White Horse was my favourite blended Scotch, since it had more Islay malt in it than other cheap blends.  Wolfhounds are excellent dogs; enormous but, as a rule, very even-tempered. One used to live next door to me, and would let my cat pinch his dog-food, probably because he found the whole thing too confusing to deal with.  He would also try to sit on my lap, which was a bit of a problem as he weighed more than I did.  There are, I think, no metaphors involved here.

Malcolm