Show wp ai M i N 0 n ts aa I 1 4 1 0 g so 4 dogs too have their dentists Prepa prepared redby by national geographic society wash ion D C service OVE me love my dog Is if no L LOVE idle platitude men and dogs are often so bound together byge by genuine cuine affection for one another that both are unhappy when long away away from one another if the thi dog in his centuries long association with man had never saved a life rounded up a flock k of sheep helped track down meat or pulled i a polar sledge this oldest friend ot the human would still have given full payment for his room and board prom from that ancient partnership the m man an has benefited fully as mu much ch as the animal by throwing in his bis lot with his caveman neighbors the dog of prehistoric ages did much to give his two legged ally dominance over the beasts and helped speed human progress pro progress iress without dogs the geographical p poles olis could not have been reached until the era of discovery by airplanes an and deven even today says admiral byrd dogs are the infantry of polar exploration dogs do the shopping in the azores pull carts in newfoundland quebec belgium the netherlands and elsewhere they guide the blind in city streets in countless ways in in many any parts of the earth they are h helping el p ing to do the work ot of the world yet mans biggest gain from the relationship cannot be measured in terms of labor done the companionship pant panion ship and affection of a good dog are price priceless lesso and often the four footed party of the second part can set its friend and overlord an excellent example in conduct and character what man could not observe with profit the dignity and forbearance of a fine great dane a slow to anger though a peerless fighter dog lovers are all friends wherever man has traveled his dogs have gone with him most surprising of all perhaps is the worldwide wi de sense of fraternity among the millions all over the earth who have in common a love of dogs they speak the same language all gaps are bridged introductions are not needed compliment a stranger astringer on his dog and he be becomes your fr friend lend for life at the important dog shows all sorts of people meet and talk together on a common common plane in rank and station the owners vary as greatly as do the dogs themselves which range from the tiny toy breeds weighing only a a pound or two and capable of being tucked awk away yand and hidden in a ladys handbag to lordly saint Bei bernards lards great danes and mastiffs ma Ina stiffs which may outweigh the average man in the london show L lady aily thus and so may be seen in animated conversation with a fish porter from billingsgate each with a toy bulldog tucked under one arm rm it Is ii only a little dog but it is big enough to bridge the wide gulf between billingsgate and belgravia dr or even buckingham palace when X king ing edward VII died a small white dog was led along behind the gun carriage on which the body was borne it W was aai the monarchs pit pet wire haired fox terrier on th the collar were the words wards 1 I am ani caesar the I 1 I 1 kings dog queen dumber sp span an cels were among the best in england I 1 and anil this breed and blood are still allm maintanes aint anid at Sand landringham sandringham ringham the so sporting orting rel gredence re dence of thi the latek late king george V 9 0 Favor favorites itei of presidents nothing pleased president theodore roosevelt so much as the music of a pack of cf mountain lion or biar bear hunting hounds president WU sa s1 son 0 n had bad an old english sheep dog P resident president harding was f a lover ot of Alre airedales dales notable ornaments to the white house during thi the coolidge administration were the scotch collie rob roy and tiny tim i a white eskimo dog the abe hoovers brought to the executive mat mansion islon si a venerable german shepherd dog and other noteworthy worthy y white house dogs during their occupancy were a b beautiful e dutiful gordon gardon setter and a big nor norwegian elkhound pets of president franklin D roosevelt and his fam lly ily have included major a german m an shepherd dand and meggie a scottie J s bismarck was ond fond oi of greit great dulles dailes former Pomer i kaiser Kalser wilhelm II 11 favors dachshunds once in south africa an upcountry trader traveled a thousand miles to see a dog fancier offered a large sum of I 1 money and asked him to locate and purchase lor for him two of the best and noblest great danes to b be e found anywhere they are tor for a great chieftain he explained the last time we out spanned at king Loben gulas kraal he wanted our great dane a dog we had borrowed from some german transport riders 0 our ur own dog had been killed by a lioness so we told lobengula we could not give away anything that h did riot not rightly belong to us then it was that he be became came insistent and tried to cajole us into selling satan for that was the dogs name he offered to fill our two wagons with ivory and give us all the women we wa wanted to sell as slaves to the but why does lobengula offer so much for these dogs the dog fin fan I 1 cler cier asked because he be regards the great dane as king among dogs was the traders answer answer it keeps its head high and takes no no notice of the miserable barking native curs such a dog would befit the majestic presence of lobengula king of the mighty Matabe lel even the australian bushman A visitor to the upcountry in western australia came across a black fellow and his three gins his wives or lady friends fast asleep near the embers of three fires cuddling among their savage companions were a purebred pure bred greyhound and a well bred smooth coat ed fox terrier men women and dogs had evidently been hunting together and the stomachs of the te fe asters were distended with food against the trees stood four long slender spears with jagged notched hardwood p points eints here was a living picture of primitive savages with their canine allies unquestionably the two fine dogs perhaps registered in the official kennel studbooks stud books of australia or some faraway far away land and now gone native among possibly the lowest type of the human race had been stolen by those aborigines for the express purpose of hunting the greyhound they knew instinctively would be especially useful in overtaking and sticking up even the largest of kangaroos the dog was not expected to kill the quarry its jaws and pluck would be of no avail against the ripping and disemboweling disembowel ing claws on the hind feet of an old man kangaroo the greyhound was to hold the ant animal M i al at bay until the hunters could come up and kill it with their crude spears just as they must have done thousands of years ago in the prehistoric stage of the time honored mandog man dog relationship what the breeders bleeders Bre eders do no doubt men early realized that by breeding they could produce different kinds of dogs each suited to a specific purpose finlater in later years this process his has been carried to remarkable lengths of refinement an intelligent breeder if given time of course can produce almost any type of dog xe he can choose not only physical features a strong jaw a good nose lo 10 long ng legs for speed or short legs and long body for following prey into boles but traits of character such as courage and persistence when the late paul paa rainey i a few years year s ago formed the project of hunting lions with dogs in east AN af r rican ica a practice incidentally that isnow is now forbidden by law he ha tried crossing american hounds with american bred airedales Airedale sand and ran the cross breeds together in it a pack with pure hounds bounds and airedales Alre dales the result was highly successful the hound has the better nose noie but it is not a particularly plucky dog the airedale itself a blend of hound and terrier is game and aggressive and makes a good attacking dog face to face with even the biggest of cats it hid had the courage to hold the he quarry at bay until its armed master cowd could reach the scene the spanish pointers when introduced deuced dinto into england ware were considered too slow in pace they dwelled on the scene and consequently were spoken of as potte potter rera ers dogs which madi made much ado about little bi or nothing so the spanish pointers were crossed with foxhounds fox hounds and greyhounds grey hounds anda and a breed of taster faster going pointing dogs was produced those which today are the most numerous of the short coated boated gun dogs and are known as english pointers |