If you haven't met our dogs, Beau and Ernie, Beau is the mostly black dog and Ernie is the mostly white dog. They are brothers in many ways. Ernie is the "Big" brother. He teases, antagonizes, and pesters Beau from morning til night. His favorite game is keep away and generally it is with anything Beau really wants. Beau tolerates it for a while but then gets a bit fed up and lets the "gremlin" in him out. That is what we call him when he starts his quite vicious sounding growl. Beau is really quite a pansy actually so that is why it is pretty funny to us. They are endless amounts of fun, entertainment, and joy for us.