Pointless Wodehousian PS

They had a nice little white woolly dog at the naval outpost. It didn't lack staying power, it scarcely seemed to notice it was going up the hill.

As with the street dog I stroked in Santiago, I spoke to it in bad Spanish. ("Eres un perro muy bonito"). I wonder whether it makes any difference to animals or not. I did avoid calling it "señor" at least.