Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-24
DOGS OF HIGH REPUTE.
CLAIMS THAT THEY GAN UNDER
 STAND HUMAN LANGUAGE.

A Terrier Better Than a Burglar Alarm. Noble Traits of the Ulmer Hound-The Other Pets.
 "Tippie, go away; don't like you!"
 Tippie was startled, stopped her fondling, and sank to the floor a picture of abject humiliation. She was not accustomed to such rebuffs.
 "Now can you doubtsthat dogs have cer- tain degree of intellect and can understand human language?"
 The speaker was August Berg, a North side dog fancier, and Tippie was long bodied, into his lap and attempted to kiss him.
 'Tippie is better than all the burglar alarms that were ever invented" Berg con tined. "Now that you have entered the house by invitation she treats you as a wei come guest. She understands that you have been properly introduced and she can trust you. Go and be friendly with him, Tippie, " and the sleek little terrier sprang into the visitors lap with the utmost confidence.
 What breed of dogs possesses the highest degree of intelligenceF'
 Probably the large poodle has the most intellect. Next comes the terrier, and then the shepherd. In fact, you can train any dog to do many tricks if you treat him we'll. have dogs that can send to another room for my slippers or a whisk broom and they we'll understand the order and obey it. A dog can be easily taught to sit on stool and pretend to sing to piano accompaniment. Of course, he does little more than whine, but he acts as though he was singing and no doubt thinks he is"
 And what breed multiplies most rapidlyf'
 II have known Newfoundland to have twenty puppies at 0 time, and little pug to have nine"
 ''As to cleanliness?"
 ''Of the larger dogs, beyond question the Ulmer hound, better known in this country as the German mastiff. Most long haired dogs have a certain disagreeable odor about them; when their stomactA are out of order they slobber. The UlmeIA hound does not, and in intellect he is fully the equal of the St. Bernard. These qualities made him so popular with the students at the University of Ulm, whence he derives his name A student would rather have 8 dog than 8 degree These hounds are as proud as the emperor, noble in their bearing, and will not viciously attack a man, or even another dog. At the same time they know their business as Q trained guard, and when on duty at their masters threshold they expect to be treated with courtesy. When they stand op their hind legs, as they have a way of doing, they are as tall as the tallest man, and a burglar would as soon encounter in a dark hallway a man with loaded shotgun as ar Ulmer hound weighing 15O pounds. The English mastiff, whom they much resemble in appearance, is entirely different in traits being, like his master, sturdy, heavy and loggy.'"
 Have you ever handled the curr'
 "Only to treat him when sick He doesn't have to be bred; he grows naturally, the same as weeds. And yet have a great deal of sympathy for him. Nobody likes hin but his master, and because he has no friends and is kicked when the thoroughbreds are petted he gets jealous. It is jealousy that makes him bfrk and snap at you on the street. Turn, snap your finger, and speak kindly to him and he instantly becomes do cile and manifests his gratitude. In all my experience have never known kind treat ment to fail to transform the most viciou. cur into attractable and clumsily affecttonatt animal. While don't like ours am sorry for them and can't help showing it." Have you ever treated dog for hydro phobiaa'
 ''I can't say that have, but have treated many dogs supposed to have hydrophobit that were merely suffering from ordinary diseases. Hydrophobia is to large exten bugaboo. Every time dog has a fit he i supposed to have hydrophobia, and mos likely he is killed. Now, all dogs are subjec to fits and from natural causes. Amos every young dog has worms and in conse quence fits. You want to treat him fo worms and not for fits Then be has teeth ing fits, the same as an infant, and will frotl at the mouth, snap and growl as though b. had hydrophobia. Most people jump to tn conclusion that the dog is mad and kill him | And after he is grown he may at any tim have fit as the result of overheating, over feeding, or lack of exercise and everybod, yells mad dogr and he is shot. This is al the result of ignorance"
 "What dogs used for pets are the mos valuable?"
 "That depends largely upon the supply There are not to exceed a dozen Kim Charles spaniels of pure breeding in Chicag today, and, therefore, the King Charles the most expensive, the price being from S4 to $75. They are mostly imported. Next il value is the Italian gr~h hound, resembling the English greyhound, but very muc smaller. AS they are scarce they come high A thoroughbred Yorkshire terrier is some what rare and, therefore, costs money, ap so does the thoroughbred small black an tan. The pug is more plentiful and brings lower price. And then, because tho pug doe not, at first sight, appear to be as intelligen as some other kinds of dogs, customers wi try to cut down the price, though all tn while they prefer that kind of dog to an other. A pug has many lovable traits, a anybody knows who has ever owned one and if it was rare it would be considere very valuable. The pug Is the very best 0 mothers, and a like fidelity characterizes in all it's relations In life. ."-Chicago Times,
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