MONTGOMERY, who is known as Monty to his friends, is just the sort you'd want to meet in a pub.
He makes a point of greeting most customers at the Queen Adelaide, Windmill Road in Sneinton, although he pays special attention to the ladies.
It doesn't hurt that he's a shameless flirt, with piercing green eyes and roguish charm.
He has running jokes with a few of the regulars, including one whose hat he always steals.
Granted, he has his faults: a few sips of real ale, it must be said, make him a bit gassy. Oh, and he sometimes eats the beermats...
But, nevertheless Monty, the Queen Adelaide's three-year-old pub dog, has become something of an institution - so much so, in fact, that three local breweries have named ales after him.
sexy lingerie chinaFor pub regulars, the Weimaraner's part of the scenery.
ON THE MAT: Above and below, the ales named after Monty
A lively, bounding part of the scenery.
"They always make a good fuss of him," said Alita Guilford, who runs the pub with husband Paul. "And he likes a fuss."
Alita and Paul got Monty as a puppy three years ago, just before they took over the Queen Adelaide. The Full Mash Brewery, Stapleford, was the first to brew for him.
"They approached us and said they'd like to do a beer that was available exclusively here," Alita said. So Monty's Whistle, a smooth-drinking 3.8 abv, was bor n.
Then Nutbrook Brewery, West Hallam, got in on the act with Monty's Revenge, a stronger 4.2 abv with a militaristic pump clip that exhorts punters to "Obey the Weimaraner".
Finally came Monty's Firkin, a 4.6 abv from Nottingham's Magpie Brewery. It's caused some confusion, Alita said.
"When people see him they expect him to be taller, because a firkin [as shown on the pump clip] is huge," she said. "They expect him to be like a Great Dane!" Monty's not a small dog, but he's lean and nowhere near Great Dane proportions. He's not shy, either, as indicated by a sign on the wall near the dartboard.
"Please do not feed the dog," the note reads, "no matter how much he drools, begs, licks or performs tricks! Thank you."
That helps to explain his love of the ladies - they tend to carry more.
replica tag heruer watches"He'll go right into handbags, have a right rummage in there for food," Alita said.
Pool nights also bring out the sociable side of Monty. The pub sponsors four pool teams, and when it hosts matches Paul puts on a big spread.
"From upstairs, he can smell when the food's coming out," Al-ita said.
Then there are the beer mats. Monty oc-casionalllicks up a few drops of the local brewery products that bear his name. But he's really developed a taste for the mats they arrive on.
Tget at them, he sometimes resorts to subterfuge.
"He'll lick your drink so you pick it up," Alita said. "Then he'll swipe the beer mat."
He's also something of a kleptomaniac when it comes to hats. Well, one hat in particular.
One Queen Adelaide regular wears a trilby, which he places on a shelf under a table when he arrives.
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