How typically niggardly of the Mail to plump for "chocolate-coloured".
I note that the dog in the picture refused to be shooed-away, so it was there at the time. What are the chances of the sitter's poses to be set in the company of some ethereal canine?
At least this dog does not look too 'shaggy'.

Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.