"Get me a bag of Japan samples, " he barks to workers stretching dough and tending ovens below.

FORBES: Doughboy

"All of my friends are saying Forbes is calling around to dig up dirt on me, " he barks into the phone.

FORBES: Show Stopper

He bounces slightly, shocked, then curls his tail around one crooked leg and heads for the front door, where he barks loudly at no one.

NEWYORKER: A Box of Puppies

"Usually when he barks or something in the middle of the night, he has to go to the bathroom, so I took him outside, " said Mr. Werner, a 56-year-old worker in a feed mill.

WSJ: Clintonville, Wis. Becomes a Real Boom Town