The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend (1919) (19774128584)

Title: The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend
Identifier: bookofdogsintima00nati (find matches)
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U. S. ); Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927; Baynes, Ernest Harold, 1868-1925
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. , The National geographic society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE bination o f common sense and good judg- ment. THe FIDELITY OF KOMULUS My coyote, Romu- lus, was very destruc- tive to poultry, and even to the wild deer, and I finally gave him to a zoological garden, where he died six years later, at the age of twelve. I made a point of going to see him once or twice a year, and he never forgot me. .As soon as he saw me he would begin to exe- cute a strange little rocking dance, mean- while smiling and waving his brush. The keeper would unlock the door of his pen, and as I entered the wolf would rush to greet me and roll over on his back like a friendly puppy. Then he would throw him- self upon me, lap my face and hands, hang onto my clothing as though to detain me, and when finally I had to leave him, he would raise his muzzle in the air and howl discon- solately. My experience with domesticated timber wolves would tend to show that they are not so demonstratively afifectionate as the coyotes. As puppies, they are rather playful, but as they get older they are apt to take themselves very seriouslv. They dift'er greatly ni character. Some I have had became so savage that it was necessary to get rid of them ; others were gentle and friendly as long as they lived. One big, powerful wolf I owned some times showed marked attection for me.
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A DOG AND HIS MASTER PROTECTED ALIKE FROM TOISON GAS AT THE BATTLE FRONT (sEE PAGE 55) Every living cre.iture—man. dog. horse, and mule—had to be equipped with a gas mask in order to pass through the areas deluged with poisonous fumes during the world war. In the background are seen stretcher-bearers carrying a wounded man to safety. The war dogs were frequently employed in finding the sorely wounded ill Xo Alan's Land and in leading rescuers to them. but it was only occasionally, and then only when wc were entirely alone. The presence of a third person made him grimly aloof. Nevertheless, he did not resent the friendly advances even of strangers, and when I took him with me on lecture trips, as I often did, he would follow lue through the audience, and the smallest child present might put its arms about his neck without fear of being hurt. I!ut he simply tolerated these ad-