Now... when it comes to having their backs and ears rubbed - not to mention tummies - there are two other characters who are past masters in getting humans to pander to their needs....
Lancer and Pilot, the springer spaniels.
Pilot, who celebrated his 7th birthday last week, is the younger of the two. He has lived here since he was 12 weeks old. His most favourite thing in all the world is digging for rabbits.... which he has more than enough opportunity to do around here as this is an overspill area for Watership Down.... His next most favourite thing is lying by the fireside, preferably with his nose almost in the grate. Third on his list of favourites would be chew sticks (Pedigree Denta stix) and fourth would have to be his 'snake' - a ten foot long soft toy fluorescent yellow and black snake which he drags almost everywhere. That includes through the dog flap! It's even been buried in the garden a couple of times! Any spaniel afficienados might be surprised that food doesn't figure in Pilot's list of favourite things. That's because he only eats when he's hungry and, unlike most every other spaniel, he is not always hungry even though it may be 'tea time'!
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