The new book of the dog - a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment (1911) (14577001059)

Ch. Milk Boy, Newfoundland
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Title: The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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ine instinct,devotion and sagacity, and whether or notthose accounts are always quite authentic,they indicate how widespread is the beliefthat dogs of this breed possess those qualitiesin full. The Rev. J. S. Watson, in his bookon The Reasoning Power in Animals,said he was not inclined to assent to anopinion that one species of dog has notgreater sagacitv than another. He wasdisposed to think that a greater portion ofstrong natural sense was manifested in thelarger kinds of dogs such as the Newfound-land. The Rev. F. O. Morris many years agowrote an account of a Newfoundland and aMastiff which frequently fought together,and on one occasion, when fighting on apier, they both fell into the sea. TheNewfoundland was quickly out again, but, 78 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. seeing the Mastiff in difficulties, he went backand assisted him. Mr. Morris stated thathenceforth the dogs were quite good friends.That is easy enough of belief by anyone whohas kept and studied dogs as companions ^^Wi ^II*-
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ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF CH.Photogr.iph by Lafayette, Belfast. MILK BOY and thereby learned how large an amountof what are regarded as purely humanfaculties there is in dogs. Very recently I was told of an adultNewfoundland, which, curiously enough,was not fond of swimming, and was takenout with another Newfoundland that wasquite at home in the water. The formershowed no desire to follow the latter, buthe did in time realise that the swimmerreceived praise which he also wanted, and,reasoning clearly from cause to effect, hedeveloped into a remarkably good water-dog. I am not sure whether the following storytold by Charles Dickens denotes instinct,devotion, or sagacity, but it is amusing.Dickens said that a Newfoundland, whichwas usually allowed to go out alone, ap- peared on his return to smell of beer, and,being watched on one occasion, was seen togo into a public-house. On inquiry beingmade it was found that the dog was in thehabit of calling daily at the public-house andwas usually give