The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
The Consciousness of Dogs

A dog feels anger precisely as we
do, and after provocation is some
times yindictive and sometimes pac-
able, according to his individual char.
acter. He is susceptible OF hatred
of the bittercst kind. He is SO ex-
crutiatiugly jealous, that his lite be
comes burden in the presence OF a
favored rival His envy continually
leads him to eat wha, he does not
want lest another animal should take
it., and to illustrate the fable oil the
dog in IN. ,,anger. Guttony holds
out to him temptations under which
even his honesty sometimes sue
cumbs, but, on the other hand, from
Drunkenness he is nobIy emancipa
ted a dog mentioned by the Rev.
Thomas Jefferson. ("Our Dumb Com
panions having been once made SO
drunk with malt liquor that he was
unable to walk up stairs, ever alter
deciiied to taste the pernicious bev-
erage, and growled and snarled at
the sight OF a pewter pot. Again, as
to love, Don Juan was cold and un-
enterprlslng character compared to
dog; aud as to the maternal affcc-
ton, the mother dog feels it with he
roic passion, staI wing herself to death
rather than forsake her otsprlng-
Gratitude may De almost said to be
dogs leading principle, supplying
first the spring OF allegiance TO his
, master, and ever after reconuillng
him with true magnanimity to take
evil from the hand from which he
has accepted good. Regret aud griel
he feels so deeply that they often
break his heart. Fear is passion
which dogs exhibit with singular va
; ration, some breeds and individual.
= being very timorous, and others per
teen models OF courage, the latter
characteristics and toylitudc seeming
to be more charactcrlsticaily canine
A greyhound has been known, a:teI
y breaking his thigh, TO run on till th,
! course was concluded. AS TO hope
no one can observe the dog WATCHING
: Tor his mas ers step, rs III Landseer'
picture OF Expectation without al
mtting that he knows the sentlmen
as welt as we. Pride ia i successiu
chase may be witnessed IA ever,
dog, and even i'll the quickenet
hearlbeats OF greyhound wnen ca
ressed and praised. That dogs have
personai VANITY appears from the lAU:
That they are 50 maniiestly objected
ano demoralized when dirty and rag.
ged by long exposure, and recover
Their sell respect immediately on b,
lug washed ana combcd. Chlvairy
aud magnannity may nearly Away,
be calculated upon in dogs, and WI,
beating is an otirnse to wiiici the
tour looted beasts never descend. =
The stories are endless OF big dogs
generously overlooking the insults
OF small ours, or taking them into
water and giving them good duck
ing as a punishment Tor their imper-
linence, aud thcu helping them mer.
ci!ally back TO land. Sense Of prop
city, bliurcatlng into both coYetous
ness and avarlce, is co.lmon to all
dogs. The kennel, rug, collar, wa
ter basin, or bone once devoted to
his use. no dog can see transferred to
another without lndignation Fire
quently he "covet, his neighbours
house, ana attempts to esconce him
self IN II surreptltIously, and almost
universally covcts his neighbours
bone. and purloins it, if he dare
Even from ava.ice he cannot be
wholly exoneralea, observing his
propensity TO bury his treasures
shame, after transgressing any OF the
arbitrary rules imposed on him, a
dog displays with lrdicrous simple
ny; but OF the deeper sense of viola
ted modesty which in human beings
accompanies the commission OF sin,
the dog evidently knows nothing
whatever. Humor. SO far as il can
proceed without language the dog
catches readily from a humorous
master, and also the enjoyment o.
such games as he can understand. Az
baby crows with glee at ebo peep"
SO dog barks with delight at "go-
FETCH" Make.oelieye runs aud false
starts, romps and tickling; throwing
= ball tor him 20 catch on the grass,
or stick to fish out OF lake, all
supply him with pleasure analoyou.
III their nature to that which men
and boys find in blind mans buff and
prisoners base, lordly cricket,
and iady-like croquet. lastly, faith
IN a beloved superior is perhaps the
most beautiful and OF all the attri.
butes OF q dog - Quarterly Rer,sv.