Dog

The street dog knows every smell on the block and every person who owes it a sandwich. It carries things off, digs things up and runs in circles for reasons of its own.

What it can do

• Act

  Grab and carry

  Take a prop in your jaws and leave with it, as if it was always yours.

• Ability

  Sniff

  Follow a scent trail to food or something hidden.

• Ability

  Bark

  Call a friend, or send the whole street looking the wrong way.

• When it fits

  Dig

  Dig in soft ground to bury things, or to find what someone else buried.

• Ultimate

  Zoomies

  A burst of frantic running, for no reason anyone can name.

Breeds

• Baladi blackFree
• Baladi sandyFree
• ArmantEarned in play
• Baladi spottedEarned in play
• German ShepherdIn a pack
• Golden RetrieverIn a pack
• HuskyIn a pack
• SalukiSeason

Breeds are sidegrades: a different coat and a small trade-off, never a stronger animal.

True facts about the real animal

• A dog's sense of smell is many thousands of times sharper than ours.
• "Baladi" means local: street life shaped these dogs, not breeders.
• The Saluki is a sighthound, and one of the oldest known types of dog.