The creature uses magic to show the images of Harry with Hermione Granger, played by Watson, to Ron, who is madly in love with her.

Paul usually has more than a dozen dogs at a time, many of them Shetland sheepdogs, a breed known for excessive barking.

“This is still my responsibility, I guess, ” said Mrs. Sanford, who resides with the boys, Blake, Bolton, Landon and Marshall, 11 to 17, at their beach home some two hours away.