Ahn young hah say what?!

I'm Korean (father's side) and Chinese (mother's side). I was born here and so I consider myself truly American. Katie is American too. I have a sneaking suspicion that Katie is starting to understand "Kor-glish" or maybe "Eng-rean" which is a combination of Korean and English that I grew up with. My dad has been living here for all of over 50 years and he still has an accent. That's normal because all immigrants maintain some semblance of the language of origin. Katie listens to my father with an intent stare. She looks like that dog on the record label that is listening to the phonograph. She will at times tilt her head as well. It's as if she is trying really hard to understand what is being told to her and yet also trying to figure out...is that English? So my dad makes statements like, "Hey Doggy! You don' do that you hear?" Katie knows that she is doing something wrong by the tone in my dad's voice so she'll flatten her ears, look submissive, tuck the tail under and come over looking for some affection or forgiveness. She's very sweet like that but she also has her super rebellious side when she is running around and really living the life, chasing the doves from our garden or greeting the mailman with an abnormally loud barking that seems sort of out of proportion to her small size and sweet demeanor. So my dad will basically yell at her (it's not out of anger, most Koreans yell in a volume that is just a little aggressive in nature but that's just the way the language was created" but I have a problem with it because she thinks she is getting yelled at a lot. She absolutely adores my dad though. She whines when he leaves the house and barks at my mother if my mother leaves the house with my dad as if to say, "Hey! How come she gets to go?!" I think that a lot of our older generation of Korean-Americans learned to speak Korean with loud tones because of noises and sounds related to war torn villages. Unfortunately, my father is of that camp so most of his statements, requests and even affectionate comments come out like he's shouting for his team to score a homerun. I think that this initially confused Katie because the tones that a dog relates with are important to communication. I just got Cesar Millan's book so I will know more about this when I finish it.

Today is a really big prep day so I'm baking all day. We are readying our batches for the Because your dog is worth it too event in Cranbury, NJ. I'm really excited about it because I get to meet some new demographics of dog lovers. I haven't been to too many events out in NJ especially down in the Southern part of NJ so I'm happy that we can spread the Honeybark word.