He looked at her, struggled to make his mouth twitch, worry flashing in his eyes as he did so.

"I'll need to get that dumb mutt'a his, in the mean time," he murmured. "We'll need to keep it from doin' anythin' dumb too."

It had been made to follow Max, to listen to him. He suspected it had been told 'no' often enough to keep from eating him, at least for now, but if it got an idea in it's head.