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Show "Silent" Treatment Put End to Pet's Aversion The English naturalist, George J. Romanes, zoological secretary of the Linnean society of London, England, tells of a skye terrier that hated to be washed. As time went on. its aversion to bathing became stronger and stronger. At last the dog became be-came so fierce at the very sight of water that the servants of the house refused point blank to give it a bath. Then the terrier's mistress tried it herself. But even she was not safe, writes Prescott Lecky of the department depart-ment of psychology, Columbia university, uni-versity, jS'ew York, in an article comparing com-paring the intelligence of dogs and cats in Popular Science Monthly. Cajolery, threats, beating and starvation star-vation were of no avail. Finally, the owner decided ti give the dog the "silent treatment." She paid no attention at-tention to it. She was in the habit of taking it along on her daily walk, but now went out without it. When she sat reading or sewing and it came up to her, she turned her head and looked away. This lasted ten days. At length the dog came up to her one morning with an expression that plainly said : "1 submit." Immediately it was given a bath,N which was endured patiently. Then, barking joyously, it bounded for the door to go for the customary daily walk. When next a bath was due, the terrier at first was obstinate. obsti-nate. But all its mistress had to do was to turn her head and the dog would run for the tub. |
