Emiliano!

So this is what happens when one gives a handsome black poodle a toy llama to beat up on ...

Emiliano is a particularly lovely dog, and I'm sure that I think so in part because although I wasn't brought up with dogs at all, one of my mother's closest friends, Ann Bonsor, had a long succession of poodles - everything from big standard ones to miniature ones (on that scale. Emiliano is kind of medium).  I remember Matty, who was, I believe, brown, in particular.  Then there was a Lucy (were they always female?) - and I now realize that I may never be able to recollect all of the rest of them.  Oh!  There was Polly!  She was the first who I remember - I think she was grey.  Anyway, I do really like poodles ...