i've actually been waiting for this clip to arrive. funny how things from sesame street stick with you. whenever i moved to oklahoma and inherited three dogs, i always sang this song when watching them run around. crazy.
In the early 90s my son was 3-4 years old and I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. Without hesitation and with great sincerity he said “a hard working dog.” True story. Thank you Sesame Street.
This song has been in my head for 50 years. I was born in ‘71 and had a border collie that was two years older than me so when I saw this as a kid that was my dog out there with the cows.
watched this with my daughter, now 25 yrs. remember and love it. thank you sesame street you are always awesome! thanks waccama! i've sung this in my head forever! what talent these guys have!
Love it! Just saw a video of a dog who retrieves bats for a baseball team and this song popped into my head from my childhood...waaaaay back in the 70's...forgot all about it till today...thanks for posting!
Sorry man, this is definitely the '70s. It appears in the 1974 episode that aired on Noggin a few years ago. So it dates from at least 1974, although of course since this is Sesame Street it's impossible to pinpoint exactly when something was shot. I'm not sure why mstatz would think otherwise...
Boi that's was favorite song on sesame street. Wifey heard me singing an asked me where I got that? That's memories 45 yrs ago. The memory lives on .yeah yeah .❤..
This is a memorable song, with many applications to one's own life. I remember it from decades ago -- thank you so much for finding it and posting it. I thought I remembered that the dog said, "I even heard there was such a thing as a LAP dog" -- have I rewritten history or was there possibly a longer version with another verse?
I believe this is a border collie, a very popular dog for herding sheep and cattle on ranches. Thanks for posting, reminds me of the good old days watching Sesame Street, and growing up in the country!
Now i think there is a clever line in here that says as follows "Now Some dogs will fetch a stick others will roll over I even heard of a dog that could shake your hand. All i Know how to do is get a bunch of cattle together and teach them some manners".
i never tire of this one! i've been singing this song for what, 20-some years? since my 28-yr-old was little, anyway! since wayyyyyy before the internet and youtube---what would we do without the internet?!!! i've been telling my (now 82-yr-old) mom about this clip for years, so i can't wait to show it to her!!
I have sung this song all of my life and consider it my theme song. While I know I do not measure up to the Border Collie. I am not the smartest of all dogs, I just don't give up. Tenacious, extremely energetic, athletic, and driven. I follow directions to a tee,even anticipating the next command with a ceaseless desire to please. My brain needs to be kept busy, constantly working, moving and learning, I am an overachiever. I must excel. A working dog needs a job.is something I must be doing In fact, if you don't keep this breed constantly moving, learning, and working, he will find his own way to keep busy. I see that now after 67 years.
I've been looking for this as a clip for ages. The version I remember had a labrador retriever swimming around in a pool if my memory serves me right. Anyone else remember this? I'd love to see the other versions posted. Hard to believe how much this song stuck with me.
@Dekobee I noticed that one of the suggestions presented to me on the right-hand side of my screen is this in full-version. I plan on watching it next. Maybe that is the one from 1976-79. This could be a shortened version from the 80's.
I remember an episode where a clip of Madeline Kahn appeared right after this song. She said, "Wow, that's really a hard-working dog! I wonder what he gets paid?"
@ranchroper1974 - That's my favorite part, too! I loved watching this with my kids when they were little and like everyone else, it's stayed with me...
FINALLY! I've been wanting this movie to show up on Da Tube for ages now. My older brother actually had to get an Austrailian Shepherd on account of this clip. God Bless you wattamack!
December '74 fits, since I misspoke before---it seems to have first aired in November 1975. Sorry your uncle's gone. Was filmmaking his primary occupation, or was he mostly a singer? What other kinds of films did he make, besides his Sesame Street segments, I mean?
Hi. Just curious---how do you know this? I ask because it's such a rare novelty to come across ANY information about Sesame Street segments. These hundreds of anonymous films are all embedded in the collective unconscious of three generations of people, yet the people behind them are largely unknown.
I didn't appreciate exactly how beautiful this clip was as a child. Seeing it again today just was amazing. What a beautiful dog. What a wonderful message to send to kids that dogs work, too...and work hard!
This song has stuck with me for 30(+) years since I first saw it on Sesame Street. I used to run with my pup in my backyard while singing this tune. Ahhh, man...to still have that type of endless energy...sadly not so much these days. It’s funny how little tunes like this stick with me over so many years. This song randomly popped into my head this morning. After a few hours I decided to look for it on RUclips. Not surprisingly it pooped right up in my search. You can almost literally find ANYTHING on YT if ya wait long enough. Thanks for the upload. I pretty much nailed most of the lyrics from memory. THAT is the true surprise in all of this...because I...let’s just say that I’ve put my brain through the ringer (more than my share of “ringers) since that point in my childhood...yet this song is still with me. Anybody reading this...Cheers! Have an amazing day!!
