Ron Kroha's  springer spaniels Hope and Rosey continue to bring unexpected joy to him and those who have found the pair online.

The dogs were introduced to the world in 2013, when Mr Kroha posted a video of them on YouTube video. That 34-second video caught the eye recently of someone at The CW Network, and received nomination for a Performing Pups category on a CWTV special, World Dog Awards. The segment aired locally on WPIX and WCCT-TV on Thursday, January 14, part of a special program hosted by George Lopez.

“Unfortunately they didn’t win, but it was still a fun experience,” Mr Kroha said Friday, January 15, after seeing the program. Although not all nominees received air time, Hope and Rosey did.

“They showed them on TV… they played the whole video,” Mr Kroha said.

Their video is a recording of “Daddy’s Dinner Time Song” and shows them spinning in unison, racing down a hallway awaiting their dinner. As they spin along, Mr Kroha sings a brief jingle about Hope and Rosey being “hungry, hungry girls.”

The video, uploaded six years ago and titled “Twisted Sisters, Hope and Rosey,” had logged more than 1.4 million views as of January 12.

As he watched the CWTV special Thursday night, and the video played, he said the dogs’ ears perked up when they heard his voice coming from the TV.

“It was funny to see the dogs’ reaction when it came on,” he said. His 15 minutes of fame had turned into a half hour, he said. Friends have told him, “That video just won’t die… it’s out there forever.”

The CWTV segment was taped on January 9, and although producers had hoped to fly Mr Kroha and his partner Kevin Rose to the taping, they were unable to make the trip with such short notice.

“We found out last minute,” Mr Kroha said on January 8.

Although they did not win the contest, January is still a lucky month for him and his girls.

“I think, interestingly enough [the CWTV contest] is almost to the day” when he first posted the video on YouTube on January 23, 2010. Three years later it was viral, and Newtown Bee readers learned about the YouTube sensations through an August 2013 story. Since then, Hope and Rosey — now 7 and 6, respectively — have their own Facebook page (Facebook.com/HopeandRosey), which boasts more than 1,000 followers who can view photos of them dressed for Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.