New dog

[DJC]

I see, but I stand by my original point. Not sure I'd like to be referred to as a dog, of whatever breed and for whatever reason. Laidley hated his nickname, and with good reason IMO.

It was a media nickname only; none of his teammates, etc used it.  Brown Dog, on the other hand, seems to be occasionally assigned to folks with the surname Brown.

When I was a young bloke “brown dog” was used in reference to folk who weren’t particular about their sexual partners, ie, “He/she would bonk a brown dog with three legs.”