I catch myself singing this tune every now and then and my teenage kids look at me like I've lost my mind! They are like where in the heck did you get that song? I tell ya, the younger generation just don't know what they missed back in the day..LOL
I loved this as a kid. Funny thing is I have a 10-yr-old Border Collie (Jack) just like this one in the clip. I live in the suburbs so we never had to train Jack to herd any cattle, but I think the herding thing is inborn. Every time my nieces come over & they play outside, Jack has to watch them from inside (like a sheepdog). Anytime someone isn't home (but everyone else is) he has to go looking for them, like a shepherd who lost a sheep! :)
I'm glad I'm not thr only person on the world that has this song stuck in his mind
Out of the blue, this song just pops into my head at least twice a year. I don't even have kids
same here.
Me tol
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same here lol
I saw this once about 45 years ago and it's stayed in my head ever since.
so sad
Same here
Omg, you're not alone on that one my friend...
I remember hearing this for the first time 40 years ago...I still hum it!!
That's unreal, that's the same with me, must be at least 45 years too, stuck in my head.
i've actually been waiting for this clip to arrive. funny how things from sesame street stick with you. whenever i moved to oklahoma and inherited three dogs, i always sang this song when watching them run around. crazy.
This was one of my favorite segments ever on Sesame St when I was a kid. I'm nearly 40 now, haven't seen this since probably the mid 80s
I thought there was also a part about "French poodles", where the dog said "Me, I'm an A American cow dog!"
~Ra'akone
My father was a LAPD SWAT officer. He would come home tired and he would sing this song coming inside the house lol
Let's hear it for dogs like the one in this fantastic "Sesame Street" video and for service dogs for people who are disabled...!
Once I sang “I’m a cat I’m a workin’ cat I’m a hard workin’ cat” and my dog laughed at me.
I have no idea why this popped into my head today after MANY years, but I am so happy to be able to see it again! :)
Same!! I find myself singing this after work a lot! Sesame Street used to be so awesome....
That little fella was a hard working dog, and loving it...lol
Yep. Same. I was taking a shower and all of a sudden I just heard it in my head!
That’s the same thing that happened to me!
Haha. Childhood memories. Same here
The song is sung by Fred Wardenburg, my step father. He also made this video at his sister's ranch in Wyoming.
Sarah Rutherford-Bundy Cool!
How wonderful! I LOVE this song and this video! The sort of fun, real, educational stuff I remember on Old School "Sesame Street"!
Tell him thank you for a lovely childhood memory 🐶💖
I remember hearing this song like it was yesterday.
I heard this song in 1983 I was about 9. Found it here in 2024
In the early 90s my son was 3-4 years old and I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. Without hesitation and with great sincerity he said “a hard working dog.” True story. Thank you Sesame Street.
If everyone only followed that path!
Oh I love this!!!
Sesame Street was really the best! They need something like that again for this generation exclamation
This is my all time favourite Sesame Street clip!! I think my husband and I liked it better than the kids did :-)
Me too!! But my kids and I still sing it(they're in their forties!!❤️
It was one of my mom's favorites, too.
One of the best Sesame Street videos I can remember....did anybody else love this one too? (I still do.)
Yes I did and still do. Haven't heard it for at least 45 years but sing it every now and then, just Pop's in my head when I see a dog working
"take 100 cows and teach them some manners" made me giggle
This song has been in my head for 50 years. I was born in ‘71 and had a border collie that was two years older than me so when I saw this as a kid that was my dog out there with the cows.
*"I'm a dog, I'm a working dog, I'm a hard working dog"* 🎶
watched this with my daughter, now 25 yrs. remember and love it. thank you sesame street you are always awesome! thanks waccama! i've sung this in my head forever! what talent these guys have!
Love this so much. It ran through my head 24/7 as a kid.
"Ima coww dawg.." --- it's the twang that really made this stick in everyone's head who grew up with it.
I noticed you changed the date on the clip from the '70s to the'80s. I think you were right the first time. :)
Love it! Just saw a video of a dog who retrieves bats for a baseball team and this song popped into my head from my childhood...waaaaay back in the 70's...forgot all about it till today...thanks for posting!
