Lesson 18 

He often does this!

What had happened to the writer's bag

  After I had had lunch at a village pub, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! As I was looking for it, the landlord came in.

 'Did you have a good meal?" he asked.

 'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I haven't got my bag.'

  The landlord smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.

  'I'm very sorry,' he said. 'My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this!'

疑问1：狗为什么用he，是拟人用法吗？

疑问2：其他句子里的had done sth，我知道作者是关注的时间是在过去，而动作的发生和结束是在过去（作者关注的时间）之前。但是这句“My dog had taken it into the garden.”是在直接引语里，为什么还要用过去完成时，我不能理解？