A Man and His Dog… This is NOT a story about a boy and his dog. Instead, it is a true account of Galveston icon Eddie Janek and his Rhodesian ridgeback, a canine companion who is always nearby when his 91-year-old master is on the premises. Without Brownie, Eddie would be “rattling around” in his self-designed Galveston Bay home which he and his beloved wife Doris enjoyed until she became ill a decade ago.