My sister recorded this song off sesame street (audio only) on cassette when i was like 4 or 5. I loved this damn song...1978-79
This just makes me smile. :)
The dog looks like he would sound like the singer signing the song. I could watch these Sesame street old videos all day long!!!!
Sung this all of a sudden all day today at work
Sorry man, this is definitely the '70s. It appears in the 1974 episode that aired on Noggin a few years ago. So it dates from at least 1974, although of course since this is Sesame Street it's impossible to pinpoint exactly when something was shot.
I'm not sure why mstatz would think otherwise...
Boi that's was favorite song on sesame street. Wifey heard me singing an asked me where I got that? That's memories 45 yrs ago. The memory lives on .yeah yeah .❤..
I remember this one! It was played in the mid 80s when I was a wee babe.
Thank you so much for posting this. I love it! Sometimes this song will get stuck in my head after seeing some dogs running around hehe
OMG I LOVE this!! I remember seeing this on Sesame Street as a kid. Thank you for uploading this!
Among several others (i.e. Ladybug Picnic), I probably sing this in my head every week at some point.
This is definitely 70s. I was about 3 or 4 when I first saw this and I was born in '72. :D
This was one of my many, many favorites!
I suddenly had this song in my head. It's great to know other people are remembering it randomly 😅
The version on volume 2 is the full version with the "french poodle" verse.
This is a memorable song, with many applications to one's own life. I remember it from decades ago -- thank you so much for finding it and posting it. I thought I remembered that the dog said, "I even heard there was such a thing as a LAP dog" -- have I rewritten history or was there possibly a longer version with another verse?
Yeah it's still a good one 😁.forty something years after I first heard it.
I believe this is a border collie, a very popular dog for herding sheep and cattle on ranches.
Thanks for posting, reminds me of the good old days watching Sesame Street, and growing up in the country!
Now i think there is a clever line in here that says as follows "Now Some dogs will fetch a stick others will roll over I even heard of a dog that could shake your hand. All i Know how to do is get a bunch of cattle together and teach them some manners".
😂 oh great this song's going to be stuck in my head forever now
27 years later this is still Awesome, Thanks for sharing! Sounds like arlo guthrie.
Let's add another 13 years and I agree. It does sound like Arlo Guthrie.
i never tire of this one! i've been singing this song for what, 20-some years? since my 28-yr-old was little, anyway! since wayyyyyy before the internet and youtube---what would we do without the internet?!!! i've been telling my (now 82-yr-old) mom about this clip for years, so i can't wait to show it to her!!
I was just thinking about this song 🎵
OK so I'm 20 years old, drunk at 5 in the morning watching a sesame street video about dogs wondering how the hell i got here.....
Me too! LOL I'm still laughing
That reminds me of my family's cattle dog on our farm here in iowa
So who's the musician?
Played in the Piedmont style.
Anyone know who the artist is?
I started singing this today while our dog was helping us herd the chickens back into the coop. ^_^ She does a great job!
And wham..I'm right back in my childhood!
I have sung this song all of my life and consider it my theme song. While I know I do not measure up to the Border Collie. I am not the smartest of all dogs, I just don't give up. Tenacious, extremely energetic, athletic, and driven. I follow directions to a tee,even anticipating the next command with a ceaseless desire to please. My brain needs to be kept busy, constantly working, moving and learning, I am an overachiever. I must excel. A working dog needs a job.is something I must be doing In fact, if you don't keep this breed constantly moving, learning, and working, he will find his own way to keep busy. I see that now after 67 years.
Sometimes I sing the refrain of this song to my dogs, except I change the lyrics to "You're a dog, you're a lovin' dog, you're a sweet lovin dog!" 😊
What song?
I've been looking for this as a clip for ages. The version I remember had a labrador retriever swimming around in a pool if my memory serves me right. Anyone else remember this? I'd love to see the other versions posted. Hard to believe how much this song stuck with me.
Seems like I remember there was a verse about "ain't no poodle dog"
Oh my gosh. I forgot about this one too.
My oldest daughter loved this song. It popped into my head today after 30+ years. lol Yay! Good song.
@Dekobee
I noticed that one of the suggestions presented to me on the right-hand side of my screen is this in full-version. I plan on watching it next. Maybe that is the one from 1976-79. This could be a shortened version from the 80's.
I remember an episode where a clip of Madeline Kahn appeared right after this song. She said, "Wow, that's really a hard-working dog! I wonder what he gets paid?"
The lyrics are stupid now, but I sing it all the time after listening to it 25+ years ago. Whenever I see a dog I start humming the tune.
Got this song in my head lately... "All I know how to do is take a hundred cows and teach'em some manners."
