Ooooooh! I'll totally accept the blame because I love this idea! :-) For some reason, I can easily picture Mycroft with both a country house and five dogs that he absolutely adores. I can also imagine him doing the baby talk thing and smothering his dogs with affection, which is why Lestrade's phobia would be such a problem. I can't wait to see poor jittery Lestrade and learn how Mycroft plans to cure him of his cynophobia!