Child fascination

 I was fascinated by stories about Lassie. Lassie was a collie dog. Eric Knight wrote a book, Lassie Come Home, (1943)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780805072068/lassiecomehome 

I bought a malamute dog, when I was a truck driver. A malamute is a sled dog, which pulls a sled. I took him home, and Andy was going to show the dog that he, Andy, was boss. It didn't work. The dog never did submit to his desires. This was one of a very few times, that Andy didn't get his way.