[2] Fufu was occasionally put through his paces in public, as happened during the Thailand Grand Pet Show in Nakhon Pathom in December 2006 when the dog was said to have "exuded charm and executed clever stunts".
[3] A few months later, US Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce attended a gala dinner in honor of the Crown Prince at which the dog appeared "dressed in formal evening attire complete with paw mitts".
[4] According to the ambassador's leaked cable to Washington, "at one point during the band's second number, he jumped up onto the head table and began lapping from the guests' water glasses, including my own.
The air chief marshal's antics drew the full attention of the 600-plus audience members, and remains the talk of the town to this day.
"[4] The death of Fufu in early 2015 was followed by four days of Buddhist funeral rites and the dog's cremation, images from which were widely shared on social media in Thailand.