Now and then, its immediate area is hosed down, the dog is absolutely terrified. It is tethered next to a river, and often jumps down the little wall into the river and I have seen it when the rope is not long enough because it is wrapped around a tree etc and it almost hangs itself. Many times we have seen it eating its own excrement. We collected meaty bones from diners in the hotel one night. The next day, when we knew the owners were out, we took the food round to it and poured it over the fence [for safety] in case it attacked us. It did not seem to know what the steak bones and meat were.