I can't walk around at your heels like a tame dog.

Paul had spoken of Willie as a tame dog walking at her heels.

"So we brought men with us just in case your tame dog could do without breathing, Veruchia."

He disliked hearing the truth when it was couched in a phrase such as tame dog.

When the rest of the world's freezing and starving, tame dogs stay warm and well fed.

Despite the remarks about tame dogs, Louis vowed not to think badly of his new partner.

But, he continued, "It's not enough to have kind governors and tame dogs.

They ran in schools, and came to the shore near the house, just like tame dogs.

A less flattering metaphor, one having to do with tame dogs, came to mind.