We had a midget cat named Smidgen whose favorite toy was a taxidermist's cast-off coyote leg & paw, which she carried as Maru does, and yowled while doing so.

Pee Wee Herman in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"!

Yes, sundog or moondog, related somehow to the Welsh or Gaelic Madoc who was a great leader and warrior and coloniser many years ago. Or at least that is what I was told. I haven't thought of skydogs in ages, but we saw one earlier this year and my beloved had never hard of the term.

Absolutely not.