Outside? Outside worked. Still, he moved to settle Pretzel down with a quiet command to stay. He... Might listen. Stay was a tricky one for Pretzel. If he didn't want to stay, he generally pretended he forgot what the command meant.

Hurrying away, glad he had longer legs than the pup and could hopefully make it outside first, Llewellyn opened the door and gestured the man outside. "I'm terribly sorry about that. He's still learning, and we didn't want to leave him in the apartment alone yet. It uh- slipped my mind that some people might be allergic."