Fastidious

The internet informs that Min Pin dogs are fastidious, obsessive/compulsive-- a fact that bears out in my dog's life. He is fastidious, and I am fascinated by this. Barkley is black and tan, a miniature Doberman with a little pink tongue. He looks fierce until observed industriously licking the kitchen tile floor. He displays pride of ownership, owning our bedroom with its clean tile floor and soft green quilted bed. Does he know that two houses down there's a big dog living in backyard dirt? Be kind. Don't tell him.