Possible Clues:

• Didn't raise
• Didn't split
• Went off course - not right, you should have waited!
• Remained; steadied
• Stuck around, though rumoured to be sober and dull
• Was a good dog, in a way
• Obeyed Master, in a way
• Hung about, wasting Tuesday? That's not acceptable
• Stuck as stick-in-the-mud? Not I but the old-fashioned you!
• Kept from sounding boring