| Show V dog was not im impressed pres sed nearly all my life I 1 have heard it if you would mould look a dog in the eye when he starts after you it would in timi date him and quiet his rising tern tem per said a man who takes an in terest in pet theories and old dreams according to the new orleans times democrat but I 1 do not take much stock in the idea the fact Is that all this talk about cowing any kind of an animal by 1001 ing him squarely in the eye Is all blarney and hodgepodge I 1 have tried it on the dog I 1 never met a lion on anything like equal and unrestrained terms and consequently I 1 have neier had a chance to look a lion squarely in the eye when he was approaching me in a threatening man ner to be perfectly frank about it after my experience with the dog I 1 would rely more on my legs and less on my eyes it if I 1 should meet a lion under conditions at all threatening some years ago a friend of mine in arkansas owned a very vicious dog and it tell fell to my lot one afternoon to try the theory of looking the said dog do squarely in the eye in order to antimi date him I 1 went about the thing in deliberate fashion I 1 locked in my y teeth knit my brows an and d trained my lights the dog when he came bounding and barking toward me it was all so quick that really up to this good day I 1 cannot say whether I 1 looked that dog square squarely jy in the eye about the only thing I 1 remember clearly Is a yellow streak which seemed to be coming my way that dog landed squarely on my parapet tunneled under my counter bom barded my brisket executing a few alu jiul jitsu itsu stunts while promenading on my neck and cut other capers which completely bewildered me it if that dog had any eyes concealed about his person I 1 never found them and it if my own eyes were of any particular ser vice to me I 1 never found it out since that experience I 1 have had little respect tor for and no confidence in the theory of checking and cowing coming a vicious dog by looking him in the eye others may resort to this method if they please but as for me my legs and a hickory stick are the only weapons I 1 shall rely upon when the bad dog starts in my direction |
