 1906 - February 10, 1977) was a Welsh composer. Born in Barry, Wales, she was educated at Barry County School, and won a scholarship to University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. She then went to the Royal College of Music, where she was taught by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

During the Second World War, the students were evacuated to Grantham in Lincolnshire, where Grace composed some of her earliest works, including the Sinfonia Concertante and her first symphony. During and after the war, she suffered from depression and other stress-related health problems. Having taught in London, she returned to Wales, where she worked for the BBC.

One of her most popular works was her Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes (1940). In 1960-61 she wrote her only opera, The Parlour, which was not performed until 1966. In the same year, she turned down an offer of the OBE for her services to music.

My brother Wolfie was named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His output of over 600 compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music.

Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of European composers and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest composers of classical music.

My brother Wiggy is named after Ludwig Von Beethoven.

Ludwig van Beethoven (December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music, and was the predominant figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music.

While primarily known today as a composer, he was also a celebrated virtuoso pianist and conductor, and an accomplished violinist.

Born in Bonn, Germany, he moved to Vienna, Austria, in his early twenties, and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. In his late twenties he began to lose his hearing gradually, and yet he continued to produce notable masterpieces throughout his life.

Thank you Wikipedia for this great info!

One day Mom said - we're gonna paint! Well I was up for anything, 'cause I'm still kind of a pup. So Mom mixed up some corn starch, flour, water and food coloring - put some on my paws and let me CREATE!

Here is the result! Whadda ya think?

Your pup can learn to paint too, check this out!

My Mom found me on Petfinder.com back in September 2004. Petfinder and Bissell chose me as a happy tail in a story entitled, "What a Difference a Dog Makes". Read all about it!!!

Larry Merrill is an artist. January 29 '06 through February 17, '07 was the Year of the Dog on the Chinese Zodiac. To join in that celebration, Larry provided a piece of original art for each day of the year - a Dog Each Day.

On December 24, Christmas Eve, I was Larry's Dog Each Day!

You can see lots more Dogs Each Day!

I am incredibly honored and grateful to Nat Dickinson for drawing this amazing piece of art, of me! I think he really captured the wild and woolly side of me. When I get serious about agility, and working the course, this is exactly how I look!

What is a green dog? With nearly 77 million dogs in households throughout the US, you can bet your pups what can you do? Help your dog go green!

Visit my Raise a Green Dog lens and find out how! We've got lots of tips, info, ideas, products, instructions and more on how you can raise your dog to be green!