Dug was helping. Dug was helpful! He was very excited that he could be helpful! He had been directed to fetch and he was really very good at that. Look! He was fetching a Big Stick which he was bringing over to Mistress Lily because that was what he had been told to do.
The stick was a bit big for him, and he was dragging it along in his mouth, making the typical grrr noises that one would expect from a dog in this sort of position. He wasn't making very good progress, but he was trying, dammit. He was trying hard.
"Grr. Grr you stick. You will move faster now. You will move along faster now as I pull you. You need to go this way, stick, this way that I am pulling you. And you need to stop being so heavy." He flopped down when he was close enough that he smelled Lily, panting lightly and wagging his tail. "Look Miss Lily, look! I am helping!"
He spotted Vance, and he trotted over to greet him properly by jumping up on him with muddy paws. "Hello Master Vance, hello! Are you coming to help?"