When I was about 13yrs old I kept my ferrets in my friends garage and a stray border terrier x lab (sandy)that used to be abused by owner became a regular visitor to the garage . He would follow me to school about half mile away and sit at the gates till I came out! He was a brilliant ratter and boy could he scrap. He ended up living in the garage after me n few mates had enough of his abusive owner when I was 16yrs old I bought a van for ferreting trips and he was always 1st choice to go even over mates lol died aged 18 and when people say you only get one "real" dog in your life