Ben - 'never work with animals ...'

Ben has been a local character for around 12 years - in his early years I was exhausted by how much energy he had; he has slowed down just a little recently, but still much more energetic than I am. He is relatively good at posing, except that whenever I pointed the camera at him, he would get up and move, usually to a pose which left his back turned to me! Oh, and a version of this is going to be his passport photo! The light was horrible today for this photo, not to mention the rain.