Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed Sirius. I do always try to do him justice, as you know, I love him too. It was fun/interesting to pull Sirius away from a typical choice in partner and see what happened. The fact that he's swagger disguises the fact he's a dog and needs that scratch behind the ear came out pretty quickly. Thank you for the great comment.
Saw your rec and yeah the animal lover part. I do love my dog very much and the fact he follows me around the house and sleeps at the foot of my bed helped keep that idea firmly in place.