NoNo - He's actually pretty thin, but I admit this picture makes him look like he has a good spread going. He just walks along behind us. We've never tried a leash. If he sees anything to worry about, he ducks under a plant or something. With the puppy the walk is pretty short. The cat stays inside when the big dog goes on his marathon training walks. ("Big" is, of course, a relative term.)

Sundial, that's a nice name! The trick is to stay away from traditional human names, which is my GF's rule. I've already been through all of my favorite women's names, and they were rejected. It'll have to be some reference to her dark colors, I suspect.