Q
Is your 18thc song about dogs the one by O'Keefe in Universal Songster Vol 2 (1826) p391 FL 'Now listen, my friends, to an old dog's new story'? the chorus is almost exactly the same as 'The Drummer and the Cook'

Bow, wow, wow,
fal, lal, de idy ody,
Bow, wow, wow.

The song is actually presenting different human characters using 'doggy' cliches to describe them 'A rake is a jolly dog whom all women fancy' etc.