Lake-shore and gardens, afternoon
Neither bulldogs nor St. Bernards are hunting dogs, but Franz is clever and eager to please, so Urquhart is outside this afternoon, trying to teach him to fetch.
He had stuffed a slightly faulty demon bunny pelt he didn't want in his fur blanket, and kept throwing that for the dog to fetch, as they were walking along the lake shore. At the moment, he was content with the dog bringing it back. But soon, they could progress to the stage where Franz would wait beside his master and only start running to fetch the dummy bunny when told to do so.
Because otherwise, once they started dealing with actual demonic rabbits, the dog would run at them and disturb them before Urquhart had placed a single shot, and that would be very counter-productive.
There are only a few patches of snow left, the rest of the grounds is mostly muddy, so both Urquhart and Franz have quite muddy feet and spattered legs as they cheerfully wander along. Before they come back inside, they'll have to clean themselves off.
He had stuffed a slightly faulty demon bunny pelt he didn't want in his fur blanket, and kept throwing that for the dog to fetch, as they were walking along the lake shore. At the moment, he was content with the dog bringing it back. But soon, they could progress to the stage where Franz would wait beside his master and only start running to fetch the dummy bunny when told to do so.
Because otherwise, once they started dealing with actual demonic rabbits, the dog would run at them and disturb them before Urquhart had placed a single shot, and that would be very counter-productive.
There are only a few patches of snow left, the rest of the grounds is mostly muddy, so both Urquhart and Franz have quite muddy feet and spattered legs as they cheerfully wander along. Before they come back inside, they'll have to clean themselves off.