Horizon Ridge trying to act hard with your gun up

If there was one thing he looked for in his crew (besides nice asses on the females), it was biddability, and the Captain had a number of methods for assessing this in his prospective recruits. In this case, a direct, belittling command.

The wolf charged him. Ferahgo held his ground, tipping his brown snout down and coiling his muscles to spring. He maintained this calm and calculating readiness until the last moment, at which point the wolf slid to a halt, dropping his rump into the sand as he had been commanded to do.

Ferahgo offered him a twisted smile. "Good boy." He said. "Come on ye, follow Captain Blackbeard." He gestured for his new crewwolf to follow at his shoulder as he lead the way.