Cahoon in June

I get lots of comments about my funny ears. Sometimes one goes forward and one goes back, sometimes one goes up and the other goes sideways, and sometimes, when I want food, they both point left. Yes, they are ridiculous and people have noticed and said things all my life. They are not mean things; people are often smiling and laughing when they are saying them.

I learned to use them to my advantage and in June last year I brought a nice trophy home as the dog with the “funniest ears.” That’s right, I am the reigning “Cahoon in June” funniest ear champion.

I went there with my dad, just to do the typical “meet and greet” with the nice folks of Avon Lake. We were almost ready to leave when this nice lady asks my dad if I could enter a dog contest. Dad wasn’t sure about that until the lady said there was a category for “funniest ears.”

There were five dogs in my category and each dog had to show the judges their funny ears to decide whose ears were the funniest. I looked at the other ears and there were some funny ones—I even laughed at a couple of them—but I was pretty confident that mine were the funniest. Sure enough, they made the announcement . . . “Winner of the funniest ear category is Sky!” I was so excited; it was much more fun than winning a race—and a lot easier. I got a ribbon with a medal on it and a trophy and my dad got a bag full of dog stuff. I couldn’t wait to get home and show my mom. I stood up in the car the whole way home.

When I showed Mom, she laughed so hard, and she was happy for me too! She started going around and telling people what I had done. Winning a trophy is definitely worth 5 roos.