The first and only time I ever saw this I was tripping on acid. I still find myself singing it to myself at times... 15 years later.
@ranchroper1974 - That's my favorite part, too! I loved watching this with my kids when they were little and like everyone else, it's stayed with me...
FINALLY! I've been wanting this movie to show up on Da Tube for ages now. My older brother actually had to get an Austrailian Shepherd on account of this clip.
God Bless you wattamack!
This sketch is actually from 1975, from the premier episode of Season 7. It's on the Old School Volume 2 DVD set.
great this came on when i was a little old for Sesame Street but i still enjoy it.
Aww, I wuv dogs.
This is from the 70s, I can remember watching it as a kid. Great post...
I always hated it when the TV station went on stand by because something went wrong while Sesame Street was on.
been looking for this clip for so long classic sesame street .
I don't remember the poodle version. This is the one I remember. If anyone posts the poodle version, I'll definitely check it out though.
ruclips.net/video/3GD_G-mE_o4/видео.html
No this actually iss from the 80's.I thought it was 70's at first till Mstatz corrected me.
i have sung this chorus ever since i heard it as a kid! 50 now and found it again!
Nesmith... NOT.!! IT'S Norman Blake... Founder of Rounder records.. and co-conspirator with Steve Goodman.. and David Bromberg..
December '74 fits, since I misspoke before---it seems to have first aired in November 1975.
Sorry your uncle's gone.
Was filmmaking his primary occupation, or was he mostly a singer? What other kinds of films did he make, besides his Sesame Street segments, I mean?
YES!!!!!! Thank you.
I do.I'll post it eventually.
Hi. Just curious---how do you know this? I ask because it's such a rare novelty to come across ANY information about Sesame Street segments. These hundreds of anonymous films are all embedded in the collective unconscious of three generations of people, yet the people behind them are largely unknown.
Really?Cool.
I didn't appreciate exactly how beautiful this clip was as a child. Seeing it again today just was amazing. What a beautiful dog. What a wonderful message to send to kids that dogs work, too...and work hard!
He has a great voice! Bet he loved dogs too, how could he not?
That dog is just so sweet, running around like that.
Who is credited with the song? It sounds somewhat like Arlo Guthrie..... Does anyone know for sure who sing this?
Are you sure it's not a German shepherd (incidentally often-and incorrectly-called the police dog)?
Haven’t seen this since I was little in the mid 90s, but through adult eyes I gotta say that’s one happy, healthy dog.
Does anyone have the clip about a lost dog and how the kids find him with posters?
Is this from sing hoot and howl video Sesame Street
@wattamack4 put in keywords "sesame street lost dog" without quotes
This song has stuck with me for 30(+) years since I first saw it on Sesame Street. I used to run with my pup in my backyard while singing this tune. Ahhh, man...to still have that type of endless energy...sadly not so much these days. It’s funny how little tunes like this stick with me over so many years. This song randomly popped into my head this morning. After a few hours I decided to look for it on RUclips. Not surprisingly it pooped right up in my search. You can almost literally find ANYTHING on YT if ya wait long enough. Thanks for the upload. I pretty much nailed most of the lyrics from memory. THAT is the true surprise in all of this...because I...let’s just say that I’ve put my brain through the ringer (more than my share of “ringers) since that point in my childhood...yet this song is still with me. Anybody reading this...Cheers! Have an amazing day!!
@coyote374 No scooby's not; he's a fraidy dog! lol
@aussersein
What exactly is fake about this?
Had a false memory of Bob Hite singing this. Shucks.
This is missing the poodle...
There was a version on RUclips with the poodle, but it is gone now...has been for a little while.
ruclips.net/video/3GD_G-mE_o4/видео.html
Looks like the front range in Colorado
I catch myself singing this tune every now and then and my teenage kids look at me like I've lost my mind! They are like where in the heck did you get that song? I tell ya, the younger generation just don't know what they missed back in the day..LOL
the cows just simply had to die
I loved this as a kid. Funny thing is I have a 10-yr-old Border Collie (Jack) just like this one in the clip. I live in the suburbs so we never had to train Jack to herd any cattle, but I think the herding thing is inborn. Every time my nieces come over & they play outside, Jack has to watch them from inside (like a sheepdog). Anytime someone isn't home (but everyone else is) he has to go looking for them, like a shepherd who lost a sheep! :)
This is Mike Nesmith of The Monkees.
So he was a Monkey and a dog. Dang man. That's a unique combination. :)
Is that true? Where'd you find that out
Same query.
No it's not. It's Fred Wardenburg
The singer is my step f
fake.