Thank you every one for your compliments. I love him to pieces but it's his personality more than his appearance!
Yes Teddy's Mum, he helps with digging holes & spraying in the bottom of them, especially when I move plants. When I sort out mail -( in piles on the floor,) he goes crackers that his world has been made untidy. Sometimes he takes a few papers to the front door (where it always miraculously disappears) but more often he tries to eat it. He's quite a good shredder too.
We just quietly live together.
The "raggy ear" with the white flash was all caused by a horse fly bite in March. It caused a blood clot in the marginal vein, & "dry gangrene" at the edge. I'm amazed that the flesh & even fur have regrown!