They do like to be scratched under the chin.

[ Heh. Look, if you leave the opening, he takes the shot. It's easier to live in that than to think of just how many there are here, how much work is going to be done — and that's still the better option. He is unyielding on this front, as stone and ice as any landscape of the country he comes from. ]

It is also easier to throw them outside than to shoot them. Their armour is very tough, and they seem to be made for digging.