As Michael puts it, "The old showbiz adage: "Never work with Children and Animals" has to do with the unpredictability and difficulty in controlling such energetic and wondrous beings...but the trick is to appreciate and accept their wildness and beauty and capture it as it unfolds, to allow for the spontaneity of lie and then it's a breeze!

Tallulah has always been animal obsessed like my wife and I but our landlord has a "no dogs or cats" policy so when Boris visits every now and then she is able to get her doggy fix walking and petting him in a concentrated fashion until the next opportunity. Great for learning patience and delayed gratification I guess!