Worker dogs and petter dogs

 For mysterious reasons, my guy has always called service dogs "worker dogs", which is a pretty reasonable term, all things considered. At some point in his life he must have either been corrected for trying to pet such a dog, or witnessed someone corrected for that, but he unfailingly calls attention to dogs that are not "worker dogs". Recently we encountered a very enthusiastic black puppy on the street, the kind that throws themself at your legs and strains so hard on the leash they end up practically horizontal. As we walked away from that encounter, Devon announced that that was a "petter" dog. So that's what we call them these days!