"Yeah. She treats me well, I treat her well. It's a good relationship, all things considered." Misha always thought it would be proper to treat the dog that was essentially your eyes better than you would treat any other kind of pet. He always bought her the best food, made sure that she was bathed (which was always fun since she had a tendency to run all over the place) and that everything else on her was up to par.
Of course, curiosity was getting the better of Irena and so she approached Teddy cautiously, bumping her nose into her leg, sniffing him out to see if he was on the up and up.