your dog wants steak 

I wrote it as part of an approved Fark submission for the Japanese device. It was NOT from a commercial or one of the actual stock phrases. I repeated it on an approved Fark submission the next day for a devise that supposedly translated a human baby's cries. After two approvals with the phrase, a bunch of lightbulbs went off.

Your dog wants steak.

your dog wants steak by Farker with regret June 22, 2004

your dog wants steak 

Fark cliche. Might have come from a dog food commercial in the early 90s.

Apparently dogs want steak. Who knew?

your dog wants steak by Brian X November 29, 2003