While working today, a very friendly dog came over from the next garden along to see what exactly was at the bottom of the hole I was digging. (Nothing, but being a dog he didn't care.) After demanding some fuss and attention, he sniffed out a tennis ball and stole it. Later he came out again, saw I was sat on the floor beneath the decking we were building and came bounding over to remind me that he existed and to lick my face.
Dogs are awesome.