All I Meant Was

canine == kay'nine == "K-9"
(whether in magnetic-ink characters or amidst real Characters)

..quite more Obviousman material than say, HAL-9000 -
to all but the terminally overanalytical with [n\ufffd1] iterative compulsions + tics
(maybe even ticks.. if rurally based)
(or 'ticks' if they fly a lot or - -)


HTH