A similar contrast is between "lapdog journalism" and "watchdog journalism". The King Charles is a small variety of the spaniel used as a lapdog. The immature Mexican Lapdog could be as small as a golden hamster. Today, most lapdog breeds fall into the "Toy" breed group. Attempting entry disguised as a horse, he falls for a lapdog (Woodward). In the play, the president's lapdog is "the most sympathetic character" in the piece. He is too powerful to be your lapdog. She had a lapdog, Dabilla, which was swept out to sea. She created "The Seagull" and "Lady with a Lapdog". She is not a Botticellian beauty, but a mortal, her lapdog asleep on the bed-sheets. "Harold's just become a lapdog," Chavous said. He wouldn't be his lapdog and John thought he was a star and wanted that. Again, Lapdog recorded and released an album, called "Mayfly" (2002). In the late 1990s, Nichols and Dinning formed a new band called Lapdog. Nichols declined to participate in these sessions and was replaced by Lapdog guitarist Rob Taylor.