New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-22
HOUSEHOLD DOGS.
AND HOW TO CHOOSE AND TRAIN THEM.

NrOfOO0 ~tGDIcS III LciSuit ilO"A'
4 curious thing happened III me NlIl"ge near
which / reside "a few Years ago. We were ElHi'ch
one winter night by gang 0l puISl"IS. INcIS
good house, Ia the number lhll,, V, "a 20 -,
even. Was IcquSitUncd before morning, WIN t'Ie
cSc,Dtiou Of my own and tHt lhhedlateIA au-
joi4ine It. | possessed NJ thit lhh' louI oI ~
great NcWiOunHlaI.s among 'ii'IH nv cil''.il'"n
Theodore. Mere Hurricane Bon, rs son. anu WI
old pri2p-taker called Brewer. Inc house hcAt
10 mine belongs u II. Wlrdc, esq, NJ r. ana me
loot therein would probably nave 3"cHc" lH'
tr,-gury OF the burglars consi"eraplN. '"Ihg,
however 10 the terrible storm ny dogs bfousht
to bear on them, they iiri, alt4oufh 'icy iau
already broken lie latch of the dining-room win
dow in Mr. Warde's house.
TN" N@wfonndand bitch Quccn Bolina lies al
my ictt as ! write she Is not 3hS d BIca'
beauty and much admired but = spe''uu SH'rIi
Iiorc m nome she i fIee to foam the grounds all
the livclonr NIGHT OF course she Is not sIch a
fool as 10 do 50, but she sleeps with her door
open, and her ears rs well. ne mar may Dflhs
the mill, in the morning, or the police ps'rol may
mass hv but lei strange foOtstcp DC heard, @: an
"unkcnt" voice, and loud and deep aS thunder
is her honest bark. ~.
uilht The barking only occurs when nccc>s lry,
il IS aIyyay. accompanied with low ana thTtdtrh-
Ing gr0wl. ana when we hear TINS we Know we
are safe that The animal who watches over us
i more faithful than any human sentry ever was.
And so we 20 to sleep again With sweet sense OF
security. . , ,oeo
camprd with my caravan and tents III lonely
spot by tho sea ut Deal not far from the old
ruined castle Of N2ndoWn. Queen i"iihn Is So3'l
rs tie sun went down. tool. charge vi the whole
bivonac SO sure were we that no one could mo-
lest us and 60 Emphasized that we seldom were
NJ the pains 10 lock cur doors Although on the
road sometimes biVOuac 10y night IN strange ana
lonely places. and in camp ! Invariably have n
pair Of eood rCvoVcrs hirdY, | trust mainly To
my dogs for protection. Queen, q; an events
seems 10 know precisely what j. required of her,
and my last words 10 her before turning in are
" Gond-uicht old GIRL Watch"
The Newfoundland is dog Of immense size
lt,sta M csu nj
head short ears and ewes that briin over with in
tclliccucc. There are two sort, or srccics-thc
Neither must have curl in the coat nor high
carried tail while the Jacket or feather should
10 yer,. I,ur' and abundant Newfourdlan,ls make
Ioliohifll comuariors for children or ladies, ar.
the best watcl,-do-> in the world, and save life
from the water az i by iu>tmct. y dog al ms
breed. however ought never 10 be chained lie l.
o household dor and house dog par excellence
There il llitlc fear 81 his Wtku- an. mistake II
left loose and on guard and IL is 3Il hUt Impossible
for thief or hurol-r - h-ihc ilc animal.
Great caro- i, now taken with Ne breeding of
Ncwrouu4laut,s i'm this country. TIE animals may
have originally me from II. Jn!9s bui they ar"
now improved beyond all comparison with Their
hrlf-WiG 9ncrs'or,-as much in mental attributes
as in ho1ir form.
fhc s. "orn"ri Is th' rcNt dog tia' CLAIMS my
attention. in" frEcl Question oi "il-,h Ho E"j
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