"Ah, but see, to that!  Don't you think Boyo is courting you for a treat," the shepherdess asked with a smile, upon hearing his name from her the small dog barked, "Aye...  He courts anyone he sees if they'll give him something yummy to eat."  Despite her words perhaps not being proper, she thought the table could use a little lightening and did not fret herself about how her words might have sounded as she scritched the dogs ears as he jumped his front half onto her lap so she could pet and scritch at him to his delight.