Oh, Baker will let him, but Lambert's going to have to put up with a Growlithe shoving his nose up against his face and then licking him like the excited puppy he is. Considering the nature of the dog, his breath isn't just warm, but hot, like being slobbered on by a furnace.

"Even if you did end up with one for eating people's dogs, I rather think Baker would hold his own against you," Childermass says. To the rest, he shrugs, only adding, "And if that's what you thought, you clearly didn't think through signing on with a magical circus."