Two court jesters on eight legs
Even during official banquets, Ali and Rubi ran free and barked at important guests. There is a story about how the two dogs chewed up the coat-tails of a dignitary at the end of one evening, thus ruining his gala attire. When the guest complained of the damages to the supreme administrator, he is said to have impassively explained: "I have told you again and again, Your Excellency, that you should not put pork cutlets in your coat-tails when dining."