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Gwen finds herself looking down at a older woman who is shaking some sort of... fluffy mop head with tiny teeth bared up at her?

"...and you have to understand, that Chablis here, she can't be expected to do what those other dogs are doing. She's a delicate soul!"

It's a month or so into her first summer apprenticing at The Artful Dogster's Dog Training, and she is learning that perhaps she has been spoiled working with Fae hounds. And with Fae.

"She's not a rugged monster like that BEAR of yours." Ivan is sitting by politely, and... can dogs roll their eyes?

"Chablis is a pure-bred CHION after all!"

Gwen gives Ivan a knowing side glance. She has worked with non fae hounds, but there's no denying the the difficulty IS up a bit .

"Yes, Mrs. Eclat." Probably not a good time to say that the Chion is just a 'designer' breed, rather than a 'pure breed' still, "But little dogs can surprise you when properly trained. You'll find Chablis a happier dog if her mind is stimulated"